Caleb Sloan was struggling with drug addiction and had been arrested multiple times when a judge in Springfield said he would be a good fit for a court-supervised treatment program.
“And I said, ‘I have nothing really to lose,’” Sloan, 25, told Lookout Eugene-Springfield after his graduation from the Springfield Municipal Adult Recovery and Treatment court program on Nov. 20. “So I went for it, and it has not been easy. There’s been lots of ups and downs, but I made it through.”
James Tierney, who oversees the program as presiding judge for Springfield Municipal Court, got emotional during the graduation ceremony at the Springfield Justice Center…