Army veteran gets 30 years for trying to kill girlfriend

Army veteran gets 30 years for trying to kill girlfriend
Capital Gazette.com
Posted: Tuesday, November 6, 2012
By HEATHER RAWLYK
Staff Writer

An Army veteran who survived a deadly 2004 attack in Baghdad and spoke about the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder on “60 Minutes” was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for trying to kill his girlfriend in Severn last winter.

Jarob Derringer Walsh, 30, pleaded guilty in September to attempted second-degree murder before Judge William C. Mulford II in county Circuit Court in Annapolis.

“I don’t see this as a case of how we treat our veterans ...” Mulford said. “I see this as a case of how we treat victims of domestic violence and how we treat those who abuse women. And that’s what you are — someone who abuses women.”

The case stems from a violent attack in Severn on Dec . 10.
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