Mullen stresses rules on political activity
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Thursday Aug 28, 2008 17:26:40 EDT
National security will be a key issue during the intense fall presidential campaign, given the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the unexpected Russia-Georgia conflict.
That makes it all the more important for service members to remain above the political fray, the nation’s senior officer said Thursday.
“It is very tempting in this time because of where we are, and we just shouldn’t do it,” said Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, speaking at the Pentagon Thursday.
“We are an apolitical, neutral organization in this country, and we need to stay out of politics — those of us in uniform,” Mullen said, echoing a theme he has been stressing for months.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
How VA Abandons Our Veterans
When I did the latest video, PTSD Final Battle of War, I should have included the other battle they have to fight and that one is against the government. You'd think that they would all be taken care of since all we hear of our elected is how much they deserve the support of the nation but then again you'd have to be one of the people in this country who never had a father, uncle, brother, mother, sister or friend who served and needed the VA. After all, if they are not personally attached to you in some way, why should you care? You should if you've ever read one single history book about this nation and the men and women who were responsible for this nation being what it is. I'm not talking about the abyss this administration is taking it into,but the all of it's history. From the Revolutionary war all the way up to Iraq and Afghanistan today, they were the ones who were willing to risk their lives and they have been the ones who have been neglected simply because they survived but came home with wounds.
Ask John McCain what that's like since he's been reaping the benefits other veterans fought for and then decided that the rest of the veterans didn't need the same kind of care. He did vote against everything being done for veterans after all. He has also been an adversary instead of one of the biggest cheerleaders for expansion of veterans services. After you read this, maybe you should think of emailing him and the rest of the people who voted against our veterans. They had plenty of time to get this right for them but didn't. Talk is cheap but the veterans are finally catching on that while words of support my help their ego, the rest of their lives pay the price for failures of leadership when it comes to their needs.kc
Ask John McCain what that's like since he's been reaping the benefits other veterans fought for and then decided that the rest of the veterans didn't need the same kind of care. He did vote against everything being done for veterans after all. He has also been an adversary instead of one of the biggest cheerleaders for expansion of veterans services. After you read this, maybe you should think of emailing him and the rest of the people who voted against our veterans. They had plenty of time to get this right for them but didn't. Talk is cheap but the veterans are finally catching on that while words of support my help their ego, the rest of their lives pay the price for failures of leadership when it comes to their needs.kc
Aug 28, VCS - VUFT Lawsuit Update: How VA Abandons Our Veterans
Joshua Kors
The Nation
Aug 28, 2008
September 15, 2008 edition - Army Sergeant Juan Jimenez had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq, ushering top Administration officials through the war-torn streets of Baghdad. He returned home with two Purple Hearts and shrapnel lodged in his right arm. Today he is gravely ill.
What Jimenez didn't realize is that before he could receive benefits for his wounds, he'd have to prove that those wounds came from war. Three and a half years later, the sergeant is still making his case. The Department of Veterans Affairs isn't convinced. And it won't give him his benefits until it is.
The VA requires all veterans to prove their wounds are "service-connected" before it writes them a check. Jimenez thought that hurdle was merely a formality. The Army sergeant had been struck by two roadside bombs. The first sliced into his arms; six months later, a second bomb sprayed scrap metal into his face, knocking him unconscious and leaving him brain damaged. He began having seizures and suffering from memory loss. The blast left a persistent ringing in his right ear. The stress sparked nightmares, flashbacks and acid-reflux disease.
"I'm a different person now," Jimenez says glumly. "I come home; I lock myself in my room. I don't really talk to anyone. I used to be fun." Now, he says, he can't even have a bowl of cereal. It gives him heartburn for days. "That second bomb, it killed me--it just left my body." Sick, suicidal, the sergeant sought help from the VA.
The VA's diagnosis: too much caffeine. "They said I was drinking too much Red Bull. That's what was causing my problems."
Jimenez got mad. At that point, he did something few veterans even consider: he sued the VA.
