Friends: Veteran charged with killing mom suffered from PTSD
by Sherry Williams / KHOU 11 News KHOU.com staff
khou.com
Posted on January 17, 2012
HOUSTON – The man suspected of shooting his mother eight times last week suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, according to friends.
James Alan Rogers, 26, asked for a court-appointed attorney in his first court appearance.
Prosecutors say Rogers shot 50-year-old Reyna "Yuki" Rogers at their townhome on Jan. 11.
She was rushed from their home at Las Palmas and West Main to Ben Taub Hospital, but doctors couldn’t save her.
The family’s dog and cat were also shot to death.
Rogers’ younger, Joe, managed to escape to a neighbor’s house when the shooting began.
Police found an arsenal of weapons stacked in an upstairs closet. Friends said James Rogers is a veteran who served in Iraq.
"He was ex-military and has the post-traumatic syndrome and I feel bad for him and I’m sure it’s difficult," said Donna Fujimoto Cole, a family friend. "I’m sure it was difficult and God bless him, and we all have to find a way to forgive him."
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Military Veteran accused of killing Mom and pets
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Fallen Soldier's Bible Signed by FDR Returned After Nearly 70 Years
Soldier's Bible Returned After Nearly 70 Years
by Mark Bellinger
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A family Bible carried through World War II has been returned almost 70 years later.
Sometimes things have a way of correcting themselves. During World War II, a Tennessee veteran was killed carrying his Bible. For nearly 70 years his family never knew it even existed. Now, it's back in Middle Tennessee in the hands of the soldier's family in Putnam County.
The Bible was part of another soldier's belongings in Maine. It was discovered by his daughter this past year. After some research she called the soldier's cousin in Cookeville.
Kenneth Simmons received the Bible in the mail just before Christmas. Simmons spoke to NewsChannel5 from his living room in Cookeville.
"I couldn't believe, I just couldn't believe that it turned up like that," said Simmons.
He said he's still amazed. The special family Bible is more than just an heirloom. The copy was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt.
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by Mark Bellinger
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – A family Bible carried through World War II has been returned almost 70 years later.
Sometimes things have a way of correcting themselves. During World War II, a Tennessee veteran was killed carrying his Bible. For nearly 70 years his family never knew it even existed. Now, it's back in Middle Tennessee in the hands of the soldier's family in Putnam County.
The Bible was part of another soldier's belongings in Maine. It was discovered by his daughter this past year. After some research she called the soldier's cousin in Cookeville.
Kenneth Simmons received the Bible in the mail just before Christmas. Simmons spoke to NewsChannel5 from his living room in Cookeville.
"I couldn't believe, I just couldn't believe that it turned up like that," said Simmons.
He said he's still amazed. The special family Bible is more than just an heirloom. The copy was signed by President Franklin Roosevelt.
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Navy Cross awarded to family of Marine killed in Afghanistan
MILITARY: Heroic Marine now 'in the company of the finest and bravest'
By MARK WALKER
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Lance Cpl. Donald J. Hogan was remembered Tuesday as an exceptionally upbeat and selfless young man whose valor in detecting a roadside bomb and using his body to shield fellow Marines from the blast claimed his life at age 20.
That heroism led Navy Secretary Ray Mabus to come to Camp Pendleton to present Hogan's family with the Navy Cross, the highest award for valor after the Medal of Honor. A new barracks complex has also been named in Hogan's honor.
"The actions of Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan place him in the company of the finest and bravest Marines in our nation's history," Mabus said during a Tuesday morning ceremony at the base. "He is now part of Marine Corps lore."
Mabus said that after examining nominating papers for Hogan that would have garnered him a Silver Star, he elevated the award to the highest one that the Department of the Navy can bestow on its own.
"He displayed the most remarkable bravery in combat," Mabus said. "He fully embodied the Marine Corps motto of Semper Fidelis (always faithful)."
