Comcast has been a long-time friend and supporter of The Partnership at Drugfree.org, a nonprofit that helps parents prevent, intervene in and find treatment for drug and alcohol use by their children. As a valued Comcast subscriber, we want to share important information with you to make sure that any important child in your life knows the risks of drug and alcohol abuse.

Hi, I’m Melissa Gilbert. I’m the national spokesperson for The Partnership at Drugfree.org. You may know me from the role I played on the television drama "Little House on the Prairie." Well, I’ve grown up quite a bit since then and while I continue to act, I’m now also an author and mother.
I talk with a lot of other parents and caregivers and I think we can all agree that raising kids is no easy task. In today’s world, we face all kinds of challenges. Especially when it comes to drugs and alcohol.

I like to think of us parents in three camps:

•Some of us want to find out how to prevent our child from ever drinking or using drugs – but aren’t sure how.

•Some of us have a hunch – or maybe even know – that our child is experimenting with alcohol or drugs, but don’t know what to do about it.

•Some of us have a child with a drug or alcohol problem – and have no idea where to turn.

Well, whichever camp you’re in, I want you to know two important things:

1. You’re not alone.

2. There is a wonderful resource to help you. It’s called The Partnership at Drugfree.org.

3. Please take a minute to learn more.

Melissa Gilbert
National Spokesperson
The Partnership at Drugfree.org

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Anthony Garcia

(Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department)

(CBS/AP) NORWALK, Calif. – When Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide investigator Kevin Lloyd was routinely looking through snapshots of tattooed gang members, he saw something that caught his eye – a crime scene he was familiar with.

Anthony Garcia, a member of the Rivera-13 gang, had a tattoo that resembled the scene of the liquor store killing of 23-year-old John Juarez in Pico Rivera on Jan. 23, 2004, reports the Los Angeles Times.

There were numerous details the murder inked on the gang member. The paper reports that the tattoo included the Christmas lights that lined the roof of the liquor store where Juarez was shot and killed, the direction his body fell, the bowed street lamp across the way and the street sign. Above everything read the title, "RIVERA KILLS", a reference to the gang. A helicopter was also placed above the scene raining down bullets,  a nod to Garcia’s alias "Chopper."

When police discovered the evidence on Garcia’s chest in 2008, they launched an investigation, which was followed by the arrest of Garcia, reports the paper.

This week, an undercover policeman placed in Garcia’s cell got a confession from the suspect. That yielded a first-degree murder conviction in a killing investigators had initially given up hope on, the paper reports.

"Think about it. He tattooed his confession on his chest. You have a degree of fate with this," Capt. Mike Parker told the Times.

Garcia faces 65 years to life when he is sentenced on May 19 in a Norwalk court.

Pico Rivera is about 10 miles southeast of downtown Los Angeles.

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