Marine of the Year arrested for attempted murder

[Equalizer]

TweetI feel for this guy, even though did open fire on people, I've had friends come back from the M.E. and just seeing how much they have changed emotionally its kinda disturbing. I hope the US gov. steps in and takes care of their boy because its obvious to anyone who has a friend/relative that has ever been in a war and seen things first hand some of these guys arent the same and may even be a hazard to themselves or others without the right kind of counseling or help.


'Marine of the Year,' Profiled by Lawrence Paper, Arrested for Attempted Murder

By E&P Staff

Published: August 14, 2005 10:40 PM ET

NEW YORK A veteran recently named "Marine of the Year" for his service in Iraq was charged with attempted murder in Lawrence, Ma., after he fired a shotgun from his apartment window at a group of revelers outside a nightclub, police said. Two people, age 15 and 20, were hit by bullet fragments and suffered minor injuries.

Daniel Cotnoir, 33, had called police minutes earlier to complain about the noise coming from the street shortly before 3 a.m. Saturday.

He had been the subject of two recent stories in the Lawrence Eagle-Tribune concerning the psychological toll of his service in Iraq, and the difficulties to readjusting to civilian life.

Cotnoir served as a mortician for open casket funerals, frequently recovering-—or reassembling—-bodies ripped apart by roadside bombs and other attacks. He earlier told the paper he was getting counseling at a veterans hospital in Bedford.

Everyday sensations in his post-war life — such as the sound of a truck hitting a pothole — had become haunting reminders of Iraq, he told the paper last November. "It's a lot harder to talk about the job now than it was at the time to actually do it," Cotnoir said then. "The stories I've gained from my deployment aren't the kind of stories you share."

After yesterday’s incident, he told police someone had thrown an empty bottle through his bedroom window, and that he then feared for the safety of his wife and two daughters, who were home, the newspaper reported. He lives over his family’s funeral home.

His wife told police they had been arguing and he had been drinking.

Cotnoir was named 2005 Marine Corps Times Marine of the Year last month for his service in Iraq, chosen from 180,000 candidates. "Sgt. Cotnoir's selflessness and dedication to fallen Marines, and to their families back home, is truly inspiring," Rep. Martin T. Meehan said during the presentation speech in Washington last month.

Among the bodies he recoverd in Iraq were the burned and mutilated remains of two security contractors who were hung by ropes from a bridge in Fallujah.

[MaxSwells]

Tweetmy lil bro is due back in a month, finally after his 4th tour of duty, 2nd in Iraq. He was there when they invaded originally, his buddys got fucked up, he survived. The second time around he went back, he has 6 confirmed kills. He leveled an insurgent position in Hathwa (a house) with a bazooka . He is a forward air controller with a marine sniper detachment, not unlike the one that got recently torn to shreds a week ago in the same place....anyways, he was really fucked up when he came back the first time, he seems just as fucked up on the sat phone when he calls me now....its gonna take a lot of drugs & liquor followed by some snatch to get him back to normaql again...but he's got me....

[daved150]

TweetGOODLUCK MAX...I HOPE IT ALL GOES WELL.