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“There was a time in East Wheeling when crack was everywhere.
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employed in the movie simply relied on his recollections. “Need or Greed” was filmed on those same streets, and several of the visions Scott Jr. That’s how I knew that action wasn’t for me at all.”
I thought no one would ever know who I was, but they all laughed at me.
“That’s when I bought a ski mask and put that on, and then I had a toboggan on and then a hoodie. They told me we could make $300 in like two hours, but I was still so afraid,” he explained. “There was a time when they had a little bit of crack, and they were going to sell it in East Wheeling because that’s where all the fiends came to get it. “So then I had some family members telling me they were thinking about creeping out onto those streets. “There was the temptation, but what I always had in the mind were the stories that my dad used to tell me about prison that scared me to death,” Scott Jr. And yes, his family and his friends tested him. Early in his life this section of Wheeling was a popular destination for those seeking illegal substances. Scott Jr., now 42 and a father of three children of his own, was raised in East Wheeling by his mother. It was all because of me, and it has worked out for the best,” he said. “It wasn’t because America was a bad place or anything. So I was a criminal, and I was a crook, and I was determined then to be that,” Scott Sr. It was some vicious stuff, and it tore my straight life apart. “I still don’t remember a lot of it, but I know a lot of was pretty nasty stuff. Wheeling Island was also a setting for a portion of the filming. It wasn’t because of the system or anything like that. “I wanted him to understand that what happened to me was because of me. “All of those things have made me into the person I am today, but it’s also what convinced myself to finally do what I could do to make sure my son didn’t turn out like I did,” he admitted. Now, at the age of 67 with eight years in prison under his belt, he speaks slowly, walks with a cane, and has finally ceased taking his days for granted. Instead, he spent his youth in orphanages, foster homes, and jails. was born in Triadelphia but never really lived with family. I was civil with him, but he was in that damned mob.” I wasn’t afraid of Jesse or any of those boys, but I didn’t trust him because I knew he was a gangster. “At that point in my life I wasn’t going to take any orders from nobody. “But man, I was in one of the biggest gangs in the world because I was in the United State Marine Corps for three-and-a-half years, and there’s no way anything is going to compare to that,” Scott Sr. I knew all of the big time gangsters like Jesse Anderson and his boys, and they always asked me to join their crew. “I mean, I didn’t take him with me, and I was pretty much a loner back then. “My son (Scott Jr.) more or less knew my lifestyle when he was young, and by knowing those things, it gave him an insight to be able to put this film together,” he explained. portrays “The Old Man,” the kingpin of a trafficking racket who is forced to make a most difficult decision in a storyline that’s about rivalry, family, friendship, and the fear of the unknown. We just kept moving stuff like the weed and the cocaine.” At that time the fastest money in the criminal game was bank robbery money, but then the drugs came into play, and the drug money was three, four, five times faster, so that’s what we did. “I had my own crew, and we robbed banks and anything that was federally insured. “Then I hooked up with buddies of mine, and we went pretty much crazy, and we didn’t care,” he said. It offended me so bad that I officially declared war on everyone, and I was going to do anything and everything I can to get all the bucks I could while I could. I landed in San Francisco, and there were actually people spitting at us and calling us baby killers. “I’ll never forget when I came home from Vietnam. “I was involved with some things before I joined the Marine Corps, and I went to jail for it, too, but then I turned to the military,” Senior explained. The film features Ron Scott Jr., Corey Jackson, and Scott Sr., a man who remembers an era in the Friendly City when drug fiends flocked to certain street corners to acquire what they craved. Three showings of “Need or Greed” are set for this Thursday at The Highlands complex at 6:30 p.m., 7:30 p.m., and again at 8:30 p.m. Three screenings are set for this Thursday evening at Marquee Cinemas at The Highlands.