Crime & Justice

Feds Accuse Former Marine of Spreading Bogus Purple Heart Tale

STOLEN VALOR

Paul John “P.J.” Herbert also bilked the government of $344,040 in disability benefits for injuries he never sustained, prosecutors said.

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