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DA Conley Delivers $2500 in Seized Drug Money to Roslindale Non-Profit

BOSTON, May 8, 2015— Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley this week delivered thousands of dollars in seized drug money to fund a Roslindale youth haven.

As part of his annual Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Program, Conley visited Casserly House on Thursday to hand-deliver a check for $2,500 to help the Roslindale non-profit’s afterschool and summer camp programs.  The grant is one of 18 that Conley will provide this year to non-profit youth service agencies to fund programs that help Suffolk County kids and teens stay away from drugs, gangs, and dangerous behavior.

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley (center) this week delivered a check for $2,500 in seized drug money to the young clients of Casserly House, a Dorchester youth center that offers after-school and summer camp opportunities for area kids. The free cash award is part of Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Program, which funds anti-violence efforts geared toward young people in Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley (center) this week delivered a check for $2,500 in seized drug money to the young clients of Casserly House, a Roslindale youth center that offers after-school and summer camp opportunities for area kids. The free cash award is part of Conley’s annual Asset Forfeiture Community Reinvestment Program, which funds anti-violence efforts geared toward young people in Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.

Casserly House provides Boston youth with a safe and nurturing environment to complete homework afterschool.  The funds provided by Conley’s office will be used in part to update the program’s materials and computer supplies to ensure that the youth they serve can succeed in their assignments.

Groups across Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop will split tens of thousands of dollars in cash awards this year at no cost to taxpayers: every cent comes from assets seized during the investigation and prosecution of drug distribution cases. State auditors last year reviewed the process in Suffolk County and gave it high marks for turning “the profits of crime into something positive for the community” while carefully documenting all forfeiture-related income and expenditures.

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley reads an oversized “thank you” card prepared by kids in the afterschool program at Casserly House in gratitude for a $2,500 award that will fund their after-school and summer camp operations. The funding is part of an annual program in which Conley’s office redistributes seized drug money to anti-violence efforts for young people in Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley reads an oversized “thank you” card prepared by kids in the afterschool program at Casserly House in gratitude for a $2,500 award that will fund their after-school and summer camp operations. The funding is part of an annual program in which Conley’s office redistributes seized drug money to anti-violence efforts for young people in Boston, Chelsea, Revere, and Winthrop.

The annual grant process begins in the summer, with application forms available on the Suffolk DA’s website: http://www.suffolkdistrictattorney.com/partnerships-and-prevention/asset-forfeiture-reinvestment-program/.

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