The sergeant is a member of Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), one of the most prominent veterans' groups in the country. In July 2007, executive director Paul Sullivan filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Jimenez and the thousands of veterans in his organization who were wounded in Iraq and, he says, were rebuffed by the VA when they sought disability and medical benefits.
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Joshua Kors
The Nation
Aug 28, 2008
September 15, 2008 edition - Army Sergeant Juan Jimenez had one of the most dangerous jobs in Iraq, ushering top Administration officials through the war-torn streets of Baghdad. He returned home with two Purple Hearts and shrapnel lodged in his right arm. Today he is gravely ill.
What Jimenez didn't realize is that before he could receive benefits for his wounds, he'd have to prove that those wounds came from war. Three and a half years later, the sergeant is still making his case. The Department of Veterans Affairs isn't convinced. And it won't give him his benefits until it is.
The VA requires all veterans to prove their wounds are "service-connected" before it writes them a check. Jimenez thought that hurdle was merely a formality. The Army sergeant had been struck by two roadside bombs. The first sliced into his arms; six months later, a second bomb sprayed scrap metal into his face, knocking him unconscious and leaving him brain damaged. He began having seizures and suffering from memory loss. The blast left a persistent ringing in his right ear. The stress sparked nightmares, flashbacks and acid-reflux disease.
"I'm a different person now," Jimenez says glumly. "I come home; I lock myself in my room. I don't really talk to anyone. I used to be fun." Now, he says, he can't even have a bowl of cereal. It gives him heartburn for days. "That second bomb, it killed me--it just left my body." Sick, suicidal, the sergeant sought help from the VA.
The VA's diagnosis: too much caffeine. "They said I was drinking too much Red Bull. That's what was causing my problems."
Jimenez got mad. At that point, he did something few veterans even consider: he sued the VA.
The sergeant is a member of Veterans for Common Sense (VCS), one of the most prominent veterans' groups in the country. In July 2007, executive director Paul Sullivan filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Jimenez and the thousands of veterans in his organization who were wounded in Iraq and, he says, were rebuffed by the VA when they sought disability and medical benefits.
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KBR, Daoud and Partners charged with human trafficking
Defense contractor accused of human trafficking
By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, August 28, 2008
(08-28) 11:55 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --
Defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor have been accused of human trafficking in a federal lawsuit filed after an insurgent attack in Iraq led to the killing of 12 men.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleged the workers were captured and later killed while they were being taken to work on a U.S. air base in Iraq.
The 13 Nepali men were recruited by Daoud & Partners and other subcontractors with promises of work at a posh hotel in Amman before their passports were taken and they were sent to work on the Al Asad Air Base in 2004, according to the lawsuit.
Twelve of the men were captured by Iraqi insurgents who intercepted their caravan on their way to the base. The men were killed days later.
Buddi Prasad Gurung, a Nepali worker whose car survived the attack, was forced to work on the base as a warehouse loader for 15 months, the lawsuit said.
The case was filed by relatives of the dead workers and Gurung, who has since returned to Nepal.
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By AMY TAXIN, Associated Press Writer
Thursday, August 28, 2008
(08-28) 11:55 PDT Los Angeles, CA (AP) --
Defense contractor KBR Inc. and a Jordanian subcontractor have been accused of human trafficking in a federal lawsuit filed after an insurgent attack in Iraq led to the killing of 12 men.
The lawsuit filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court alleged the workers were captured and later killed while they were being taken to work on a U.S. air base in Iraq.
The 13 Nepali men were recruited by Daoud & Partners and other subcontractors with promises of work at a posh hotel in Amman before their passports were taken and they were sent to work on the Al Asad Air Base in 2004, according to the lawsuit.
Twelve of the men were captured by Iraqi insurgents who intercepted their caravan on their way to the base. The men were killed days later.
Buddi Prasad Gurung, a Nepali worker whose car survived the attack, was forced to work on the base as a warehouse loader for 15 months, the lawsuit said.
The case was filed by relatives of the dead workers and Gurung, who has since returned to Nepal.
