Charges: Man Stabbed Wife, A Veteran, Held Her Hostage
January 24, 2012
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — A St. Paul man is accused of assaulting his wife, who is an Iraq war veteran, threatening to kill her and holding her hostage for five days, according to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office.
Charlie Pearman Blackwell, 30, was charged with felony counts of kidnapping, second-degree assault, terroristic threats and domestic assault by strangulation.
According to the criminal complaint, police responded to the 1000 block of Hatch Avenue in St. Paul Saturday on the report of a woman stabbed and being held against her will. When they arrived, several attempts to announce their presence went ignored, so they gained entrance to the residence through the back patio door. They then located Blackwell and a 21-year-old woman on the floor of the living room.
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Wife arrested in Camp Shelby MP’s shooting
Wife arrested in Shelby MP’s shooting
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jan 24, 2012 9:55:05 EST
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The wife of a Camp Shelby soldier has been charged with shooting him.
Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee says 30-year-old Tiffany Wright was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault.
McGee says the shooting appeared to stem from a domestic issue.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Jan 24, 2012 9:55:05 EST
HATTIESBURG, Miss. — The wife of a Camp Shelby soldier has been charged with shooting him.
Forrest County Sheriff Billy McGee says 30-year-old Tiffany Wright was arrested Monday and charged with aggravated assault.
McGee says the shooting appeared to stem from a domestic issue.
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Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Florida Veteran Shoots Dog, Tries to Start Fire
Cops: Fla Veteran Shoots Dog, Tries to Start Fire
December 27, 2011
CHIEFLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a north Florida veteran tried to set his mother-in-law’s house on fire and shot the family dog.
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Arthur Lee Pipes of Chiefland showed up at his mother-in-law’s house Friday and began spreading gasoline around. Deputies say she wrestled a cigarette lighter from his hands, and then he went outside and shot the dog several times.
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December 27, 2011
CHIEFLAND, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a north Florida veteran tried to set his mother-in-law’s house on fire and shot the family dog.
The Levy County Sheriff’s Office says 25-year-old Arthur Lee Pipes of Chiefland showed up at his mother-in-law’s house Friday and began spreading gasoline around. Deputies say she wrestled a cigarette lighter from his hands, and then he went outside and shot the dog several times.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Another Iraq veteran kills himself after shooting police officer
UPDATE: Iraq War veteran ID’d as shooter
LAKE CITY — A police officer remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday morning, and the shooter, an Iraq War veteran, is dead.
By: Sarah Gorvin and Danielle Nordine, The Republican Eagle
LAKE CITY — A police officer remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday morning, and the shooter, an Iraq War veteran, is dead.
Alan J. Sylte Jr., 25, of Hager City shot Lake City police officer Shawn Schneider, 32, at 618 W. Lyon Ave. when Schneider and another officer responded to a reported domestic involving a handgun, Wabasha County Sheriff's Office said.
Sylte later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the Mayo Clinic Medical Examiner’s Office reported Tuesday after a preliminary autopsy
Schneider was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City before being airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Lake City Police Chief Gary Majchrzak said he visited the hospital Monday and, while Schneider is not talking, there are reports he is responsive.
“He’s holding his own. He’s got a lot of support over there,” Majchrzak said.
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Lake City shooter was Iraq war vet facing discharge
Article by: PAM LOUWAGIE , Star Tribune Updated: December 20, 2011 - 11:06 PM
Lake City officer shot Monday remained in critical condition.
The man accused of critically wounding a Lake City police officer, resulting in a dramatic daylong lockdown Monday, was a despondent Iraq war veteran who was being discharged from the Wisconsin National Guard.
Alan J. Sylte Jr. wrote cryptic messages on his Facebook page Sunday, according to his uncle Michael Sylte. In one message, Alan Sylte said he was a "wreck" and in another he wrote: "if I mean anything to anyone, thanks and I love you."
Tuesday evening, about 300 residents and officers from communities from Minneapolis to Rochester to Lake City gathered at a candlelight prayer vigil outside the Rochester hospital where officer Shawn Schneider, 32, was fighting for his life. The husband and father of three remained in critical condition at St. Marys Hospital.
