Founder of anti-drug program is arrested in Redondo Beach drug sting

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The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Kendall Craig Farris, who heads the Over the Wall Foundation in Marina del Rey, was arrested Thursday at a Starbucks after an undercover Redondo Beach officer was allegedly sold methamphetamine and ecstasy.

According to police reports, Farris, arrived at the coffeehouse in a taxi and an undercover officer gave him an envelope containing $480 in exchange for the methamphetamine and ecstasy. Farris was subsequently arrested.

This pills turned out to be fake, but Farris was arraigned Friday on charges of selling a substance that he alleged was drugs. He is being held on $106,500 bail.

Interestingly, Farris is the author of the book “Drugs, Kids and Crime: Surviving Our Drug Obsessed Culture.”


Comments about this post can be directed to Marina del Rey Drug Attorney William Weinberg at (714) 834-1400.