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Ranks Of Homeless Veterans Growing
Ranks Of Homeless Veterans Growing
By Jennifer Grogan
Genavesse Spader depended on a paycheck from her job as an accounts payable analyst and child support from her ex-husband to care for her three children.
In June, her contract position with Fidelity Investments ended and, a week later, her ex-husband was laid off from work.
“We went from two incomes to no income,” said Spader, 31.
Born in New London and a Fitch High School graduate, she moved to New Hampshire in January to work for Fidelity.
She served in the Connecticut Army National Guard from 1995 to 2001, where she fixed communications systems in the aircraft at the 1109th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot in Groton.
Without a job, she left her apartment in New Hampshire and moved back to Connecticut, to be near family. But there was not enough room at relatives' homes for her and her three children so she turned to the Covenant Shelter of New London.
“If the economy wasn't this way, I would've gotten a job in a short period of time and it would've stopped the progression of everything else that happened,” said Spader, who has lived in the shelter since late July with her three children, ages 10, 4 and 2.
As the economy has worsened this summer, local shelters and organizations that assist veterans have seen an increase in the number of veterans, like Spader, seeking their services.
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By Jennifer Grogan
Genavesse Spader depended on a paycheck from her job as an accounts payable analyst and child support from her ex-husband to care for her three children.
In June, her contract position with Fidelity Investments ended and, a week later, her ex-husband was laid off from work.
“We went from two incomes to no income,” said Spader, 31.
Born in New London and a Fitch High School graduate, she moved to New Hampshire in January to work for Fidelity.
She served in the Connecticut Army National Guard from 1995 to 2001, where she fixed communications systems in the aircraft at the 1109th Aviation Classification Repair Activity Depot in Groton.
Without a job, she left her apartment in New Hampshire and moved back to Connecticut, to be near family. But there was not enough room at relatives' homes for her and her three children so she turned to the Covenant Shelter of New London.
“If the economy wasn't this way, I would've gotten a job in a short period of time and it would've stopped the progression of everything else that happened,” said Spader, who has lived in the shelter since late July with her three children, ages 10, 4 and 2.
As the economy has worsened this summer, local shelters and organizations that assist veterans have seen an increase in the number of veterans, like Spader, seeking their services.
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Oregon soldiers engage new enemy: Depression
Oregon soldiers engage new enemy: Depression
For many, post-war life can be more deadly than combat as suicide rate among male
By Peter Korn
The West Linn Tidings, Aug 28, 2008
Nobody seems surprised. Not the physicians and therapists who treat returning veterans. Not the veterans themselves.
When told of recent data that appears to show that Oregon troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to die of suicide than in combat, they nod their heads, as if saying they’ve known all along.
And they have.
Joseph Holness, 48, of Gresham, served in the Iraq war and knows too well the hard reality of the war’s aftermath. A soldier he served with in the Air Force Reserves – a friend – shot himself in the head after his return.
“People just don’t know,” Holness says. “It can be hard coming home.”
He says he’s lucky he has a supportive family to help him deal with the anger and stress, but he wonders sometimes, “Could I have been one of those statistics?”
For many, post-war life can be more deadly than combat as suicide rate among male
By Peter Korn
The West Linn Tidings, Aug 28, 2008
Nobody seems surprised. Not the physicians and therapists who treat returning veterans. Not the veterans themselves.
When told of recent data that appears to show that Oregon troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are more likely to die of suicide than in combat, they nod their heads, as if saying they’ve known all along.
And they have.
Joseph Holness, 48, of Gresham, served in the Iraq war and knows too well the hard reality of the war’s aftermath. A soldier he served with in the Air Force Reserves – a friend – shot himself in the head after his return.
“People just don’t know,” Holness says. “It can be hard coming home.”
He says he’s lucky he has a supportive family to help him deal with the anger and stress, but he wonders sometimes, “Could I have been one of those statistics?”
According to the VA, in July 2008 there were 250 calls a day to the suicide hot line. And veterans have made more than 22,000 calls since the hot line started in July 2007. Portland VA officials say 864 calls to the suicide hot line have come from Oregon veterans in the last year.
