Group Says Missing Marine 'Has Post-Traumatic Stress'

Group Says Missing Marine 'Has Post-Traumatic Stress'
KRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA


BOULDER - An anti-war group says a Boulder Iraq veteran accused of deserting from the Marines two years ago is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Lance Hering was arrested Nov. 16 in Port Angeles, Wash., on charges of desertion and contempt of court.

He disappeared in August 2006 after a staged climbing accident.

Military Families Speak Out, an organization of military families against the Iraq war, said Tuesday Hering is "dealing with the consequences of choices he made in the grips of PTSD."
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Marine accused in disappearance hoax arrested

Marine accused in disappearance hoax arrested
By Associated Press BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - A Marine accused of faking his own disappearance to avoid returning to his unit was arrested Sunday in Port Angeles, Wash., and his father was arrested for investigation of aiding and abetting.

Acting on a tip from the Boulder County Sheriff's Office in Colorado, Port Angeles police arrested 23-year-old Lance Hering at the Port Angeles airport.

His father, Lloyd Hering, also was arrested.

Lance Hering, a lance corporal and Iraq war veteran, was on leave from Camp Pendleton, Calif., when he disappeared in 2006.
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