Gauthier, Ray
aka 
Raymond John Gauthier

Gauthier attempts suicide
10/15/07

 

 09/30/2010

Vet, 75, gets 3 years in prison for continuing to pretend to be ...
Marco Eagle
In August, a US appeals court overturned the 2006 Stolen Valor Act, which made it a federal crime to pretend to be a vet, including wearing a uniform and ...

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/sep/08/phony-army-vet-violates-probation-Raymond-gauthier/

— A Collier judge on Wednesday found a 75-year-old veteran who pretended to be a highly decorated Vietnam prisoner of war guilty of violating probation by committing grand theft and exaggerating his past again.

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/nov/21/veteran-who-faked-hero-status-collier-arrested-aga/ 

veteran who faked hero status arrested again
11/21/2009

NAPLES — ....Collier deputies arrested Raymond John Gauthier, now of Palmetto, on Friday in East Naples on a warrant alleging violation of probation for his conviction for gross fraud-cheating......

  • On 4/10/07 Gauthier was placed on five (5) years probation by Judge Hardts in Collier County for Cheating or Gross Fraud.  He was charged with falsely representing to the Collier County Tax Collector that he was a former Prisoner of War.  And he obtained a discount on a vehicle license tag, to which he was not entitled.

  • One of the conditions of probation was to surrender to his probation officer all certificates, records, or other documents which indicated status as a prison of war.  An authentic DD214 (military discharge document) did not have to be surrendered.

  • On 5/23/07 a planned search was conducted at his Cocoa residence.  A DD214 was discovered during the search.  Offender subsequently admitted to forging the DD214

  • A VOP was completed for failing to surrender the phony DD214 per special condition 18(2) on his probation order.

  • On 8/2/07 offender was arrested for violation of probation.  He is currently at the Brevard County Jail.

Reported: 
# (on list over 8 years) 
04/2006
06/2006
08/2007
Claims POW and more

     ACTUAL RECORDS AND One of the BOGUS DD214's

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/sep/05/trial_delayed_man_claiming_be_war_hero/

Trial delayed for man claiming to be war hero

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Dozens of veterans packed a Collier County courtroom Wednesday for a probation violation hearing for a former East Naples man who claimed to be a war hero and POW......

 

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http://www.bonitanews.com/news/2007/aug/14/man_faces_new_charges_forging_military_documents_e/?latest

Man faces new charges of forging military documents on east coast

.....Raymond John Gauthier, 72, who now lives at 280 Hayes Ave. in Cocoa Beach, was arrested in Brevard County on Aug. 2 after a probation officer searching his home found a falsified DD-214 form listing fake military honors that wasn’t the same DD-214 military records form that started his troubles in Collier County......

Phony war hero arrested again
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Last updated on: 8/3/2007 8:12:37 PM by Kara Kenney

BREVARD COUNTY: A phony war hero who left Southwest Florida after being exposed by NBC2 is now in trouble with the law in his new hometown. The latest arrest came just three months after a remorseful Raymond Gauthier pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Collier County.....Raymond Gauthier, 71, was arrested Thursday morning at his new home in Cocoa Beach......



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Phony war hero to spend veteran holidays working in jail

Originally published — 10:59 a.m., April 10, 2007
Updated — 10:51 p.m., April 10, 2007

.... so when he heard the plea bargain negotiated for Raymond John Gauthier, an East Naples man who pretended to be a highly decorated military veteran and prisoner of war, the judge halted Assistant State Attorney Jerry Brock as he outlined the terms......

 

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Collier man who claimed to be a decorated POW set to admit in court he’s a fraud

By Aisling Swift

Wednesday, April 4, 2007

For several decades, Raymond John Gauthier of East Naples donned a Green Beret Special Forces uniform decorated with dozens of medals, put on the distinctive beret and attended military functions.......

Phony POW

From NBC-2, WBBH-TV, Collier County ( Naples ), Florida

http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=11700&z=3&p= 

20 Mar 07

"Phony war hero" may apologize to avoid jail

COLLIER COUNTY : The man many local veterans call a phony war hero may avoid jail time if he issues a public apology for what he did.

Raymond Gauthier was arrested in December and charged with forging military documents to get a Prisoner Of War license plate. .....

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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2007/jan/23/man_who_sought_pow_plate_awol_hearing/

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Man who sought POW plate AWOL at hearing

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

A bench warrant was issued Monday for a 71-year-old East Naples man who failed to appear at an arraignment hearing on charges that he fraudulently obtained an ex-prisoner-of-war license plate for his vehicle......

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http://www.nbc-2.com/Articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=7624&z=3&p          

Kara Kenney
Last updated on: 6/22/2006 7:13:07 AM

Collier man accused of military fraud                      

COLLIER COUNTY: Symbols of bravery, honor and courage are awarded to a select few in the armed forces. In a very public way, the commander of a local veterans group is accusing one of his own of fraud for wearing medals that he did not earn.......

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Alleged phony war vet arrested on fraud charges
Kara Kenney
Last updated on: 12/27/2006 6:18:48 PM


NAPLES: NBC2 was the first to expose Raymond Gauthier, a Naples man who claimed to be a war hero decorated in dozens of medals he did not earn. Gauthier is now sitting in jail on fraud charges.

Deputies say he forged documents that stated he earned dozens of military medals - even a POW medal. Detectives say it was the phony documents that Gauthier used to get a POW license plate.......


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naplesnews.com   Decorated demise: Man arrested for falsely obtaining POW license plate

By Ryan Mills
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

A 71-year-old East Naples man who authorities say has been passing himself off as a highly-decorated military veteran was arrested today for fraudulently obtaining an ex-prisoner-of-war license plate for his vehicle........




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