Officers were called about an argument between Sylte and a woman about 8:30 a.m. The woman escaped unharmed before Sylte fired at officer Schneider. Authorities announced about 6:30 p.m. that Sylte, of Hager City, Wis., had been found dead inside the house. Authorities said Tuesday that a preliminary autopsy shows he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.
Michael Sylte said he hadn't seen his nephew in years, but had been in contact with him through the social networking site. He said he was trying to figure out what might have gone through his nephew's head. "Our prayers definitely go out to the family of the police officer," Michael Sylte said.
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December 7th, North Carolina
Iraq veteran commits suicide after shooting deputy
Man who shot deputy underwent change in Iraq
This happened in Las Vegas
LAKE CITY — A police officer remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday morning, and the shooter, an Iraq War veteran, is dead.
By: Sarah Gorvin and Danielle Nordine, The Republican Eagle
LAKE CITY — A police officer remains in critical condition after being shot in the head Monday morning, and the shooter, an Iraq War veteran, is dead.
Alan J. Sylte Jr., 25, of Hager City shot Lake City police officer Shawn Schneider, 32, at 618 W. Lyon Ave. when Schneider and another officer responded to a reported domestic involving a handgun, Wabasha County Sheriff's Office said.
Sylte later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the Mayo Clinic Medical Examiner’s Office reported Tuesday after a preliminary autopsy
Schneider was taken to Mayo Clinic Health System in Lake City before being airlifted to St. Marys Hospital in Rochester. Lake City Police Chief Gary Majchrzak said he visited the hospital Monday and, while Schneider is not talking, there are reports he is responsive.
“He’s holding his own. He’s got a lot of support over there,” Majchrzak said.
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Lake City shooter was Iraq war vet facing discharge
Article by: PAM LOUWAGIE , Star Tribune Updated: December 20, 2011 - 11:06 PM
Lake City officer shot Monday remained in critical condition.
The man accused of critically wounding a Lake City police officer, resulting in a dramatic daylong lockdown Monday, was a despondent Iraq war veteran who was being discharged from the Wisconsin National Guard.
Alan J. Sylte Jr. wrote cryptic messages on his Facebook page Sunday, according to his uncle Michael Sylte. In one message, Alan Sylte said he was a "wreck" and in another he wrote: "if I mean anything to anyone, thanks and I love you."
Tuesday evening, about 300 residents and officers from communities from Minneapolis to Rochester to Lake City gathered at a candlelight prayer vigil outside the Rochester hospital where officer Shawn Schneider, 32, was fighting for his life. The husband and father of three remained in critical condition at St. Marys Hospital.
Officers were called about an argument between Sylte and a woman about 8:30 a.m. The woman escaped unharmed before Sylte fired at officer Schneider. Authorities announced about 6:30 p.m. that Sylte, of Hager City, Wis., had been found dead inside the house. Authorities said Tuesday that a preliminary autopsy shows he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head.
Michael Sylte said he hadn't seen his nephew in years, but had been in contact with him through the social networking site. He said he was trying to figure out what might have gone through his nephew's head. "Our prayers definitely go out to the family of the police officer," Michael Sylte said.
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December 7th, North Carolina
Iraq veteran commits suicide after shooting deputy
Man who shot deputy underwent change in Iraq
This happened in Las Vegas
Loved ones recall vet's struggle with PTSD
BY KEITH ROGERS
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Posted: Dec. 21, 2011
In his mind, Stanley Gibson rode down the Highway of Death time and time again until that chilly December night when he came to a dead end.
Gibson, a 43-year-old disabled Gulf War veteran suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, was shot dead by Las Vegas police in the early morning of Dec. 12. He was shot in the back of his head "with the same damn gun," Rudy Gibson said, describing the AR-15, the civilian version of the military's M-16 assault rifle.
That was the same weapon that Stanley took with him 20 years ago when they were both deployed in Saudi Arabia for Operation Desert Storm.
Rudy came home with experience as a combat engineer who fixed radios in tanks and tested global positioning gear.
Stanley came home with memories that gave him a serious case of post-traumatic stress disorder as well as cancer he blamed on exposure to depleted uranium shells used in combat.
