Weatherford Democrat, Texas Jun. 29—TYLER — A Tyler man has pleaded guilty to federal charges in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Brit Featherston. Derek Robert Hamm, 38, pleaded guilty to wire fraud, money laundering, violating the Stolen Valor Act, using a fraudulent military…
Leada Gore al.com The U.S. Army is doing away with its requirement that enlistees have a GED or high school diploma, a move designed to help meet recruiting goals. In what it described as “limited eligibility,” U.S. Army Recruiting Command said it is moving…
A woman in Texas boasted her ability to steal a National Guard soldier’s “fully automatic weapon” from an unlocked truck at the border with Mexico. Marianna Wright, whose statements imply she knows little about military firearms, boasted about her theft…
Jared Brown The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) (TNS) Jun. 29—A 37-year-old convicted felon barred from owning a gun fatally shot a soldier stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord following an argument at a party earlier this month, according to charging papers…
Torsten Ove Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Jun. 28—Robert Morss, a former Army Ranger from Glenshaw charged in the Capitol assault, says the congressional committee hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection will make a fair trial impossible and is demanding that the Justice Department turn over any communications it has had…
Howard Koplowitz al.com An Alabama teen was killed and his brother is fighting for his life in UAB Hospital after a single-vehicle wreck Saturday night in Talladega County, authorities said Monday. Preston Bowen, 17, of Childersburg, was killed when the 2005 Dodge Ram he was driving…
