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$136,000 settlement reached for troops charged illegal lease termination fees

The Justice Department reached a settlement with Texas-based Western Rim Investors for charging Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland troops illegal lease termination fees between 2011 and 2020.

By Davis Winkie

5 years ago

A five-story apartment complex that was to provide housing for low-income veterans is ravaged by fire early on Sept. 16, 2020, in East Los Angeles, just months before it was scheduled to open.

Fire destroys apartments being built for low-income veterans in Los Angeles

A five-story structure under construction to house scores of homeless and low-income veterans went up in flames Wednesday in East Lost Angeles.

5 years ago

Navy accuses yeoman of setting 2015 blaze

Yeoman 2nd Class Charmaine K. March has been charged with aggravated arson for her alleged role in a suspicious 2015 blaze at a two-story apartment building in Newport News.

By Mark D. Faram

6 years ago

Soldier who died rescuing four from Bronx fire will receive Soldier's Medal

Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah, 28, perished in the Dec. 28 apartment building fire after returning three times to rescue family members and other residents.

By Kyle Rempfer

7 years ago

Soldier saves four before perishing in massive New York apartment fire

Pfc. Emmanuel Mensah. a soldier in the New York Army National Guard, had previously lived in the building and was visiting home after completing military training in Virginia, officials said.

By Kyle Rempfer

7 years ago

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