He was let down by the "system," according to his wife, Rondha, and brother, Rudy, who told the Review-Journal on Friday about the battle he was fighting.
In the end, his death has made a case that steps need to be taken to prevent other veterans like him from falling through the cracks of the VA's health care system and the Police Department that was supposed to protect him.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
Fort Campbell soldier found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in wife's death
Fort Campbell soldier found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in wife's death
12:44 PM, Dec. 16, 2011
A Fort Campbell soldier was found guilty of killing his wife and sentenced to 15 years in prison following a four day trial last week.
Specialist Robert Spencer Jenks III, 26, was tried at a General Court-Martial from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9 on a specification of premeditated murder (Article 118, UCMJ) and was found guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter.
The Panel sentenced Specialist Jenks to 15 years confinement, total forfeitures of pay and allowances, and a bad conduct discharge. The 15 years confinement was the maximum sentence of confinement under the law, according to Rick Rzepka, spokesman for the U.S. Army.
Linzi Rashae Lafever Jenks, 21, was found dead inside of her Fort Campbell home on Dec. 5, 2010.
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12:44 PM, Dec. 16, 2011
A Fort Campbell soldier was found guilty of killing his wife and sentenced to 15 years in prison following a four day trial last week.
Specialist Robert Spencer Jenks III, 26, was tried at a General Court-Martial from Dec. 5 to Dec. 9 on a specification of premeditated murder (Article 118, UCMJ) and was found guilty of the lesser included offense of voluntary manslaughter.
The Panel sentenced Specialist Jenks to 15 years confinement, total forfeitures of pay and allowances, and a bad conduct discharge. The 15 years confinement was the maximum sentence of confinement under the law, according to Rick Rzepka, spokesman for the U.S. Army.
Linzi Rashae Lafever Jenks, 21, was found dead inside of her Fort Campbell home on Dec. 5, 2010.
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Naples woman killed in Arizona tried to flee domestic violence
Naples woman killed in Arizona tried to flee domestic violence, family says
By VICTORIA MACCHI, AISLING SWIFT
Posted December 15, 2011
Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi's family desperately tried to get her away from her abusive husband.
They encouraged the 28-year-old woman to move from Naples to Arizona, where they lived, to put distance between the couple.
"My mom has told her so many times to get away," said her sister Lea Miller, 35. "She kept on saying 'I love him.'"
On Tuesday night in Phoenix, Anthony Rinaldi, 26, shot his wife in their home, left their two sons alone and turned himself in to police.
"She is definitely dead," Rinaldi told an officer he flagged down, according to an arrest report. "I put two to the chest and one to the head."
The couple met in Naples 2½ years ago, where Blaies-Rinaldi grew up, her mother, Pamela Blaies of Arizona, said Thursday in a phone interview.
Blaies-Rinaldi and her twin brother Jonny Blaies attended Barron Collier High School. They left after their junior year to study cosmetology.
She and Anthony Rinaldi knew each other briefly when she became pregnant in 2009, her mother said. Three months later, they married in Naples while Rinaldi was on military leave from his duties as an Army sniper based in Germany.
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By VICTORIA MACCHI, AISLING SWIFT
Posted December 15, 2011
Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi's family desperately tried to get her away from her abusive husband.
They encouraged the 28-year-old woman to move from Naples to Arizona, where they lived, to put distance between the couple.
"My mom has told her so many times to get away," said her sister Lea Miller, 35. "She kept on saying 'I love him.'"
On Tuesday night in Phoenix, Anthony Rinaldi, 26, shot his wife in their home, left their two sons alone and turned himself in to police.
"She is definitely dead," Rinaldi told an officer he flagged down, according to an arrest report. "I put two to the chest and one to the head."
The couple met in Naples 2½ years ago, where Blaies-Rinaldi grew up, her mother, Pamela Blaies of Arizona, said Thursday in a phone interview.
Blaies-Rinaldi and her twin brother Jonny Blaies attended Barron Collier High School. They left after their junior year to study cosmetology.
She and Anthony Rinaldi knew each other briefly when she became pregnant in 2009, her mother said. Three months later, they married in Naples while Rinaldi was on military leave from his duties as an Army sniper based in Germany.
