Shaun Collins: Clean for 17 months, 20 years wasted
Photo credit: Newsday File / Viorel Florescu | Shaun Collins, a former heroin drug addict, punched a 91-year-old woman and robbed her, police said. (July 24 2008)
91-year-old punched during robbery
Clerk, 91, back at work after attack
Caught on tape: LI surveillance photos
Recent LI mug shots
A deadly form of heroin continues to destroy lives across Long Island, trampling across age groups and economic lines.
Shaun Collins, a former military medic, looks back on the 20 years he's given to the drug life.
For the parents of 17-year-old Michelle "Misha" Nardone, the lessons have come too late.
They are three faces of heroin addiction on Long Island, right now. One could...
