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Kentucky Soldier Gets Less Than Happy Homecoming
Kentucky Soldier Gets Less Than Happy Homecoming
March 11, 2005, 07:53 PM EST http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3065477 It was a less than happy homecoming for a soldier just back from Iraq. He was thrown into jail on his first night home. It appears some important people didn't know Army Specialist Larry Casteel was on the war-front. In a matter of hours, Casteel changed from a weapon-toting specialist wearing the camouflaged khaki uniform of the United States Army, to a surprised resident of the Laurel County lockup, wearing the hardly camouflaged bright orange inmate jump-suit. The story unfolds as Casteel traveled with some friends to an area store where the car in which he was a passenger was stopped by police for a broken tail-light. A check of everyone's ID's turned up a warrant against the Army man for failure to appear at a court hearing. Casteel and his wife were in the process of divorce and in Laurel County, divorcing couples with kids have to attend parenting classes. When he didn't show, Casteel became a marked man. Only the court didn't know he was in Iraq and he didn't know he was in any trouble. Attorney Katie Gilliam heard through a friend of a friend about the case and was appalled the Army man was in jail. A circuit judge agreed and Casteel was released after spending the night in the lockup. As the paper shuffling continued, it was learned there is a parenting class scheduled for next week. Casteel says he'll be there after spending one of a precious few nights behind bars a short distance from his home. Casteel returns to active duty in Germany in three weeks. -- ---------------------------------------------------- The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. Edmond Burke |
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"Dusty" wrote in message ... Kentucky Soldier Gets Less Than Happy Homecoming March 11, 2005, 07:53 PM EST http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3065477 It was a less than happy homecoming for a soldier just back from Iraq. He was thrown into jail on his first night home. It appears some important people didn't know Army Specialist Larry Casteel was on the war-front. In a matter of hours, Casteel changed from a weapon-toting specialist wearing the camouflaged khaki uniform of the United States Army, to a surprised resident of the Laurel County lockup, wearing the hardly camouflaged bright orange inmate jump-suit. The story unfolds as Casteel traveled with some friends to an area store where the car in which he was a passenger was stopped by police for a broken tail-light. A check of everyone's ID's turned up a warrant against the Army man for failure to appear at a court hearing. Casteel and his wife were in the process of divorce and in Laurel County, divorcing couples with kids have to attend parenting classes. When he didn't show, Casteel became a marked man. Only the court didn't know he was in Iraq and he didn't know he was in any trouble. Attorney Katie Gilliam heard through a friend of a friend about the case and was appalled the Army man was in jail. A circuit judge agreed and Casteel was released after spending the night in the lockup. As the paper shuffling continued, it was learned there is a parenting class scheduled for next week. Casteel says he'll be there after spending one of a precious few nights behind bars a short distance from his home. Casteel returns to active duty in Germany in three weeks. Nice - the soon to be ex-wife got the same notices and didn't tell anybody he was in Iraq. She's probably not the only vindictive woman to pull that stunt! |
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Yeah, or her lawyer was wispering in her ear that this would help her
get the house, kids, and a bigger support order. |
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Dusty wrote: Casteel returns to active duty in Germany in three weeks. If the guy has any brains, he'll stay there. Ino PayCS -- http://inopaycs.tripod.com |
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" wrote in If the guy has any brains, he'll stay there. Yea, I'm wondering if it's worth staying here in America too, it ain't all that great! |
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"Bob Whiteside" wrote in message nk.net... "Dusty" wrote in message ... Kentucky Soldier Gets Less Than Happy Homecoming March 11, 2005, 07:53 PM EST http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?s=3065477 It was a less than happy homecoming for a soldier just back from Iraq. He was thrown into jail on his first night home. It appears some important people didn't know Army Specialist Larry Casteel was on the war-front. In a matter of hours, Casteel changed from a weapon-toting specialist wearing the camouflaged khaki uniform of the United States Army, to a surprised resident of the Laurel County lockup, wearing the hardly camouflaged bright orange inmate jump-suit. The story unfolds as Casteel traveled with some friends to an area store where the car in which he was a passenger was stopped by police for a broken tail-light. A check of everyone's ID's turned up a warrant against the Army man for failure to appear at a court hearing. Casteel and his wife were in the process of divorce and in Laurel County, divorcing couples with kids have to attend parenting classes. When he didn't show, Casteel became a marked man. Only the court didn't know he was in Iraq and he didn't know he was in any trouble. Attorney Katie Gilliam heard through a friend of a friend about the case and was appalled the Army man was in jail. A circuit judge agreed and Casteel was released after spending the night in the lockup. As the paper shuffling continued, it was learned there is a parenting class scheduled for next week. Casteel says he'll be there after spending one of a precious few nights behind bars a short distance from his home. Casteel returns to active duty in Germany in three weeks. Nice - the soon to be ex-wife got the same notices and didn't tell anybody he was in Iraq. She's probably not the only vindictive woman to pull that stunt! Even taking into account the all-pervasive liberal and feminist bias in the U.S. media, I am baffled about why there is so little coverage of these stories about the outrageous way military fathers are treated. A few weeks ago I posted a story from the New York Times about the way creditors were going after men who had been called up at short notice to serve in Iraq, despite the existence of a federal law that was supposed to protect them. The author of this story, which got considerably play in the NYT, made no mention of the way men are being imprisoned for non-payment of "child support" that accumulated during their absence, although she must have come across this when she was researching the story. Quite a number of years ago, when I first became involved in fathers' issues, I listened to a story from a father who had just retired from the military. His wife then decided that she was going to divorce him, thus imposing a "child support" burden on him for his minor children. The judge told him that, since many military retirees find other employment after they retire, this man's CS was going to be calculated on an imputed income basis, not on what he was actually receiving in retirement pay. So he was forced to go back to work, as a result of his wife's decision to divorce him. |
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