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Iraq veteran husband charged in wife's murder says he 'snapped'
Husband charged in wife's murder says he 'snapped'
by Stacey Delikat
azfamily.com
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Updated today at 8:47 AM
PHOENIX -- An Ahwatukee man charged with murdering his wife told police that he "snapped and his military training kicked in" in the moments before he shot her.
Anthony Rinaldi, 26, is charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi.
Police say he shot and killed her in the garage of their home on Tuesday night.
The couple's two young children were inside at the time, and the 7-year-old boy had called 911 to report his parents were fighting when the shots were fired.
Rinaldi, who was an officer with the Department of Corrections, fled the home but called 911 to report that he'd shot his wife, and then turned himself in to a Department of Public Safety officer minutes later near 16th Street and Interstate 10.
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by Stacey Delikat
azfamily.com
Posted on December 14, 2011 at 10:20 PM
Updated today at 8:47 AM
PHOENIX -- An Ahwatukee man charged with murdering his wife told police that he "snapped and his military training kicked in" in the moments before he shot her.
Anthony Rinaldi, 26, is charged with the second-degree murder of his wife, Amanda Blaies-Rinaldi.
Police say he shot and killed her in the garage of their home on Tuesday night.
The couple's two young children were inside at the time, and the 7-year-old boy had called 911 to report his parents were fighting when the shots were fired.
Rinaldi, who was an officer with the Department of Corrections, fled the home but called 911 to report that he'd shot his wife, and then turned himself in to a Department of Public Safety officer minutes later near 16th Street and Interstate 10.
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Monday, December 5, 2011
Attorneys: Colonel to blame for teens’ deaths
Attorneys: Colonel to blame for teens’ deaths
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 5, 2011 21:29:48 EST
TAMPA, Fla. — Attorneys for a woman accused of killing her two teenage children say her Army officer ex-husband was negligent to leave them in the mentally ill woman’s care.
In a Monday court filing, attorneys for Julie Schenecker, 50, claim Col. Parker Schenecker had a responsibility to his wife and children to make sure she received proper care, according to The Tampa Tribune.
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Original reports
Col. Parker Schenecker says "Wife was ‘sick’ when she killed kids"
Deployed Colonel’s wife killed son and daughter in Tampa FL
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Dec 5, 2011 21:29:48 EST
TAMPA, Fla. — Attorneys for a woman accused of killing her two teenage children say her Army officer ex-husband was negligent to leave them in the mentally ill woman’s care.
In a Monday court filing, attorneys for Julie Schenecker, 50, claim Col. Parker Schenecker had a responsibility to his wife and children to make sure she received proper care, according to The Tampa Tribune.
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Col. Parker Schenecker says "Wife was ‘sick’ when she killed kids"
Deployed Colonel’s wife killed son and daughter in Tampa FL
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Man pleads guilty after attacking Fort Hood female soldier with a knife
Man Pleads Guilty To Assault With Knife On Fort Hood
A man pleaded guilty Thursday to an aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon that grew out of a domestic violence incident in a Fort Hood housing complex.
Reporter: Paul J. Gately
WACO (December 2, 2011)—A man pleaded guilty Thursday to attacking a female Fort Hood soldier with a knife at the soldier’s housing unit on post.
Joaquin Salatiel Nevels was set for sentencing on Feb. 1, 2012.
In a federal arrest affidavit obtained by News 10 an investigator for the Directorate of Emergency Services at Fort Hood says on July 22 and 23, Nevels and the female soldier engaged in a domestic disturbance at a housing unit in Walker Village.
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A man pleaded guilty Thursday to an aggravated assault with a dangerous weapon that grew out of a domestic violence incident in a Fort Hood housing complex.
Reporter: Paul J. Gately
WACO (December 2, 2011)—A man pleaded guilty Thursday to attacking a female Fort Hood soldier with a knife at the soldier’s housing unit on post.
Joaquin Salatiel Nevels was set for sentencing on Feb. 1, 2012.
In a federal arrest affidavit obtained by News 10 an investigator for the Directorate of Emergency Services at Fort Hood says on July 22 and 23, Nevels and the female soldier engaged in a domestic disturbance at a housing unit in Walker Village.
