BY KEVIN SAWYER – Four months ago, when John Cramsey’s 20 year old daughter, Alexandria, was killed from a heroin overdose, this Pennsylvania father decided to do something about it. He decided to declare war on heroin dealers everywhere. He took his war to Facebook and to the streets with the slogan; “Shoot your local heroin dealer”.
Of course, there was some local outrage about his slogans from locals of liberal sensibilities. He kept posting about his daughter’s battle with heroin and joined with others who had lost loved ones to heroin. He lost no time in slamming his critics.
“Now I want to personally address the confusion about why we proudly display our “shoot your local heroin dealer” decals. Who are you to judge me for my opinions? Grow up and either get involved or get out of here!”
He founded and anti-heroin organization and group known as Enough is Enough. Cramsey, however, was arrested last week heading into New York City to rescue the daughter of a friend whose best friend was lying dead next to her from an overdose of heroin. She had awakened from her heroin dose but found herself lying next to her friend who was now dead. Cramsey and some friends loaded up his Dodge Ram monster truck with ammunition and supplies to make the extraction. The side of the truck is emblazoned with “Higher Ground Tactical”; the name of his local gun range.
They were headed into Brooklyn through the Holland Tunnel when the police pulled him over for a cracked windshield on the monster truck. Cramsey, through his Facebook page and other online avenues, kept everyone updated on how the mission was going.
“I am currently 11 miles outside of Brooklyn, New York”, he wrote. “and going to a hotel to extract a 16 year old girl who went up there to party with a few friends. One of the friends she went up there with will not be returning. This young lady from Wilkes-Barre is scared and wants to come home. I am bringing her out today and anyone else in that hotel room that wants to go home.”
Cramsey has legal representation and the charges and the case are still playing out. Cramsey, and others, have been on a crusade to help heroin addicts free themselves from their dealers and addiction and to get into rehab. A friend of Cramsey’s, John Bethel, summed up everyone’s feelings in the matter when he said;
“He’s a great guy. The type to give the shirt off his back to anyone. He was in a rush to help somebody, to do Good.”
PHOTO CREDITS: John Cramsey / Facebook