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UK mom saves FL child because of email
Woman spots baby’s eye cancer online
U.K. mom saw tumor that doctors missed: ‘Anybody would have done it’
By Bob Considine
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 10:03 a.m. ET, Thurs., Aug. 28, 2008
It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom warning that her baby might have a deadly form of eye cancer. But she’s glad she did it — and so is the mother of 1-year-old Rowan Santos.
“I didn’t want to scare her,” Robb told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira from London on Thursday. “But then I weighed out the options. If something wasn’t wrong, then no real harm was done. If something was wrong, I really had no option, so obviously I had to tell her.”
Just hours after reading the e-mail, Megan Santos of Riverview, Fla., learned from a doctor that Rowan has a potentially deadly form of childhood cancer called retinoblastoma.
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U.K. mom saw tumor that doctors missed: ‘Anybody would have done it’
By Bob Considine
TODAYShow.com contributor
updated 10:03 a.m. ET, Thurs., Aug. 28, 2008
It wasn’t easy for Madeleine Robb to send an e-mail to another mom warning that her baby might have a deadly form of eye cancer. But she’s glad she did it — and so is the mother of 1-year-old Rowan Santos.
“I didn’t want to scare her,” Robb told TODAY co-host Meredith Vieira from London on Thursday. “But then I weighed out the options. If something wasn’t wrong, then no real harm was done. If something was wrong, I really had no option, so obviously I had to tell her.”
Just hours after reading the e-mail, Megan Santos of Riverview, Fla., learned from a doctor that Rowan has a potentially deadly form of childhood cancer called retinoblastoma.
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Stabbed in heart, pregnant woman tries to keep hate out of the healing
Stabbed in heart, woman tries to keep hate out of the healing
A pregnant Seattle woman who police say was stabbed in the heart by her boyfriend earlier this month has returned home to recover. The injured woman and her baby will survive.
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
Lying in the yard of her neighbor's home earlier this month, Hortencia Salas felt a throbbing pain in her hip and sensed that she — and her unborn baby — were still in danger.
Above her stood her boyfriend. Salas said he was being restrained by their neighbor after punching her in the face, causing Salas, who is 5-½ months pregnant, to tumble down a flight of stairs. When the neighbors tried to help Salas into their North Seattle home, her boyfriend lunged forward and thrust a knife into her heart, she said.
"I saw all of the blood and I told my daughter everything was OK and I laid down and I passed out on the couch," recalled Salas, 36.
Police arrived a few minutes later and arrested Carlos Diaz-Galvin, of SeaTac, following the Aug. 16 attack outside the home of Salas' neighbors. He has been charged with first-degree domestic-violence assault, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and fourth-degree child assault.
Doctors at Harborview Medical Center were unsure at first whether Salas and her unborn son would live, Seattle police said. Salas said she underwent open-heart surgery and has permanent stitches in her heart.
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A pregnant Seattle woman who police say was stabbed in the heart by her boyfriend earlier this month has returned home to recover. The injured woman and her baby will survive.
By Jennifer Sullivan
Seattle Times staff reporter
Lying in the yard of her neighbor's home earlier this month, Hortencia Salas felt a throbbing pain in her hip and sensed that she — and her unborn baby — were still in danger.
Above her stood her boyfriend. Salas said he was being restrained by their neighbor after punching her in the face, causing Salas, who is 5-½ months pregnant, to tumble down a flight of stairs. When the neighbors tried to help Salas into their North Seattle home, her boyfriend lunged forward and thrust a knife into her heart, she said.
"I saw all of the blood and I told my daughter everything was OK and I laid down and I passed out on the couch," recalled Salas, 36.
Police arrived a few minutes later and arrested Carlos Diaz-Galvin, of SeaTac, following the Aug. 16 attack outside the home of Salas' neighbors. He has been charged with first-degree domestic-violence assault, second-degree assault, third-degree assault and fourth-degree child assault.
Doctors at Harborview Medical Center were unsure at first whether Salas and her unborn son would live, Seattle police said. Salas said she underwent open-heart surgery and has permanent stitches in her heart.