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Saturday, November 26, 2011
2 deputies shot responding to domestic-violence 911 call
2 deputies shot responding to domestic-violence 911 call
By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel
3:37 p.m. EST, November 26, 2011
Two Volusia County deputies are recovering after being shot this morning when they responded to a domestic-violence call.
The Sheriff's Office received a 911 call about 4:50 a.m. reporting that Corey Reynolds, 27, had tried to kill his ex-girlfriend at her home in DeBary, deputies said. Reynolds was arrested on charges of felony battery and two counts of attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer.
The 24-year-old woman told investigators Reynolds threw her down and began to strangle her because she told him to leave. They used to live together, and Reynolds wanted to get back together, she told deputies.
Deputy John Braman and Deputy John Brady arrived at Reynolds' house on Huntington Street in Deltona about 5:30 a.m. and tried to arrest him. The deputies and Reynolds struggled as they tried to handcuff him, and Reynolds pulled out a handgun and shot Braman and Brady, the Sheriff's Office said.
Braman was shot in the right shoulder and left arm, and another bullet grazed his neck. He was taken by helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
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By Susan Jacobson, Orlando Sentinel
3:37 p.m. EST, November 26, 2011
Two Volusia County deputies are recovering after being shot this morning when they responded to a domestic-violence call.
The Sheriff's Office received a 911 call about 4:50 a.m. reporting that Corey Reynolds, 27, had tried to kill his ex-girlfriend at her home in DeBary, deputies said. Reynolds was arrested on charges of felony battery and two counts of attempted murder of a law-enforcement officer.
The 24-year-old woman told investigators Reynolds threw her down and began to strangle her because she told him to leave. They used to live together, and Reynolds wanted to get back together, she told deputies.
Deputy John Braman and Deputy John Brady arrived at Reynolds' house on Huntington Street in Deltona about 5:30 a.m. and tried to arrest him. The deputies and Reynolds struggled as they tried to handcuff him, and Reynolds pulled out a handgun and shot Braman and Brady, the Sheriff's Office said.
Braman was shot in the right shoulder and left arm, and another bullet grazed his neck. He was taken by helicopter to Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach with serious but not life-threatening injuries.
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Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Combat veteran hospitalized after pulling knife on grandfather at breakfast
Man hospitalized after pulling knife on grandfather at breakfast
Filed by Chronicle-Telegram Staff October 4th, 2011 in Top Stories.
LORAIN — The breakfast shift at a West Erie Avenue restaurant was interrupted Sunday morning when a patron pulled a knife on his grandfather, according to a police report.
The family of the patron blamed the episode on post-traumatic stress disorder, which the family said he has suffered from since recently returning from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines.
When officers arrived at Pete’s Family Restaurant, 2405 W. Erie Ave., they discovered the grandfather lying on top of his 25-year-old grandson underneath a table.
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Filed by Chronicle-Telegram Staff October 4th, 2011 in Top Stories.
LORAIN — The breakfast shift at a West Erie Avenue restaurant was interrupted Sunday morning when a patron pulled a knife on his grandfather, according to a police report.
The family of the patron blamed the episode on post-traumatic stress disorder, which the family said he has suffered from since recently returning from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq with the Marines.
When officers arrived at Pete’s Family Restaurant, 2405 W. Erie Ave., they discovered the grandfather lying on top of his 25-year-old grandson underneath a table.
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Monday, September 19, 2011
Highest-ranking civilian at Polk Sheriff's Office beat to death by husband
Highest-ranking civilian at Polk Sheriff's Office beat to death by husband, deputies say
By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
9:51 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2011
The highest-ranking civilian at the Polk County Sheriff's Office — a woman who managed all administrative aspects of the agency — was beaten to death by her husband over the weekend, authorities said.
Beatrice "Bea" Dickey, 44, was found early Sunday in Plant City with blunt-force trauma to her head.
Authorities said Dickey's husband, Lawrence Douglas Dickey, admitted to beating her with a baseball bat. He was arrested on a first-degree murder charge.
As executive director of the Office of Business Affairs at the Sheriff's Office, Bea Dickey was the third-highest ranking executive staff member after Sheriff Grady Judd and Chief of Staff Steve Lester.
