Mother believes veteran son needs PTSD treatment, not incarceration

Mother believes veteran son needs PTSD treatment, not incarceration

WILL CONTINUE TOMORROW FROMA-M TO 3 P-M..

ONCE AGAIN ATBANQUETE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.{***ANIMATION**}IN TONIGHT’S VETERANS INFOCUS...A MOTHER’S PLEA FOR HELPFOR HER SON.YOU SEE... THIS MARINEVETERAN... IS BEHIND BARS.{***BOXES**}OUR VETERANS ISSUES REPORTERGREG CHANDLER JOINS US IN STUDIOWITH THEIR STORY.GREG?{***TRI PLASMA**}KATIA...ELSA GUERRERO DOESN’T TRY TOPAINT HER SON AS INNOCENT.HE ADMITTED TO THE CRIME HE WASACCUSED OF.WHAT SHE BELIEVES... IS THAT HERSON NEEDS TREATMENT... FOR POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.{***PKG**}GREGORY GUERRERO WAS YOURAVERAGE KID.HE JOINED THE MARINES IN 2008...SPENT 8 YEARS IN THE CORPSRESERVES.SERVED EIGHT MONTHS INAFHGANISTAN.WHEN HE CAME HOME... AND HISWIFE LEFT HIM.{***SOT FULL**}GUERRERO: She had gone throughall his money, the daughter hethought was his before he wentto war, he found out it was nothis daughter.GREGORY’S MOTHER ELSA SAYS THATHE WENT TO THE V-A FOR HELP FORP-T-S-D... BUT FELT LIKE HE WASGETTING NOWHERE.{***SOT FULL**}ELSA GUERRERO/VETERAN’S MOTHER:He said every time he went itwas a differnet counselor, so hehad to start over from sessionone.

He never got to the secondsession or third.GEORGE WEST IS A SMALL TOWN...WHERE MOST EVERYONE KNOWSEVERYONE... AND RUNNING INTOSOMEONE ISN’T HARD.HIS EX-WIFE ACCUSED GREGORY OFSTALKING.HE WAS CONVICTED... AND PUT ONPROBATION.BUT GREGORY MOVED ON... FOUNDANOTHER GIRL... HAD A CHILD.BUT THEN HE FOUND OUT THATCHILD... ALSO WASN’T HIS.{***SOT FULL**}GUERRERO: He just did not knowhow to deal with it.UNFORTUNATELY..

GREGORY DEALTWITH IT... BY GOING TO THEMOTHER’S HOME.{***SOT FULL**}GUERRERO: He broke in the house,he took her computer.

He had awrench in his hand, the was themain factor why he was chargedwith aggravated assault.GREGORY SAYS HE FELT A KNIFE ATHIS NECK AND SWUNG THE WRENCH.HE WAS ARRESTED... CONVICTED...AND SENT TO THE JESTER IVPSYCHIATRIC FACILITY INRICHMOND.HIS SENTENCE... SEVEN YEARS...ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE IN HALF.ELSA... WORRIED FOR HER SON.{***SOT FULL**}GUERRERO: I don’t believe theprison system rehabs PTSD.

Ibelieve he needs a treamtecenter, an intense treatmentcenter for PTSD.{***TRI PLASMA**}JUNE IS P-T-S-D AWARENESS MONTH.GUERRERO HOPES THAT BY TELLINGHER SON’S STORY... ANOTHERVETERAN IS INSPIRED TO GET THEHELP THEY NEED.FOR VETERANS IN FOCUS... GREGCHANDLER... KRIS 6 NEWS.{***FULLSCREEN**}DON’T FORGET, IF YOU’RE AVETERAN... CHECK OUT THEINFORMATION PAGE WE HAVE THAT’SJUST FOR YOU.JUST GO TO KRIS-T-V-DOT-COMSLASH VETERANS IN FOCUS.WE ALSO HAVE A H