The 22-year-old man identified as the suspect in Friday's Three Gateway Center hostage situation was convicted earlier this year in Allegheny County for a carjacking.
Klein (also identified as Kleine) Michael Thaxton pleaded guilty in January in Veterans Court to felony counts of robbery and receiving stolen property.
He also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of simple assault, reckless endangerment, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. In addition, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and other summary traffic offenses.
Allegheny County Judge John A. Zottola sentenced Thaxton to spend 6 to 12 months in jail and 3 years probation.
In May, the court issued a bench warrant for Thaxton due to a probation violation.
Police arrested Thaxton in July 2011 after grabbing a woman around midnight at a McKeesport BP gas station, throwing her to the ground and stealing her blue Hyundai Elantra, KDKA reported.
He led police on a lengthy car chase that ended with him jumping from the roof of an auto body shop in Uptown, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
KDKA reported that University of Pittsburgh Police attempted to stop him about 1 a.m., but that he took off and led police on a chase through the Uptown neighborhood..
Thaxton jumped out of the vehicle at the intersection of Gist and Tustin Streets, ran onto the top of the Forbes Auto Body and jumped to the roof of a neighboring property before injuring his ankle and being caught by police, KDKA reported.
An article in another Paper stated that he was suffering from PTSD and has gone to the VA for help but was turned away. >> Evidence please. Thank you.
Also during his short stint in the USArmy he was never deployed. Not surprisingly details continue to emerge.
Remember the old song, makes me think of you "paranoia strikes deep, into your mind it will creep" LOL! BTW, what paper did you see that in? No one else saw that, why don't you share your source?
NE12Ukid- this is what your 5th name that you use on the Patch to attack people. Your not worth it to answer, as you are a waste of air. GOOD BYE to someone who knows little about nothing, but claims to be an expert on everything.
Suspicion is different from actually yet you found him guilty. Another name that NE12Ukid made up to use, what a joke.
The GOP recently voted down the Veterans Job Act. Only Republicans voted against it, 2 Republicans voted for and 2 abstained. Pat Toomey (PA senator) voted "nay" on the Veterans Job Act. I have searched this subject in Fox News, waiting for them to cover it, and I have yet to see anything. Now, why would a credible news source choose not to cover a huge legislative decision like this? Really, Obama is not against the military. I promise that when Obama wins (and he is going to win), I am going to be very disappointed at his _not_ reducing defense spending. My biggest problem with Obama has always been the lack of reducing foreign entanglements.
http://www.postcrescent.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012309210194&adjusted=1
http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2012/sep/21/mitt-romney/obama-blame-defense-sequestration-says-romney-ad/
On a more personal level, we have six members of family in military, 3 USAF (1 ret), 2 USArmy, 1 USNavy. All are supporting Obama, and say they have various benefits that they would not have received without his actions.
Whether the man is capable of decency is another topic IMO, best determined by his health care professionals. "The 22-year-old man identified as the suspect in Friday's Three Gateway Center hostage situation was convicted earlier this year in Allegheny County for a carjacking.Klein (also identified as Kleine) Michael Thaxton pleaded guilty in January in Veterans Court to felony counts of robbery and receiving stolen property. He also pleaded guilty to misdemeanor counts of simple assault, reckless endangerment, fleeing or attempting to elude an officer. In addition, he pleaded guilty to driving without a license and other summary traffic offenses." http://baldwin-whitehall.patch.com/articles/suspect-in-gateway-hostage-situation-convicted-of-carjacking-in-january
There are many that came back from over in Iraq can't get treatment though the VA for (Axis 1, which also consist of PTSD). Thaxton might not have fought over in IRAQ or any country but he was being trained for " 1st Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 1st Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kanas as a combat engineer." He was training with Explosives and we don't know what went though his mind and what kind of mental illness that could of sparked from his training with explosives. All people react differently and his training could of triggered Axis 1. My son was hurt in a Humvee over in the sandbox and the Fireworks down at the Point this year triggered his PTSD, which the VA says doesn't exist and isn't paying for his treatment. His job that he has now as a truck driver has great medical insurance and are paying for his medical less his co-payments on medical and his co payments on the drugs he has to take to control PTSD. This is why I don't want obama voted back in office, how he has treated our military that has came back from war. Like when our Military came back from Vietnam and they got spit on from our government, what obama is doing to them now.
