PTSD on Trial Kentucky National Guardsman pushed over edge

Latonia standoff suspect says bills, PTSD and police response contributed to break
WCPO News
Brian Mains and Kendall Herold

COVINGTON, Ky. – A military veteran says a $10,000 bill he received led to a 20-hour standoff with police in December.

"It was just a final straw... a click," Michael Vaughan said on Tuesday.

Vaughan barricaded himself in his house and shot at Covington police officers throughout the night of Dec. 21 and morning of Dec. 22. Police went to his house in response to a call that Vaughan posted disturbing messages on his Facebook page.

His children were in his Michigan Avenue home for most of the incident and were only let go hours before police say Vaughan surrendered to them after setting his house on fire and getting shot in one final volley of gunfire.

Vaughan sits in the Kenton County Detention Center, awaiting trial on a charge of attempted murder of a police officer.

On Tuesday, Vaughan said the bill that came from the Defense Finance and Accounting Service was a result of “bad advice” he received while seeking treatment Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

"I received bad information from the Kentucky National Guard so I didn't get the help I need," he said.
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