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By Amy Pavuk, Orlando Sentinel
9:51 a.m. EDT, September 19, 2011
The highest-ranking civilian at the Polk County Sheriff's Office — a woman who managed all administrative aspects of the agency — was beaten to death by her husband over the weekend, authorities said.
Beatrice "Bea" Dickey, 44, was found early Sunday in Plant City with blunt-force trauma to her head.
Authorities said Dickey's husband, Lawrence Douglas Dickey, admitted to beating her with a baseball bat. He was arrested on a first-degree murder charge.
As executive director of the Office of Business Affairs at the Sheriff's Office, Bea Dickey was the third-highest ranking executive staff member after Sheriff Grady Judd and Chief of Staff Steve Lester.
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Saturday, September 17, 2011
Ex-Marine standoff with police ends with arrest
Man involved in Elsie standoff faces domestic violence, assault charges
4:55 PM, Sep. 16, 2011
Written by
Kevin Grasha
ST. JOHNS - The 39-year-old man involved in a standoff with police Thursday in Elsie is a former Marine who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said.
Michael Wade Kadlek was arraigned today in Clinton County District Court on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and aggravated assault. He faces up to one year in jail.
On Thursday morning, police responded to a reported domestic dispute at a home in the 300 block of East Pine Street in Elsie.
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4:55 PM, Sep. 16, 2011
Written by
Kevin Grasha
ST. JOHNS - The 39-year-old man involved in a standoff with police Thursday in Elsie is a former Marine who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, officials said.
Michael Wade Kadlek was arraigned today in Clinton County District Court on misdemeanor charges of domestic violence and aggravated assault. He faces up to one year in jail.
On Thursday morning, police responded to a reported domestic dispute at a home in the 300 block of East Pine Street in Elsie.
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Army veteran's violent breakdown bucks demographics
Army veteran's violent breakdown bucks demographics
August 30, 2011|By Larry King, Inquirer Staff Writer
They had been married for 14 years. They lived in a two-story, $300,000 home in a Virginia suburb. They were the parents of a little girl, not quite grade-school age.
And Leonard and Carrie Egland were part of a culture - the Army - where research shows a relatively low rate of reported domestic violence. Particularly among officers, which Capt. Leonard Egland was.
But that idyll disintegrated as the couple separated and neared a final divorce decree.
They bickered over custody of their daughter, police said, and Carrie Egland confided to friends that she had grown fearful of her estranged husband.
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August 30, 2011|By Larry King, Inquirer Staff Writer
They had been married for 14 years. They lived in a two-story, $300,000 home in a Virginia suburb. They were the parents of a little girl, not quite grade-school age.
And Leonard and Carrie Egland were part of a culture - the Army - where research shows a relatively low rate of reported domestic violence. Particularly among officers, which Capt. Leonard Egland was.
But that idyll disintegrated as the couple separated and neared a final divorce decree.
They bickered over custody of their daughter, police said, and Carrie Egland confided to friends that she had grown fearful of her estranged husband.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Vets with PTSD Require Family Education and Patience
Vets with PTSD Require Family Education and Patience
Posted Tue, Aug 23, 2011
By Bobbie O'Brien
TAMPA (2011-9-23) -
Forsythe said the hardest part of dealing with his PTSD is trying to get his family to understand his behavior.Army mental health specialist Cheyenne Forsythe was trained to help combat troops in Iraq deal with the onset of Post Traumatic Stress. Yet, he didn't notice his own signs of PTSD after surviving an IED blast and returning home from Iraq.
His erratic behavior due to the PTSD helped to break up his first marriage something he's working hard to avoid with his fiancé Joy Finley.
“My lowest point was when I was sitting in a cell in Killeen, Texas after I had been arrested for domestic violence,” Forsythe said, “From there, I had to change, I had to do something, I had to address the issue.”
He was arrested for hitting his former wife with a flip-flop. “I had lost control,” Forsythe said. “It was like I was watching myself and I couldn’t stop myself and I wasn’t there, I was on autopilot.”
Forsythe did not tell police that he had just returned from Iraq, instead Forsythe chose to “admit my guilt and get on with it.”
