A former Marine lance corporal who pleaded guilty to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to buy a plasma television online has been sentenced to five years probation, with a condition that he stay in a halfway house on house arrest for six months, his lawyer said. Prosecutors say Steven Lee Fickey stole the identities of about 18 people, using them to buy things through a Web site maintained by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service. ...more

November 7, 2008

Mike Toma had just come off fire watch duty in Beirut, Lebanon, and was asleep in his barracks when a bomb exploded less than 100 feet away. ...more

October 19, 2008

A former Marine lance corporal who prosecutors say stole the identities of about 18 people pleaded guilty Friday to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to buy a plasma television online. ...more

August 23, 2008

TAMPA - A former U.S. Marine lance corporal, who prosecutors say stole the identities of about 18 people, is scheduled to plead guilty this morning to stealing the identity of a fellow marine to buy a plasma television online. ...more

August 22, 2008

A former U.S. Marine lance corporal, known to neighbors for parading around an apartment complex with a ceremonial sword, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing the identity of a fellow Marine to order a plasma television online. ...more

August 20, 2008

Former Marine Cpl. Steven Lee Fickey has agreed to plead guilty to fraud and stealing identities of other Marines, court records show. ...more

August 19, 2008

NEW PORT RICHEY -- A day set aside to honor injured Iraq soldier Josh Cooley will highlight the Fourth of July holiday weekend in West Pasco. Pasco County commissioners declared Saturday, July 5, as Josh Cooley Day as the Marine continues his recovery from a brain injury he suffered nearly three years ago. ...more

July 2, 2008

A former Marine corporal who told people he was a captain and walked around his apartment complex carrying a ceremonial sword has been indicted on charges he stole the identities of Marines he once served with, according to documents on file in federal court. ...more

October 11, 2007

TAMPA - A former Marine corporal who told people he was a captain and walked around his apartment complex carrying a ceremonial sword has been indicted on charges he stole the identities of Marines he once served with, according to documents on file in federal court. ...more

October 10, 2007