The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

On Monday, December 2nd, the Macomb Police Department honored two officers who were injured in a shooting back in September. Nick Severs and JP McLaughlin, now recovered from gunshot wounds ...

“Consequently, the defendant’s fabrication of documents and false claims of service-connected injuries, to include his assertion he was awarded a Purple Heart, is not only criminal, but repugnant.