John Cramsey is the owner of the gun range down the road from me. I don’t know him very well but did know his daughter Alexandria very well.
Alexandria’s death from heroin mixed with fentanyl in February was a disastrous punch in the stomach to most people around here. We watched her grow up on the local Radio/TV program Happy Jack. She was the most beautiful, driven to succeed young woman I have ever known. She was on her way to a great modeling future. She had just come back from a modeling gig in Mexico and was due to leave the next day to another in Georgia. She was not a drug addict and all we can think of is that she tried it and it killed her.
Her father John Cramsey, the man who pulled this outrageous stunt today is just beyond himself with grief. He has become obsessed with saving young people from heroin and getting rid of dealers. He plays a Rambo kind of guy around here in rural Pennsylvania and apparently wasn’t thinking clearly to pull this stunt in NJ/NY. I feel sorry for him. He does need help before he hurts someone or himself.
A senior in my daughter’s class died of Heroin this spring - beautiful gal, dance team, sports, etc. Not sure if it was a one-time thing or not, but yes, the promise she had. I feel for these dads - and it must be frustrating knowing that the drug dealers are still out there.
I used to listen to the nearby city police scanner on the net. Every once in awhile there would be something like “I don’t see the suspect - just the usual dealers down there.” Or - “Yeah, as soon as we drove - by the gang-bangers moved south so the area is clear.”
I guess the cops can’t just go in and arrest people just hanging out on a corner - but it sounds like everybody knows what the deal is.