Iraq War veteran to get treatment after Oklahoma bomb charge

Iraq War veteran to get treatment after Oklahoma bomb charge
Iowa man pleads guilty to bomb charge.

BY NOLAN CLAY Oklahoman
Published: September 19, 2010


A brain-damaged veteran of the Iraq War pleaded guilty Friday to an Oklahoma County bomb charge.

Steven Andrew Jordal, 26, was ordered to get treatment at a Veterans Affairs hospital.

Jordal spent almost two years in the Oklahoma County jail. A judge Friday agreed to a plea deal that puts him on probation and requires him to get mental health treatment at the VA medical center in St. Cloud, Minn.

"I hope you're able to get some help for that," District Judge Don Deason said.

Jordal was released about 3 p.m. Friday to his mother, who promised to take him to Minnesota.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys agreed he needed treatment. A psychologist reported Jordal suffered from poly-concussion syndrome. He was an infantry tank specialist in the U.S. Army from 2002-07. He is from Iowa.

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