Fund a Wounded Warrior's Defense
Donation protected
SPC Eric Higgins (US Army) was stationed at Ft. Campbell with 101st Airborne Division when he deployed to Afghanistan in April 2010. In late June 2010, he was hit by a Taliban mortar, resulting in a fractured skull, brain injury, inner ear damage in both ears, and multiple shrapnel wounds. His parents met him at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center before he was transferred to the National Naval Medical Center (now Walter Reed) and finally back to Ft. Campbell. In Ft. Campbell, Eric was transferred to WTU (Warrior Transition Unit) and given time to receive subsequent surgeries to his ears, face, left hand and both feet and legs, before receiving an Honorable Discharge from the Army. He doesn't show off his Purple Heart and Bronze Star, preferring to downplay his injuries, but he can't hear without hearing aids and at the age of 24 he walks with a cane and depends on medications for PTSD and chronic pain.
Before his discharge, while Eric was in WTU, he was given a prescription to refill his medications. He was brought into court for alleged prescription fraud in Clarksville, TN (just outside Ft. Campbell) and appeared before the court with a lawyer who told him the case would soon be settled.
When the Army discharged Eric and moved him back to his home of record in Missouri, he thought the matter in court was settled. After the Army moved him to Missouri, the court in Tennessee thought otherwise and issued a fugitive warrant for his arrest. Eric was arrested in Missouri on Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013, and had to spend Thanksgiving in jail without access to his family. Meanwhile, Eric's legally and properly prescribed medications for PTSD and chronic pain have been withheld without medical reason by the jailers in Missouri (he also had two recent surgeries, on his shoulder and his knee, since returning to Missouri).
His parents retained an attorney to fight for Eric's defense in Tennessee, but he faces felony charges before the circuit court and a competent defense will not come cheaply. Eric is not the criminal sort, but he is not a rich man either, just a man who was willing to go overseas and fight for his country, who faced the Taliban in person, and who has been treated unjustly by local authorities back at home. He did this to protect and defend all Americans, and now he needs your help in funding his defense at home. Please donate now. Thank you, and God bless.
Before his discharge, while Eric was in WTU, he was given a prescription to refill his medications. He was brought into court for alleged prescription fraud in Clarksville, TN (just outside Ft. Campbell) and appeared before the court with a lawyer who told him the case would soon be settled.
When the Army discharged Eric and moved him back to his home of record in Missouri, he thought the matter in court was settled. After the Army moved him to Missouri, the court in Tennessee thought otherwise and issued a fugitive warrant for his arrest. Eric was arrested in Missouri on Tuesday, Nov 26, 2013, and had to spend Thanksgiving in jail without access to his family. Meanwhile, Eric's legally and properly prescribed medications for PTSD and chronic pain have been withheld without medical reason by the jailers in Missouri (he also had two recent surgeries, on his shoulder and his knee, since returning to Missouri).
His parents retained an attorney to fight for Eric's defense in Tennessee, but he faces felony charges before the circuit court and a competent defense will not come cheaply. Eric is not the criminal sort, but he is not a rich man either, just a man who was willing to go overseas and fight for his country, who faced the Taliban in person, and who has been treated unjustly by local authorities back at home. He did this to protect and defend all Americans, and now he needs your help in funding his defense at home. Please donate now. Thank you, and God bless.
Organizer
Darren Mize
Organizer
Colorado Springs, CO
