pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Springfield to making false statements by submitting a false Purple Heart application to the U.S. Marine Corps through his local Congressman. A federal ...

A former U.S. Marine from western Massachusetts has pleaded guilty to submitting a fake Purple Heart application to the U.S. Marine Corps through his local Congressman, and falsely claimed injury from ...

SPRINGFIELD — A former Marine from Western Massachusetts pleaded guilty this week to fraudulently filing for a Purple Heart Medal — reserved for those wounded or killed while serving in the U ...

Investigators say that on October 24, 2018, Herbert filed a false Purple Heart application to the United States Marine Corps through his local Congressman claiming he had been injured by a ...