Chamber Leader Checks Into Rehab After Arrest
The head of the Fresno Chamber of Commerce, facing drug charges in Florida, has checked himself into a rehabilitation program for alcohol dependency.
Stebbins Franklin Dean, the chamber’s chief executive, checked into a monthlong treatment center earlier this week, said Fresno lawyer Robert G. Carter, Dean’s longtime friend.
Dean, 50, was arrested last month in Florida after Naples police allege that he tried to buy crack cocaine from an undercover officer while on a business trip. Dean, who returned to Fresno within days after posting bond and is on administrative leave, has denied the allegations.
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