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Drug program success celebrated
By The News Journal
Published: 07/22/2008

DELAWARE - At 19, Jacoby Smith was sentenced to 55 years because of his cocaine addiction. He robbed people making late-night bank deposits so he could feed his habit.

"I had a weapon sometimes," Smith, 41, said. "My intentions were never anything more than to [get] money to support my habit."

He finished his prison term in 2006 and now supports four generations of family, from grandmother to grandkids, by working at the Wilmington docks while on probation. Read more.

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