One officer's struggle to recover from wounds seen and unseen
WAVE 3 News
By David Mattingly, Anchor/Reporter
Saturday, February 3rd 2018
Johnson said he has some simple advice for Detective Darrell Hyche, who was wounded on duty Thursday. "When you need help, ask for it," he said.
D'Shawn Johnson was shot in the line of duty on June 19, 1999. He says he lives with it everyday. (Source: WAVE 3 News)
LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - WAVE 3 News Safety and Security Expert D'Shawn Johnson recalled vividly the night he was shot in the line of duty.
On patrol as a Louisville police officer, he stopped in the Portland neighborhood to break up a fight when shots rang out.
"It always stays in your mind," he said thoughtfully. "And you always mark that date, you know, when you could have lost your life."
In Johnson's case, it was June 19, 1999.
The bullet entered his upper arm, shattered the bone and lodged deep in his shoulder. He said there was so much blood, he thought his life was over.
He described sitting on the pavement in an alley, feeling angry that he would not be able to say goodbye to the people he loved.
"Thought about family, thought about friends. Basically that was it," he sighed.
Five surgeries and six months of metal rods protruding from his arm helped put Johnson's body back together. But there were also wounds he said he could not see.
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LMPD Officer Darrell Hyche was struck in the head by a bullet during a drug sting. He was doing a job that almost cost him his life.
Sanford police seek help finding missing man, 42
Police searching for Alejandro Moran
Click Orlando
February 02, 2018
SANFORD, Fla. - Sanford police are asking for the public's help in finding a missing 42-year-old man.
Police said they responded around 2:33 a.m. Friday to the Slumberland Motel in the 2600 block of South Orlando Drive regarding a missing/suicidal person identified as Alejandro Moran.
Moran then left the area on foot prior to law enforcement arrival. Police said Moran has only been in Sanford for two months and is not familiar with the area.
Moran suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and depression, police said.
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Why would a group of lawyers make a claim about "First Known Case of PTSD" then proceed to put down years without knowing they were wrong?
I have to admit, it is a good try.
What is now known as post-traumatic stress or PTSD was first called “nostalgia” by Swiss physicians in 1678. It wasn’t until the 1700s that physicians began to study the disorder and it was classified into three stages by Dominique Jean Larrey, a French surgeon under Napoleon and innovator regarding battlefield triage and medical. This includes heightened excitement and imagination, a period of fever and gastrointestinal issues, and frustration and depression. Throughout the centuries, as more and more individuals began to suffer from PTSD, there have been major developments regarding how we understand the condition, including important discoveries in the 1900s and into the 2000s.
- 1861-1865: The United States’ military physicians document stress in Civil War soldiers.
- 1905: The Russian Army considers “battle shock” to be a legitimate, concerning medical condition.
- 1917-1919: Soldiers’ distress is called “shell shock” during World War I.
- 1946: The National Mental Health Act is passed, opening the door for the expansion of mental health facilities.
- 1980: The official designation “post-traumatic stress disorder” is added to DSM-III.
- 2005: Post-traumatic stress disorder is brought to the attention of the public on PBS FRONTLINE and “The Soldier’s Heart” documentary.
And our list begins with:
King David You cannot read his Psalms without seeing PTSD in most of them.
Achilles or the modern twist to his story comparing him to Vietnam veterans in "Achilles in Vietnam" which was written in 1995 by Dr. Jonathan Shay. Oh, and almost forgot to mention that he was working for the VA in Boston long before that.
Then we have the other piece of "news" that Frontline brought attention to this in 2005, when in fact, my husband and I were fighting to have his claim approved in the 90's. But what the veterans community knew is much more intense than what civilians knew. That is because we were living with it. If you really want to watch something that predates the PBS documentary, watch an old movie.
Here are two with the dates they were released.
THE ROBE 1953 flashbacks, mood-swings, nightmares, paranoia but also redemption and forgiveness. Oh, almost forgot, attempted suicide.
THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES 1946
You can also learn more about what happened when from the Department of Veterans Affairs
NYPD cop shot dead at Orange County eatery was apparent suicide, police say
New York Daily News
By John Annese
January 31, 2018
An off-duty NYPD detective apparently killed himself at an Orange County restaurant over the weekend, police sources said Wednesday.
NYPD Detective Nicholas Budney, 36, died of a gunshot wound to the head at an Orange County restaurant Saturday. (HANDOUT)
Det. Nicholas Budney, 36, died Saturday of a gunshot wound to the head at Billy Joe's Ribworks, a restaurant and music venue overlooking the Hudson River in Newburgh, sources said.
A worker at the eatery found him dead on a back patio the next day, according to a News 12 report.
Budney, a 13-year NYPD veteran and Rock Tavern, Orange County resident, was assigned to Emergency Service Unit Truck 3 in the Bronx.
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U.S. Marine known as Miami's veterans advocate arrested for grand theft
FDLE: Florida Veterans Foundation director stole $300K in donations
ABC 10 News
By Andrea Torres - Digital Reporter/Producer
January 31, 2018
MIAMI - A U.S. Marine who worked under former Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado was arrested Wednesday after he and a friend were accused of stealing $300,000 of donated items meant to help military veterans in need.
Antonio "Tony" Colmenares, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, served as Miami's director of veteran services under Regalado and volunteered as the Miami director of The Florida Veterans Foundation, a nonprofit that was meant to offer support to the Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs.
When Colmenares organized an event to help homeless veterans, he received more than 27,000 blankets and 9,700 ready-to-eat emergency meals, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
"These donated items should have gone to help feed and warm veterans struggling to get back on their feet — instead they were sold to fatten the pockets of those charged with preying on the good intentions of others," Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.
Colmenares, 57, who helped to implement a Miami-Dade courts program focusing on military veterans in need of help, and his friend Antonio Sabatier, 60, were accused of selling donated items during 2014-2015 transactions and depositing the earnings to an account that was unrelated to the nonprofit.
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