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Monday, August 22, 2011
Defense attorneys blame PTSD for infant's beating death
Defense attorneys blame PTSD for infant's beating death
RALEIGH, N.C. — An Iraq war veteran facing a possible death sentence for the death of his 10-month-old stepdaughter was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that was being self-medicated with alcohol and prescription painkillers when he beat her to death inside their Raleigh home nearly two years ago, his defense attorney told jurors Monday.
Attorney Thomas Manning said that Cheyenne Emery Yarley's death was a "perfect storm" of substance abuse and PTSD that "blew up" as Joshua Andrew Stepp tried to quiet and comfort the crying child.
"This attack was a singularity in Josh Stepp's existence. That's what the evidence will show," Manning said. "Never before had it happened – had anything happened."
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RALEIGH, N.C. — An Iraq war veteran facing a possible death sentence for the death of his 10-month-old stepdaughter was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder that was being self-medicated with alcohol and prescription painkillers when he beat her to death inside their Raleigh home nearly two years ago, his defense attorney told jurors Monday.
Attorney Thomas Manning said that Cheyenne Emery Yarley's death was a "perfect storm" of substance abuse and PTSD that "blew up" as Joshua Andrew Stepp tried to quiet and comfort the crying child.
"This attack was a singularity in Josh Stepp's existence. That's what the evidence will show," Manning said. "Never before had it happened – had anything happened."
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Friday, August 19, 2011
Marine Arrested for Abusing Wife in Front of 4-year-old
Marine Arrested for Abusing Wife in Front of 4-year-old
By Jaime McCutcheon / Anchor
CRAVEN COUNTY -- New Bern Police arrested a Camp LeJeune Marine for Domestic Violence. Officers say it happened in front of his 4-year-old son.
Police were called to Elmwood Street in New Bern around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday where the caller said a man with a gun trying to kick open the rear door of a home. When officers arrived, they found 21-year-old Bryan Brown of New Bern sitting on the front porch. Inside the home was Brown's estranged wife and their 4-year-old son. Brown is an active-duty Marine Lance Corporal with the 8th Marine Division stationed at Camp LeJeune.
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By Jaime McCutcheon / Anchor
CRAVEN COUNTY -- New Bern Police arrested a Camp LeJeune Marine for Domestic Violence. Officers say it happened in front of his 4-year-old son.
Police were called to Elmwood Street in New Bern around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday where the caller said a man with a gun trying to kick open the rear door of a home. When officers arrived, they found 21-year-old Bryan Brown of New Bern sitting on the front porch. Inside the home was Brown's estranged wife and their 4-year-old son. Brown is an active-duty Marine Lance Corporal with the 8th Marine Division stationed at Camp LeJeune.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Soldier charged with setting wife on fire
Soldier charged with setting wife on fire
The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Aug 13, 2011 13:21:56 EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Army sergeant has been arrested after his wife told police that he doused her with lighter fluid and set her on fire.
Duane Michael Rader, 35, was being held Friday at Thurston County Jail after a judge set his bail at $75,000, according to The Olympian of Olympia. Rader faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, arson and other charges.
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The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Aug 13, 2011 13:21:56 EDT
OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Army sergeant has been arrested after his wife told police that he doused her with lighter fluid and set her on fire.
Duane Michael Rader, 35, was being held Friday at Thurston County Jail after a judge set his bail at $75,000, according to The Olympian of Olympia. Rader faces charges of attempted second-degree murder, arson and other charges.
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Friday, July 15, 2011
UK not doing enough for their military families either
When you think about what is going on here, it is hard to think about the UK and other nations with their own share but this report shows the problems they come home with are not unique to the USA. We just have more serving and more veterans than the other nations.
Battered wife calls for more Army support
8:00am Friday 15th July 2011
By Neil Hunter
THE battered wife of an Army veteran last night demanded more action to help the Forces after her husband appeared in court over a drunken attack.
David Adams was spared jail after a judge heard how he has been mentally scarred by his tours of duty yet has received no psychiatric treatment.
Adams, 51, from North Yorkshire, has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder since his 25-year military career came to an end four years ago.
