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Prosecutors: Vet Faked Disability for $660K in Benefits

Looks Like This Veteran Didn't
Need His Wheelchair After All

Jan 27, 2024 11:30 AM CST

Looks Like This Veteran Didn't Need His Wheelchair After All

Prosecutors say New Hampshire's Christopher Stultz lied about disability to get $660K in benefits

(Newser) - A New Hampshire veteran has admitted to faking his need for a wheelchair for 20 years to claim more than $660,000 in benefits he wasn't entitled to. Christopher Stultz, 49, of Antrim pleaded guilty in US District Court on Thursday to one count of making false statements. He...

Each Thought the
Other Died in War.
47 Years Later,
a Miracle

Jul 1, 2016 5:26 PM CDT

Each Thought the Other Died in War. 47 Years Later, a Miracle

Herman Johnson and Fred Rivera reunited, and much more

(Newser) - Fred Rivera believed his best friend, Herman Johnson, died in his arms after a rocket hit them during a Vietnam War firefight in 1969. "Surviving comrades of that horrid day presented me a bracelet fashioned from the leather laces of Herman’s boots," Rivera writes of what followed...

Swimmer Gives Prince Harry Gold Medal, With a Request

May 12, 2016 6:03 AM CDT

Swimmer Gives Prince Harry Gold Medal, With a Request

She wants it delivered to hospital staff who saved her life

(Newser) - Prince Harry handed Team USA swimmer Elizabeth Marks her fourth gold medal at the Invictus Games for wounded soldiers on Wednesday. Seconds later, she handed it back—with a request to deliver it to a UK hospital. Marks was in London ahead of the 2014 Invictus Games when the 25-year-old...

A New Mission for Wounded
Vets: Hunting Child Predators

Mar 6, 2016 6:56 AM CST

A New Mission for Wounded Vets: Hunting Child Predators

The HERO Corps gives vets the opportunity to 'go after the bad guys again'

(Newser) - A group of elite warriors pulled off the battlefield by injury or illness has a new mission here in the US: helping law enforcement take down people who possess and produce child pornography. The HERO Corps (Human Exploitation Rescue Operative) trains veterans in computer forensics, CNN reports. Participants then work...