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Ex-soldier struggles with PTSD behind bars
DECATUR, Ind. (AP) — The tattoo on the inside of Justin York's left arm is hard to discern. Glancing at it one way, you can see the word "Life." If you look at it another way, it reads "Death." If you look at it without knowing how to read it,...Tags: Lawyers, U.S. Army, Crime, Law and Justice, Crimes, Punishment
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Indiana man gets 50 years for killing girlfriend with baseball bat
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Iraq war veteran who pleaded guilty to beating his girlfriend to death with a baseball bat was sentenced to 50 years in prison Friday after apologizing to his victim's relatives. Anthony Ochs, 40, wept at times as he...
Tags: Sports, Iraq War (2003-2011), Baseball, Punishment, Trials
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One-on-one with WSBT: Plane crash survivor struggling to cope
WSBT-TVSOUTH BEND – Two weeks after a plane hit her home, a South Bend woman is still struggling to deal with what happened. Diana McKeown is now dealing with bills, insurance companies and psychological issues. Even though she’s taking it day-by-...Tags: Air and Space Accidents, Lotteries, Broken Bones, Insurance, Transportation Accidents
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Blast casts shadow on Indy family's Christmas
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Christmas time in the Koerner household is different. Most years, matriarch Vicky Koerner would be busy setting up a large tree in the living room, adorning it with her vast collection of ornaments. She'd be getting her...
Tags: Christmas, Religious Festivals, Punishment, Holidays, Explosions
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Bar gunfire nets probation for wounded soldier
LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) — A judge has ordered a year of supervised probation of a central Indiana soldier who lost his lower right leg during an attack in Afghanistan in connection with gunfire at a bar the day before a planned homecoming parade for...
Tags: Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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State disability funds going broke, and going away
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — With hundreds of thousands of wounded veterans looking for work after World War II, many states offered businesses an incentive to hire the returning heroes. They created special disability funds to help pay the tab should...Tags: Lawyers, Iraq, Social Security, World War II (1939-1945), Employment Opportunities
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Guardsman arrested again, accused of driving drunk
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- A National Guardsman who was released from jail in November after being declared not responsible for his crime by reason of insanity has been arrested again, this time for allegedly driving drunk. Archie Whitest Jr.'s vehicle allegedly...Tags: Prisons, Trials, Iraq, Prisons, Crime, Law and Justice
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Will 'remorse lack' explanation in grandfather's murder lead to new trial for Eliason?
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterA possible explanation for a Niles teenager’s apparent lack of remorse in the March 7, 2010, unprovoked shooting death of his sleeping grandfather was offered Thursday in Berrien County Trial Court in Niles. The question is whether it’ll be...Tags: Suicide, Murder, Lawyers, Suicide, Trials
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Vets with PTSD, government reach settlement
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a thousand Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder would be given lifetime disability retirement benefits such as military health insurance under the terms of a settlement reached between the...Tags: Retirement, Anxiety, Washington, DC, Veterans Affairs, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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Defense tries to spare life of Ohio serial killer
CLEVELAND (AP) — Defense attorneys are trying to spare the life of an ex-Marine convicted of killing 11 women and hiding their bodies in and around his Cleveland home. The sentencing phase of trial for Anthony Sowell (SOH'-wehl) begins Monday....Tags: Ohio, Abusive Behavior, Crime, Law and Justice, Cleveland, Punishment
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Expert: Serial killer mimicked sex with doll
CLEVELAND (AP) — A mental health expert says a serial killer who hid the remains of 11 women in his home and yard suffers from sexual compulsions and "mimicked sex" with a toy doll when he was a little boy. Dr. George Woods testified Thursday that...Tags: Toy Industry
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Two Elkhart police officers face panel
ELKHART -- Two Elkhart Police officers faced a panel Tuesday and the future of their jobs was on the line. One officer was found guilty of forgery charges and the other faced charges of having sex while on-duty.
A court convicted 19-year Elkhart...Tags: Sex
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