Community reacts to drug bust

By Lindsey Henley
WSLS10 Reporter
Published: May 16, 2008

It’s a sad day at Amherst County High School according to the school’s athletic director after seven current and former students are busted for allegedly dealing drugs.
Students we talked to say they can’t believe it.
“It was shocking, because I wasn’t expecting that.  It makes me nervous now, knowing there was a cop there, and I didn’t know about it,” junior Travis Fulcher said.
“It was shocking, because I knew just about everyone who did it,” junior Stephen Greene said.
That includes star running back Peter Rose.
“He had so much going for him, and he just threw it all down the drain like that,” Fulcher said.
Rose’s former high school football coach, Scott Able, said, “I’m surprised and shocked.  In my dealings with Peter, he’s never given anyone a day’s trouble.  We’re going to pray for him and his family.”
Ten On Your Side spoke with one of Rose’s little league coaches off-camera.  He and his wife both say they’re shocked, because Rose was always such a quiet, good kid.  They also say they’re concerned, because their two young children looked up to him.
Barry Bragg says he knows Rose as well.
“He’s a good kid.  I knew his daddy.  I bowled with his daddy in tournaments, and he was a good man.  His son was.  I just don’t know where he messed up at,” Bragg said.
As word travels in the small town of Amherst, students say there’s a valuable lesson to be learned.
“It’s definitely going to make them think twice about what they’re doing and what they’re going to do in the future,” Greene said.
It’s a disappointing day for everyone in the community, but mostly for the students charged, like Rose, whose futures have now been put on hold.