Veterans in other news for October 11, 2018

Guilty Plea Entered by Man who Fired BB Gun at Navy Seals in Training

San Diego Union Tribune

Pauline Repard

October 11, 2018

First Phase Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs candidates participate in log physical training at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado, July 14, 2016.
(U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Timothy M. Black)

A man who fired a pellet gun at Navy SEALS who were diving near Liberty Station pleaded guilty Wednesday, a day before his trial was to begin. Scott Weaver, 48, pleaded guilty to brandishing a replica firearm and attempting to threaten a witness. A charge of assault with a deadly weapon was dismissed in an earlier hearing. read more here

Former Reality TV Star Gets 16 Years After Crash that Killed Coast Guardsman

Canadian Press

October 11, 2018

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A former reality TV star will serve 16 years in prison for killing a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken wrong-way collision on a Virginia highway. News outlets reported that Melissa Hancock was sentenced Wednesday after earlier pleading guilty to manslaughter, driving the wrong way and failing to obey a highway sign...Daniel Dill was a Logan Township, New Jersey, native who was stationed in Portsmouth, Virginia, as an information systems technician. read more here