How to help
A fund to help Hortencia Salas and her unborn son has been set up. Donations to the "Baby Boy Survivor Fund" can be made at any Bank of America branch.
Lying in the yard of her neighbor's home earlier this month, Hortencia Salas felt a throbbing pain in her hip and sensed that she — and her unborn baby — were still in danger.
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Floodwaters wash fire ants into home, man dies of bites
Man fatally bitten by fire ants that washed into his home
Willoughby Mariano Gary Taylor and Vincent Bradshaw, Sentinel Staff Writers
August 28, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay continued its deadly streak when a Chuluota-area man was bitten to death by fire ants that washed into his flooded home, authorities announced Wednesday.
It also caused more destruction and anxiety. The St. Johns River spilled over the sea wall into downtown Sanford. In DeBary, where more than 130 homes were flooded, residents worried after a sinkhole swallowed trees and damaged a road.
State Road 46 -- a major road in Volusia, Seminole and Brevard counties -- remained blocked because of rising waters from nearby Lake Harney that sent snakes, alligators, and rabbits swimming for higher ground.
And still, the floodwaters continued to rise.
The St. Johns River remained 7 inches to 2 1/2 feet above flood stage in Astor, DeLand, Sanford and Lake Harney. Waters in all but the Astor location were expected to rise through the weekend.
The storm's latest victim was described as a man "60-plus years old" who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving multiple fire-ant bites Tuesday morning. Because of flooding, rescue crews were delayed in reaching him. He was taken to a hospital, where he died that night, said Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris.
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Willoughby Mariano Gary Taylor and Vincent Bradshaw, Sentinel Staff Writers
August 28, 2008
Tropical Storm Fay continued its deadly streak when a Chuluota-area man was bitten to death by fire ants that washed into his flooded home, authorities announced Wednesday.
It also caused more destruction and anxiety. The St. Johns River spilled over the sea wall into downtown Sanford. In DeBary, where more than 130 homes were flooded, residents worried after a sinkhole swallowed trees and damaged a road.
State Road 46 -- a major road in Volusia, Seminole and Brevard counties -- remained blocked because of rising waters from nearby Lake Harney that sent snakes, alligators, and rabbits swimming for higher ground.
And still, the floodwaters continued to rise.
The St. Johns River remained 7 inches to 2 1/2 feet above flood stage in Astor, DeLand, Sanford and Lake Harney. Waters in all but the Astor location were expected to rise through the weekend.
The storm's latest victim was described as a man "60-plus years old" who went into anaphylactic shock after receiving multiple fire-ant bites Tuesday morning. Because of flooding, rescue crews were delayed in reaching him. He was taken to a hospital, where he died that night, said Seminole County Emergency Manager Alan Harris.
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In Billings, Obama blames GOP for veteran troubles
In Billings, Obama blames GOP for veteran troubles
By TOM LUTEY Billings Gazette
BILLINGS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking Wednesday in Billings, faulted Republican leaders for chronically underfunding veteran services for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I have some significant differences with McCain and George Bush about the war in Iraq,” Obama said. “But one thing I thought we'd agree to is when the troops came home, we'd treat them with the honor and respect they deserve.”
Several trends indicate veterans are not getting the health care and other benefits they need to succeed at home, Obama told a group of around 200 people during an invitation-only morning listening session in Riverfront Park.
Armed services veterans are seven times more likely to be homeless than Americans who don't serve. In Montana, roughly half the veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder go untreated for the psychological condition, Obama said.
Before speaking, the candidate met for several minutes with the family of Spec. Chris Dana, a Montana National Guard veteran suffering from PTSD who committed suicide in March 2007, several months after returning from Iraq. Dana's stepbrother, Matt Kuntz, became a vocal advocate for better treatment of PTSD after Dana's death.
Jess Bahr, a Vietnam veteran, drove more than 200 miles from Great Falls to hear Obama. Before being bused to the event with a veteran-heavy crowd, Bahr said the number of homeless U.S. veterans was inexcusable and that the needs of retired warriors across the country were being ignored by communities.
