i'd like to see my son, carlton solomon. yes, sir. ed that i have to come in this type of environment to see my son behind bars. >> go to number 18 -- >> thank you very much. carlton come from a family that don't drink, don't smoke, don't gamble, don't dope, he came from that kind of family. he came from a family that went to church. he came from a family that was independent. i couldn't understand why carlton was drawn to the street. carlton told me that he was bored. carlton was being pulled through the streets, and they had a great way of doing it. >> solomon says while he was away in the military, his young son fell in with the wrong crowd. >> they'll find a weakness in a child and exploit the weakness. once they introduce him to alcohol, then they give him more alcohol. and from that point then, they give him reefer. and from that point, they put something in the reefer. next thing you know, he's got a little habit, but i didn't find out until he was arrested that he had a habit that dealt with a little cocaine. >> prosecutors all