Welcome to Lost Anchorage,

Lost Anchorage, where crude investigates the mechanisms of crime and violence in Anchorage,

Alaska.

My name is Cody Liska, and I'll be your host.

Through research and interviews with professionals, law enforcement, and those affected by crime,

I hope to build a better understanding of whether or not Anchorage is in fact becoming more dangerous.

By the end of this series, I hope to create a portrait of crime in our city for better or for worse. You're going to be here. Good morning. My name is Claude my father, ex-drug dealer, and now what I do in my life I teach kids how to play basketball and focus on school.

So Muff, I wanted to talk to you today because I think you're an ideal example of what it looks like to turn your life around after being involved in crime for so long.

But before we talk about where you are now, let's start with how you got into selling drugs.

I was living in Anchorage when I went to school. I've been to college, went overseas to play, and I just decided to take

the easy ride out. This was back in 87 and I just made that decision which was the worst decision of my life was to sell drugs you know and that's how I got into it.

What was... you know and that's how I got into it.

What was your first drug deal like?

Well actually I don't remember the first sale that I actually made but what I do remember is when I first got into the game we had a couple of workers and I ran a crack house.

So what that is people come to the house, the purchase, and then they would leave.

But I didn't actually make the transactions.

I had workers that would make the transaction and then give me the money.

You know, so otherwise say you, you would have the drugs, answer the door, give them what they want, and then give me the money, because actually I was working for somebody else.

You understand what I'm saying?

I think so, yeah.

You know?

And that's how you run a crack house.

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