“In Great Falls, they're building a $6.5 million animal shelter and we don't have a shelter for veterans. What does that tell you about priorities?” asked Bahr, a 1967 Army draftee who survived the Tet Offensive, a nine-month series of battles that resulted in more than 6,000 deaths and 24,000 injuries among American and allied troops during the Vietnam War.
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By TOM LUTEY Billings Gazette
BILLINGS - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, speaking Wednesday in Billings, faulted Republican leaders for chronically underfunding veteran services for troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I have some significant differences with McCain and George Bush about the war in Iraq,” Obama said. “But one thing I thought we'd agree to is when the troops came home, we'd treat them with the honor and respect they deserve.”
Several trends indicate veterans are not getting the health care and other benefits they need to succeed at home, Obama told a group of around 200 people during an invitation-only morning listening session in Riverfront Park.
Armed services veterans are seven times more likely to be homeless than Americans who don't serve. In Montana, roughly half the veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder go untreated for the psychological condition, Obama said.
Before speaking, the candidate met for several minutes with the family of Spec. Chris Dana, a Montana National Guard veteran suffering from PTSD who committed suicide in March 2007, several months after returning from Iraq. Dana's stepbrother, Matt Kuntz, became a vocal advocate for better treatment of PTSD after Dana's death.
Jess Bahr, a Vietnam veteran, drove more than 200 miles from Great Falls to hear Obama. Before being bused to the event with a veteran-heavy crowd, Bahr said the number of homeless U.S. veterans was inexcusable and that the needs of retired warriors across the country were being ignored by communities.
“In Great Falls, they're building a $6.5 million animal shelter and we don't have a shelter for veterans. What does that tell you about priorities?” asked Bahr, a 1967 Army draftee who survived the Tet Offensive, a nine-month series of battles that resulted in more than 6,000 deaths and 24,000 injuries among American and allied troops during the Vietnam War.
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PTSD on Trial: Vietnam vet convicted of murder, claimed self defense
Veterans advocate convicted of murder claims he was defending himself
Darron Perkins sentenced to 40 years
BY CAROLYN P. SMITH
News-Democrat
EAST ST. LOUIS ----
A former East St. Louis Veterans Advocate Center-director who must spend 40 years in prison for a 2004 shooting at a resale shop that left one man dead and two others wounded contends he was only defending himself.
Darron Perkins, 62, formerly of 606 Alhambra Court in East St. Louis, was convicted in June of armed violence and aggravated battery with a firearm. A mistrial was declared on a charge of first-degree murder.
"All I did was defend myself after being brutally shot," Perkins told St. Clair County Circuit Judge Jan Fiss during the sentencing hearing Wednesday. "I've never been a violent person in my life. This is a travesty of justice. I was defending myself."
On Dec. 19, 2004, Perkins was playing cards for money at Dancy's Resale Shop on Piggott Avenue when he got into an argument with some other players. He ended up killing Keith Williams, 53, of Fairview Heights, and wounding Michael Foster and Halbert "Squirrel" Alexander.
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Darron Perkins sentenced to 40 years
BY CAROLYN P. SMITH
News-Democrat
EAST ST. LOUIS ----
A former East St. Louis Veterans Advocate Center-director who must spend 40 years in prison for a 2004 shooting at a resale shop that left one man dead and two others wounded contends he was only defending himself.
Darron Perkins, 62, formerly of 606 Alhambra Court in East St. Louis, was convicted in June of armed violence and aggravated battery with a firearm. A mistrial was declared on a charge of first-degree murder.
"All I did was defend myself after being brutally shot," Perkins told St. Clair County Circuit Judge Jan Fiss during the sentencing hearing Wednesday. "I've never been a violent person in my life. This is a travesty of justice. I was defending myself."
On Dec. 19, 2004, Perkins was playing cards for money at Dancy's Resale Shop on Piggott Avenue when he got into an argument with some other players. He ended up killing Keith Williams, 53, of Fairview Heights, and wounding Michael Foster and Halbert "Squirrel" Alexander.
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