Soldier arrested on AWOL charge released

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This recent picture from the Lexington-Fayette County jail shows Justin Faulkner, who said in a jailhouse interview Nov. 19 that he was seeking mental help at a veterans hospital when police showed up in the middle of the night to arrest him. Faulkner, 22, returned to his unit Nov. 20 and is being treated for post-traumatic stress disorder, his wife said.


Soldier arrested on AWOL charge released
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Nov 21, 2007 19:14:02 EST

LEXINGTON, Ky. — A soldier who said he was arrested at a veterans hospital where he was seeking mental help has been released from jail and is back at Fort Campbell, where his wife says he is being treated for post-traumatic stress problems.

Spc. Justin Faulkner, 22, of Stanton in eastern Kentucky, returned to his unit Tuesday, Brandy Faulkner said. She said she talked to him on the phone and that officers in his 101st Airborne Division combat engineer outfit welcomed him back.

“He’s back on base, they’re treating him with respect and getting him the help he needs,” Brandy Faulkner said.

Faulkner, an Iraq war veteran, is scheduled to return to Iraq soon with the 101st, but his wife said he isn’t well enough to go.

“When you see someone go from being normal to walking and talking in his sleep, who can’t even drive on the highway without flinching from something like a potato chip bag on the side of the road, something is wrong,” she said.

Faulkner’s first sergeant was taking him to Fort Campbell’s hospital Tuesday for help for the anxiety attacks and other problems he’s had since his first Iraq tour with the Kentucky National Guard.


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