Marine Corps withheld suicide investigation results that suggested drug use among Marines The Washington Post Author: Dan Lamothe Published 1 day ago
"Have some respect, you know? We just lost a family member," Riggs said in an interview. "Don't spell his name wrong. It was just so frustrating."
Marine Cpl. Jonathan Gee committed suicide in 2015 while stationed near the Pentagon. (Photo courtesy of Janele Riggs)
WASHINGTON – The results of an investigation into the suicide of a Marine that suggested his unit might have a "drug problem" and highlighted a hostile work environment were withheld from the Marine's family for an "unacceptably long time" spanning months, according to documents and letters obtained by The Washington Post.
Cpl. Jonathan M. Gee, 22, hanged himself early Aug. 29, 2015, at the Marine Corps' Henderson Hall, near the Pentagon, after a night of partying, the investigation found. He and another Marine had been thrown out of the EchoStage concert hall in Washington hours before, when they were discovered in a restroom stall with cocaine, the investigation's report said. Gee was found the next afternoon. read more here
Marine killed while trying to help driver in a crash AJC.Com Kelcie Willis Cox Media Group National Content Desk Dec. 20, 2016
LOS ANGELES Police said a Marine was killed after getting out of his car in an attempt to help a drunk driver involved in a crash in Los Angeles.
KCAL reported that the victim, Enrico Rojo, was driving to LAX with his fiance, Michelle Medina, and Medina's sister and father when he stopped at a crash on the interstate at 1:30 a.m. Monday.
“He said, 'Pull over to the right,’ so we pulled over to the right shoulder," Medina's sister, Mary Jane Medina, told KTLA. "And then he said, 'There’s people in that vehicle, I gotta help them out.'"
KTLA reported that, according to California Highway Patrol, Crystal Adrianna Martinez, 22, was driving a Toyota Matrix down the interstate and made a lane change, crashing into a big rig. read more here
NJ Marine has been missing for weeks after ‘altercation’ at bar NJ 1015 By Patrick Lavery December 21, 2016
James, who served a year each in Iraq and Afghanistan before leaving the Marines in 2012, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, his sister said on the page, which so far has raised $3,840 of a $5,000 goal.
CLEMENTON — New Jersey State Police have joined Camden County authorities in investigating the disappearance of a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, missing since Dec. 2. That night, a Friday, Lance James’ family said, the 29-year-old went to the Hide-A-Way Tavern but was escorted out after some sort of altercation with a fellow patron, according to a GoFundMe page posted by his sister, seeking to raise money for reward money that could be used to help find him. Clementon police told James to go home, though his jacket and cell phone were still in the bar, according to the page. James does not own a car, so he left on foot and was later seen on surveillance video about a block from his apartment, it says.
” Lance never made it home that night. It’s almost like he completely vanished. He did not show up for work, call out or pick up his pay check. Lance did not reach out to anyone by any means, neither friends or family have heard from him since. Lance does not own a car,” his sister wrote. read more here
Polk deputies arrest 'Grinch' for stealing from 'Toys for Tots' Eagle Lake woman filed fake apps for charity WFTS Webteam Dec 20, 2016
Detectives learned that Strickland attempted to use 140 fake children's names, and 28 fake adult names on fake applications to receive toys from Toys for Tots.
EAGLE LAKE, Fla. - Polk County deputies have arrested a woman who they call a "Grinch" for allegedly stealing from "Toys for Tots."
Detectives say Tammy Strickland, 38, of Eagle Lake, filed 28 fake applications to get free toys from the charity.
Sheriff Grady Judd held a news conference on Tuesday morning to release details in the case.
Strickland was arrested by undercover detectives on Monday, December 19 when she showed up to the Toys for Tots warehouse to collect the toys she applied for. Strickland has been charged with Grand Theft, 28 counts of Providing False Statement to Obtain Credit/Property, Obtain Property by Fraud, and 164 counts of Create/Use/Possess Counterfeit/Fictitious Identification. read more here
Fake Navy SEAL gets three years in prison for defrauding charity Chicago Tribune Robert McCoppin December 19, 2016
After officials with the nonprofit became suspicious, they said they contacted Don Shipley, well-known for exposing SEAL impersonators, who confronted Burley about discrepancies in his background, and IAS cut ties with him.
A man who pretended to be a U.S. Navy SEAL who could rescue kidnapped workers for a Chicago aid agency was sentenced Monday to three years in prison, prosecutors said.
William Burley, 36, formerly of Yucaipa, Calif., was ordered to pay full restitution of $32,454 to International Aid Services America, or IAS, a nonprofit Christian aid group that provides clean water in Africa, authorities said.
The president of the board of the aid agency, Jonathan Wildt, welcomed the ruling as "fair."
"We're just glad to see the justice process work appropriately, and glad for that outcome," he said. read more here
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