Vet with PTSD charged after making threats

Vet with PTSD charged after making threats
Jordan Independent

Submitted by Mathias Baden on October 10, 2010 - 10:10am.
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Shawn Hogendorf of the Prior Lake American reports:

A 31-year-old Iraq War veteran who has been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was arrested last month after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife during an argument, according to charges filed in Scott County District Court.

Austin Paul Long of Prior Lake was charged Sept. 27 by the Scott County Attorney’s Office with making terroristic threats, a felony, and gross-misdemeanor charges of interfering with a 911 call and domestic assault.

According to the criminal complaint:

Police were called at about 3 a.m. Sept. 24 to Long’s home in the 16700 block of Blind Lake Trail. His wife reported that the couple was going through a divorce, and she said Long had left the home earlier in the day after police responded to a civil situation regarding a child-custody issue and returned intoxicated.

Long’s wife told police that he forced his way into their bedroom, pushed her up against a wall, placed his hands under her jaw and threatened her.The woman, who called 911, told police she feared for her life.When Long heard his wife calling police, he allegedly took her cell phone. The woman told police she then grabbed a butcher knife she had hidden under the mattress and Long left the home.Police were unable to locate Long, so the woman and her children left the home for safety reasons, the complaint states.

The next morning, police learned that Long was an Iraq War veteran who suffered from PTSD.
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