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Navy Cross awarded to family of Marine killed in Afghanistan
January 17, 2012
In a ceremony Tuesday at Camp Pendleton, the secretary of the Navy presented the Navy Cross for bravery to the family of a Marine killed in Afghanistan.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus presented the medal to Jim and Carla Hogan, whose son, Lance Cpl. Donald Hogan, was killed Aug. 26, 2009, while saving Marines from the explosion of a roadside bomb.
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Iraq War memories haunted Raytown veteran shot by police
Iraq War memories haunted Raytown veteran shot by police
BY BRIAN BURNES
The Kansas City Star
An Iraq War veteran fatally shot Thursday by Raytown police had been haunted by memories of his service, family members said in a statement released this week.
Some media reports had described Long as excited about his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, according to the statement.
But, the statement added, “those who knew Rob best recognized that, although excited about serving his country, Rob was troubled by lingering memories of his previous deployment to Iraq.”
Long returned in 2008 from a six-month deployment struggling with bouts of depression, according to the statement.
“Friends have relayed moments when Rob would try to share his haunting memories from the war, but even the memories were overwhelming and difficult to express.”
Long, 26, was shot while threatening officers with a rifle.
He and a roommate had begun drinking at about 7 a.m. Thursday, first at a residence then moving to a bar. Bar employees later removed the two after they became confrontational, and police were called when they tried to re-enter the bar that afternoon.
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Iraq veteran with rifle killed by police in Kansas
BY BRIAN BURNES
The Kansas City Star
Some media reports had described Long as excited about his upcoming deployment to Afghanistan, according to the statement.
But, the statement added, “those who knew Rob best recognized that, although excited about serving his country, Rob was troubled by lingering memories of his previous deployment to Iraq.”
Long returned in 2008 from a six-month deployment struggling with bouts of depression, according to the statement.
“Friends have relayed moments when Rob would try to share his haunting memories from the war, but even the memories were overwhelming and difficult to express.”
Long, 26, was shot while threatening officers with a rifle.
He and a roommate had begun drinking at about 7 a.m. Thursday, first at a residence then moving to a bar. Bar employees later removed the two after they became confrontational, and police were called when they tried to re-enter the bar that afternoon.
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Iraq veteran with rifle killed by police in Kansas
Air Force Colonel's wife accused of murder
Wife Kills Husband's Mistress:
Shannon O'Roark Griffin Charged With Murdering Irina Puscariu
A former NASA specialist allegedly drove 250 miles to shoot and kill her husband's mistress after he refused to end the extramarital affair.
Police say that Shannon O'Roark Griffin left a marriage counseling session in Texas on Friday after her husband Roscoe Griffin revealed he was having an affair and refused to break off the romance, The Associated Press says. He told his wife that wanted to get a divorce, police told The AP
Later that afternoon, O'Roark Griffin, 52, arrived at the home near Kansas City of psychiatrist 46-year-old Irina Puscariu, Griffin's lover, and shot her in the face three times, KDAF says. Puscariu's mother was home and witnessed the shooting, police said according to ABC.
However, it's possible that the affair was already over by the time O'Roark Griffin showed up in Kansas City.
A retired Kansas City police officer who was friends with Puscariu told KCTV that she ended the relationship with Griffin, an Air Force colonel, when she learned he was married.
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Shannon O'Roark Griffin Charged With Murdering Irina Puscariu
A former NASA specialist allegedly drove 250 miles to shoot and kill her husband's mistress after he refused to end the extramarital affair.
Police say that Shannon O'Roark Griffin left a marriage counseling session in Texas on Friday after her husband Roscoe Griffin revealed he was having an affair and refused to break off the romance, The Associated Press says. He told his wife that wanted to get a divorce, police told The AP
Later that afternoon, O'Roark Griffin, 52, arrived at the home near Kansas City of psychiatrist 46-year-old Irina Puscariu, Griffin's lover, and shot her in the face three times, KDAF says. Puscariu's mother was home and witnessed the shooting, police said according to ABC.
However, it's possible that the affair was already over by the time O'Roark Griffin showed up in Kansas City.
A retired Kansas City police officer who was friends with Puscariu told KCTV that she ended the relationship with Griffin, an Air Force colonel, when she learned he was married.
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