Veterans in the news
Veterans in the News
Veteran swaps transit rides for a personal vehicle… Lemmuel Thomas, Army veteran, worked a job that required an eight-hour round-trip commute; four hours to work and four hours back. He had the option of using the New Jersey transit or ride shares. Both options burned time and money. Thanks to Caliber Collision and to Geico, […]
Thousands of dollars of kickbacks results in prison time for VA medical center manager
Ralph Johnson received approximately $30,000 in bribes from contractors he awarded contracts to. These contracts were over $443,000, paid for by the Philadelphia VA medical center. Johnson’s agreement with the contractors, Earron Starks and Carlicha Starks, involved their providing him a fraction of what the medical center paid out for these contracts. The judge factored […]
Northern California diner halts veteran group’s use of room
NBC Bay area reports that a group of veterans, who have met bi-weekly at the Black Bear Diner for a while, were told by a manager that they could not meet there. This group apparently reserved a room for their biweekly meetings. The diner claimed that the veterans were not respectful and did not show […]
An individual, associated with the Democrats, fraudulently obtains veteran records
Don Bacon, Republican representative from Nebraska, was one of 11 Congress personnel whose military records were released without the veterans’ authorization. According to Bacon, someone working for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) had Bacon’s personal identifiable information. This person used that information to fraudulently obtain Bacon’s military records. The records obtained required the veteran’s […]
Veteran ends his life after VA denies his request related to pain management
Rayford Hill advanced a request, to the VA, to pay for a Neurolumen Pain Management device to help manage constant pain. This device reportedly aids pain reduction, with claims of reduced need for pain medications. The VA denied the request. The veteran made funeral arrangements, and then took his life behind the mortuary that would […]
Donations to help Veterans, or to keep companies running?
Al Yee, a Vietnam Veteran, worked for the state to help veterans find jobs. He sent some veterans to Sean Murphy to interview for positions “in the company.” During the interviews, the veterans were asked to collect donations. Al Yee became suspicious of Sean Murphy’s operations. Murphy’s criminal past did not help him against the […]
Bill reintroduced to make defrauding veterans a federal crime
Senator Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, and Senator Marco Rubio, R-Florida, reintroduced a bill in the Senate. This bill, if passed into law, would make it a federal crime to defraud benefits from veterans. Senator Cortez Masto said that this bill would provide additional tools to prosecutors, beyond current crime laws, to go after those who […]
Suspected prowler was decades-long Navy deserter
Antonio D. Miller was at a residence when someone suspected him to be a prowler. Law enforcement were contacted and they responded. When the officers asked Miller what he was doing, he informed them that he was seeing if his former employer was home at the time. When the officers asked for his identification, Miller […]
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