Friday, June 26, 2009

Clayton Link, 26, sold pot. He may pay for his crime with his life.

Link lies in a coma in a Miami hospital after being pulled from a bathtub in the sick bay at the Stock Island jail after his recent arrest.

His father, lifelong Key Largo resident Brown Link, said the family is gathering, as they anticipate the possibility of having to pull the plug on his only child, ending a life that is no longer a life.

Link is 98 percent brain dead.

"The only thing getting us through this is our faith," Link said from his Harry Harris park home, the same one a Monroe County Sheriff's Office Swat Team raided on June 17 to find a couple of pounds of marijuana, prescription pills and drug paraphernalia. The younger Link cooperated by giving deputies the key to a safe and led them to other places in the homes where they found drugs, reports say.

Link was charged with a felony narcotics crime and a misdemeanor drug crime. His father was charged with a misdemeanor drug crime.

After booking, Link was taken to the sick bay because he was throwing up, and had "requested a bath to clean himself up," reports say. "The officer in the unit heard water running for longer than she felt necessary and opened the door to check on him. The officer found Link submerged in the water."