Doctors believe his 18-hour street patrols in Iraq and witnessing a bus full of children blown apart contributed to his mental illness.
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Battered wife calls for more Army support
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Reports of family violence, abuse within military rise
Reports of family violence, abuse within military rise
By NANCY MONTGOMERY
Stars and Stripes
Published: July 10, 2011
The number of reports of family violence within the military, which had been in decline over several years, has been rising over the last two years, and reports of abused children and spouses increased significantly last year, a report by the Defense Department’s Family Advocacy Program shows.
But what it means — more people reporting who had kept silent in the past, better record-keeping or more people in the military abusing their spouses and children — is unknown.
“It’s really hard to say at this point,” said Tib Campise, analyst at the Family Advocacy Program, the armed forces program set up decades ago to prevent and treat domestic violence and child abuse within the military.
“I don’t think I could answer whether anybody has a good sense of the prevalence (of family violence) across the military.”
In fiscal year 2010, the rate of confirmed spouse abuse was 11.2 per one-thousand couples, up from 10.1 per thousand in 2009 and 9.4 per thousand in 2008. Prior to 2008, the rate had been steadily declining from 16.5 per thousand in fiscal year 2001.
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Army charges Fort Campbell soldier in 2 deaths
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jul 10, 2011 11:13:41 EDT
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A jailed Fort Campbell soldier is facing military charges in the 2007 slayings of his estranged wife and her former mother-in-law.
The Army said Saturday it had brought premeditated-murder charges against Sgt. Brent Burke.
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Army charges Fort Campbell soldier in 2 deaths
By NANCY MONTGOMERY
Stars and Stripes
Published: July 10, 2011
The number of reports of family violence within the military, which had been in decline over several years, has been rising over the last two years, and reports of abused children and spouses increased significantly last year, a report by the Defense Department’s Family Advocacy Program shows.
But what it means — more people reporting who had kept silent in the past, better record-keeping or more people in the military abusing their spouses and children — is unknown.
“It’s really hard to say at this point,” said Tib Campise, analyst at the Family Advocacy Program, the armed forces program set up decades ago to prevent and treat domestic violence and child abuse within the military.
“I don’t think I could answer whether anybody has a good sense of the prevalence (of family violence) across the military.”
In fiscal year 2010, the rate of confirmed spouse abuse was 11.2 per one-thousand couples, up from 10.1 per thousand in 2009 and 9.4 per thousand in 2008. Prior to 2008, the rate had been steadily declining from 16.5 per thousand in fiscal year 2001.
read more here
Reports of family violence, abuse within military rise
also
Army charges Fort Campbell soldier in 2 deaths
The Associated Press
Posted : Sunday Jul 10, 2011 11:13:41 EDT
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A jailed Fort Campbell soldier is facing military charges in the 2007 slayings of his estranged wife and her former mother-in-law.
The Army said Saturday it had brought premeditated-murder charges against Sgt. Brent Burke.
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Army charges Fort Campbell soldier in 2 deaths
With Abuse Increasing, Army Limits Addictive Meds
July 12, 2011
Associated Press|by Kristin M. Hall
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Faced with rising abuse of prescription drugs, the Army has limited how many painkillers a Soldier can get at one time and is threatening disciplinary action for troops caught violating the restriction.
Army data requested by The Associated Press shows the number of Soldiers referred for opiate abuse treatment has been growing steadily for at least a decade, a time when increasing numbers of troops have returned from Iraq and Afghanistan with combat or training injuries that can cause chronic pain. The Department of Veterans Affairs says more than 50 percent of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans report pain issues as they leave active-duty military service.
The Army put limits on painkillers in November by restricting most Schedule II controlled substances, which include narcotics, opiates and amphetamines, to just 30-day prescriptions. Previously, some prescriptions had been available for 60 or 90 days and the average was 40 days. The policy makes an exception for medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and it affects anyone who fills a prescription at an Army hospital or pharmacy, including military spouses, children and retirees.
In June, the Army followed with a policy that Soldiers found using the restricted drugs six months after they were prescribed could be disciplined, too. The force carries out random drug tests among active-duty soldiers.
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With Abuse Increasing, Army Limits Addictive Meds
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