Suffolk County DA to Present Check to Roslindale Nonprofit Wednesday

Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley on Wednesday will present a check in seized drug money to the Washington Beech Housing Development's Summer Teen program in Roslindale. 

The $4,000 check is the last of 17 such awards presented to nonprofits groups throughout Boston, Chelsea, Revere and Winthrop totaling more than $60,000 in assets seized from drug traffickers, according to the DA's office. 

The Washington Beech Teen Program plans to put the money toward a program that intervenes in the lives of city kids and teens at risk for drug use and low academic achievement through the West Roxbury YMCA.

Conley will meet with West Roxbury YMCA Executive Director Marion Kelly, Teen Director Becky Pelsco and nearly 20 youths who will participate in the program, according to the announcement. 

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at 4560 Washington St. in Roslindale.