DETROIT - Angela Reed, a Gulf War hero, was awarded three Bronze Stars for acts of heroism in a combat zone.

On Thursday, a judge thanked her for her service before sentencing her to prison for what he called a deplorable act: taking cash bribes and preventing homeless people from getting the benefits they so badly need.

"It's just not fair because people who have been homeless the longest continue to be homeless, while somebody who may not be or who has been homeless a week gets housing preference, which is just not fair to those who have been homeless for so long," said Lewis Hickson.

Hickson is disgusted. He runs a homeless shelter saying the truly homeless get on a list to be given $15,000 for housing. Reed, who worked for the state of Michigan, put non-homeless people on the list so they could get the money. The true homeless were left out on the street.