Two former VA employees sentenced for embezzling funds from disabled veterans
Memphis Business Journal
Date: Thursday, December 29, 2011, 1:48pm CST
Related: Human Resources
Two former Veterans Affairs administrators were each sentenced to three years in federal prison Thursday for conspiring to embezzle almost $900,000 from 10 veterans’ beneficiary accounts.
Jack Perry, 75, and Robert Tabbutt, 67, both of Memphis, devised a scheme to embezzle $896,239.43 from the beneficiary accounts of 10 disabled veterans, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Tennessee which prosecuted the case.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
SW Idaho veteran struggles with huffing addiction
SW Idaho veteran struggles with huffing addiction
By: PATRICK ORR
12/29/11 8:33 AM
The Idaho Statesman
Aaron D. Draper doesn't remember standing in a field off Overland Road last summer, surrounded by dozens of cans of compressed air he'd just stolen from Walmart.
He doesn't remember sticking those 42 cans in his mouth and breathing in the aerosol fumes over and over.
All he remembers of July 19 is waking up at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center that night.
"I've tried to block out that day," said Draper, dressed in his inmate's uniform at the Ada County Jail last week. "I remember the police officer told me he wanted me to stay at Saint Al's (instead of going to jail), because I did so much damage to my (heart)."
Draper is addicted to "huffing," a practice in which people breathe in the propellants found in household spray cans to get high. Huffers even abuse something as seemingly benign as a can of compressed air.
The buzz occurs because of hypoxia, when oxygen is denied to the brain. Effects include lung damage and poisoning by the chemical propellants, which can even lead to fatal conditions like heart arrhythmia in rare cases.
Draper looks older than his 28 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army who says he served as a flight medic on Black Hawk helicopters and later at military hospitals in the mid-2000s, a career choice that he said led to his huffing addiction.
He has been through VA rehab at least twice and will enter again when he finishes his jail time for theft this winter.
"It's hard to explain," he said. "I know the dangers of it. ... I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent person. I was more embarrassed than anything for asking for help."
Draper knows he has done permanent damage to his health.
"If I do this again," he said, "it's probably going to end up killing me."
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By: PATRICK ORR
12/29/11 8:33 AM
The Idaho Statesman
Aaron D. Draper doesn't remember standing in a field off Overland Road last summer, surrounded by dozens of cans of compressed air he'd just stolen from Walmart.
He doesn't remember sticking those 42 cans in his mouth and breathing in the aerosol fumes over and over.
All he remembers of July 19 is waking up at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center that night.
"I've tried to block out that day," said Draper, dressed in his inmate's uniform at the Ada County Jail last week. "I remember the police officer told me he wanted me to stay at Saint Al's (instead of going to jail), because I did so much damage to my (heart)."
Draper is addicted to "huffing," a practice in which people breathe in the propellants found in household spray cans to get high. Huffers even abuse something as seemingly benign as a can of compressed air.
The buzz occurs because of hypoxia, when oxygen is denied to the brain. Effects include lung damage and poisoning by the chemical propellants, which can even lead to fatal conditions like heart arrhythmia in rare cases.
Draper looks older than his 28 years. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army who says he served as a flight medic on Black Hawk helicopters and later at military hospitals in the mid-2000s, a career choice that he said led to his huffing addiction.
He has been through VA rehab at least twice and will enter again when he finishes his jail time for theft this winter.
"It's hard to explain," he said. "I know the dangers of it. ... I like to think of myself as a fairly intelligent person. I was more embarrassed than anything for asking for help."
Draper knows he has done permanent damage to his health.
"If I do this again," he said, "it's probably going to end up killing me."
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Ann Arbor police searching for missing man with PTSD
Sad Update
Police report finding body of missing Ann Arbor man
Posted: Sun, Jan 1, 2012
By Sven Gustafson
AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ann Arbor police said they have found the body of a man who has been missing since last week.
A police officer on routine patrol found Herbert Richard Harmsen, 60, dead in his vehicle around 1 p.m. Saturday in a remote area on the city’s south side.
Police have ruled the death as a suicide. Harmsen was reported to be suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Police report finding body of missing Ann Arbor man
Posted: Sun, Jan 1, 2012
By Sven Gustafson
AnnArbor.com Freelance Journalist
Ann Arbor police said they have found the body of a man who has been missing since last week.
A police officer on routine patrol found Herbert Richard Harmsen, 60, dead in his vehicle around 1 p.m. Saturday in a remote area on the city’s south side.
Police have ruled the death as a suicide. Harmsen was reported to be suffering from depression and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Ann Arbor police searching for missing man with PTSD
Posted: Thu, Dec 29, 2011
By Julie Baker
News producer
Ann Arbor police have released a missing person poster in an effort to find 60-year-old Herbert Richard Harmsen, who was last seen Wednesday.
Harmen is depressed and suffers from post traumatic stress disorder, police said.
He was driving a green 2003 Ford Focus with the Michigan license plate CJC3188. Harmsen is about 5'10" and 180 pounds.
If you have any information, contact Det. Stanford at 734-323-2628, call the tip line at 734-794-6939 or call 911.
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"I'll Go, a Soldier's Oath" tells it like it is
"I'll Go, a Soldier's Oath" tells it like it is. They serve for all of us.
This is a great song but what makes it more special is they are donating all the proceeds to military charities!
This is a great song but what makes it more special is they are donating all the proceeds to military charities!
Uploaded by MusicUCanSee on Nov 10, 2011
A tribute to our Soldiers and Veterans. A Kelly's Lot song now available on i-Tunes On iTunes
Kelly is donating %100 of her i-Tunes proceeds from this song to military charities.
Song produced by: Perry Robertson and Scotty Lund. Video by: MusicUCanSee Productions and Axis 4 Studios. Produced by CJ Reagan.
Audio mastering: Mike Milchner/SonicVision Mastering Photo archives: Tim McGrath. Thanks to: Cahuenga General Store-NoHo CA.
Cameras: Howie Rogers, Jennifer Gilroy and CJ Reagan
Kelly's Lot are:
Kelly Zirbes - Vocals/Guitar
Perry Robertson - Guitar
Rob Zucca - Guitar
Matt McFadden - Bass
Scotty Lund - Drums
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Fort Campbell army officials, veterans rally in support of Christopher Sullivan
Fort Campbell army officials, veterans rally in support of Christopher Sullivan
2:42 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
Written by
Tavia D. Green
The Leaf-Chronicle
The U.S. soldier’s creed to never leave a fallen comrade proves true on the battlefield and off and members of the 101st Airborne Division, past and present have rallied in the support of Specialist Christopher Sullivan, who was shot while on leave at his home in San Bernardino, Calif.
Sullivan, 22, has been in critical condition at the Arrow Head Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif. since being shot Friday night.
According to previous report, Sullivan was at his welcome home party, when an argument over football erupted between Sullivan's younger brother and Ruben Ray Jurado, 19.
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2:42 PM, Dec. 29, 2011
Written by
Tavia D. Green
The Leaf-Chronicle
The U.S. soldier’s creed to never leave a fallen comrade proves true on the battlefield and off and members of the 101st Airborne Division, past and present have rallied in the support of Specialist Christopher Sullivan, who was shot while on leave at his home in San Bernardino, Calif.
Sullivan, 22, has been in critical condition at the Arrow Head Regional Medical Center in San Bernardino, Calif. since being shot Friday night.
According to previous report, Sullivan was at his welcome home party, when an argument over football erupted between Sullivan's younger brother and Ruben Ray Jurado, 19.
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