UTICA, N.Y. State Sen. Joseph Griffo, R-C-Rome, announced that Richard “Rick” Redmond, a U.S. Army veteran from Utica who served his nation for 20 years, has been inducted into the New York State Senate Veterans’ Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was created to honor and recognize outstanding veterans from New York State […]
Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/LinkedInA Marine Corps veteran who falsely claimed to have been the sole survivor of an enemy IED blast in Iraq—going so far as to submit a bogus application for a Purple Heart—is now facing federal charges for receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars related to life-altering injuries the feds say never happened.Paul John “P.J.” Herbert, 52, was arrested Friday morning by federal agents in Western Massachusetts. He served in the Marines on a