RUN TIME: 21 10 LINES A COLLEGE PARK RESIDENT WAS SENTENCED TO THREE YEARS IN PRISON AND TO PAY A TEN THOUSAND

DOLLAR FINE JUST AFTER NOON TODAY. RON POE-TEET, A 26-YEAR-OLD EMPLOYEE AT PRESBYTERIAN FELLOWSHIP CHURCH, WAS ARRESTED JUNE 6 LAST YEAR. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE CAUGHT HIM POCKETING MONEY FROM THE COLLECTION PLATE. THE INVESTIGATION WAS LATER HANDED OVER TO THE POLICE. THEY SUSPECT THAT POE-TEET TOOK ABOUT 70 THOUSAND DOLLARS. ###

RUN TIME (inc. SOT): 1:25 29 LINES ON CAMERA-STUDIO ANCHOR OLIVIA DENN THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION, THE F-B-I., AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN CENTRAL MARYLAND SAY THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN METH-AM-FET-A-MEAN- RELATED ARRESTS. MARYLAND REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF TAKE PACKAGE: ANCHOR VO (B) ROLL TAPE OF DEA HEADQUARTERS SCENE (SILENT OR SOUND UNDER) THE D-E-A, OTTO PRY-VEET, SAYS THERE HAVE BEEN 10 ARRESTS THIS YEAR AND PREDICTS 10 MORE BEFORE THE YEARS END. ROLL INTERVIEW SOT FULL SUPER: DEA DIRECTOR OTTO PRIVETTE __________________________________ SOT/BITE (:12) IN: Its a good bet OUT: headway on the problem. __________________________________

REPORTER MEGAN SMITH STAND-UP (SOUND UP/SOT) SUPER: REPORTER MEGAN SMITH

PRY-VEET SAYS POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR ANY CLUES TO ARREST LOCAL SELLERS AND USERS.

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Meth Arrests, p.2 TAKE PACKAGE: REPORTER SMITH VO (B) ROLL TAPE OF HARRIS COUNSELING SESSION (SILENT OR UNDER) YOUTH DRUG COUNSELOR LYNNE HARRIS SAYS THAT THERE HAS BEEN AN INCREASE IN METH-AM-FET-A-MEAN- RELATED SUPER: YOUTH DRUG COUNSELOR LYNNE HARRIS ARRESTS. HARRIS SAYS MANY TEENS FAVOR THE LENGTHENED HIGH AND LOW COST OF THE DRUG. STUDIO O-C ANCHOR OD SMITH REPORTS THAT GRADESCHOOL CHILDREN HAVE NOT SHOWN INTEREST IN METH-AM-FET-A-MEANS. CERTAIN EFFECTS SUCH AS INCREASED ACTIVITY, DECREASED APPETITE AND A SENSE OF WELL BEING MAY CHANGE THIS STATISTIC.

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