But did you read the articles that I posted? Explaining why both parties are pretty much in the same boat with benefits to veterans and defense spending? They play with numbers to try to sway your vote. Remember, here we are dealing a lot more with Congress than the executive branch when it comes to spending. Did you see that the GOP voted down the Veterans Jobs Act? Asking honestly, why do you think that the Republican party voted down the Veterans Jobs Act (increasing assistance to veterans)? That is a clear cut bash on Veterans by the GOP, whereas all of these other "Obama wants the military down to nothing" comments don't really have any factual basis. He does not. After the election, I think we are going to see relatively more of the same with defense spending. He has publicly said that he does not support further defense cuts (I wish he did). Read that other article explaining defense spending cuts. The executive branch put in place an across the board budget cuts (50% in defense) _only_ to take place if Congress did not pass a budget. It was an incentive/threat from the executive branch (Obama admin) to make them compromise and pass a budget. Nobody really believed these cuts were going to take place, and they have not yet, but if Congress doesn't pass a budget they will. Remember, Congress spends the money, not the president.
"While the bill was a top priority of President Obama and many veterans’ organizations, the House of Representatives had no plans to take it up for consideration this year." http://www.navytimes.com/news/2012/09/military-veterans-job-corps-act-senate-091912w/ I will just add that I have no real opinion on this bill, and it was voted down under the premise that it added to VA spending. So now you have to stop and think. Well, you say the GOP supports veterans. The GOP is opposed to increased VA spending, but they are for a much larger increase in defense spending....
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Roger then asks ... so getting benefits because of decisions of Obama is the reason they are supporting him? Do we hear you right? No, you did not read it correctly, Roger, so I copied and capitalized the operative word AND. It does not say BECAUSE, it says AND. Two things. Now, as to WHY they choose to support Obama, that's six people, I am sure they, like anyone else, have different reasons. I do know that one reason is that one of them is a very strong supporter of women's rights, among other reasons. I found some interesting information at military.com, will share below.
Ron Paul was the favorite among military givers, but donors' focus shifted to Obama in March, according to federal elections data analyzed by the Center for Responsive Politics. Romney remains an also-ran when it comes to backing from the military. From January 2011 until March, servicemembers who gave more than $200 contributed about $333,134 to Paul's campaign, as compared to about $184,505 for Obama and just $45,738 to Mitt Romney. "But in March, Obama and Paul switched places," Choma wrote. "Members of the military sent $36,448 to Obama and just $17,733 to Paul. Military donations to Romney campaign -- only $8,630." If Obama's fundraising edge among troops continues to build, it would be a repeat of his performance in 2008 when for a time troops were giving to Obama as much as six to one over his Republican opponent, Arizona Sen. John McCain. That was a shift, however, in the historical alignment of the force, according to the center's analysis. In earlier cycles, military donors tended to give more to Republicans. In 2000, George W. Bush outraised Democratic Vice President Al Gore almost 2 to 1 among military donors.
Specifically, please show respect for those who serve in the military.
"cc7:28 pm on Saturday, September 22, 2012 An article in another Paper stated that he was suffering from PTSD and has gone to the VA for help but was turned away. " LeonA and I have both asked what paper and you have yet to answer. Either you read it in the paper or not.
And how about the GOP voting down the Veterans Jobs Corps Act? Despite the fact that the majority of the Senate voted for the Act, they needed 2/3rds and were short 2 votes. All "nay" votes were Republican.