The heroin problem in Burlington is unbelievable, I have a cousin there who is an addict in rehab because liberal cops and politicians won't enforce drug laws.
I guarantee you Deans kid is on Heroin and was stealing stuff with his junkie friends to get drugs.
An honor student hockey player? Are you sure?
The best thing you could do for your cousin would be to realize that he is an addict becasue of his own behavior, not becasue of liberal cops & politicians being lax on law enforcement.
Hopefully his rehab is teaching him this lesson, but the only way he can ever recover is to take responsibility for his own actions.