LITTLE FALLS, Minnesota — The stomp of boots echoed above her head. Her father had found the empty cashbox. Monica Rudolph, a 25-year-old living in her parents' basement after her second eviction, had robbed the box to pay for heroin.
She was working two jobs in this small town, waitressing by day and bartending at night, to pay for drugs, but still never had enough. Like a mouse nibbling cheese, she'd steal $30 at a time from her dad's stash to buy bags of brown powder, until all of the money — $2,000 — was gone.
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