Tim Debusk
aka Timothy Allen DeBusk

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Marine admits to semper lie

Topeka Capital-Journal, The
   Sep 8, 2007 
 by Steve Fry

By Steve Fry

THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL

A line of combat-wounded veterans glared at a young veteran as he walked into the Shawnee County Courthouse on Friday to face criminal charges that he fraudulently obtained a Purple Heart license tag for his car.

Timothy Allen DeBusk, 27, who wasn't wounded while serving as a Marine in Iraq, unexpectedly pleaded guilty while 20 veterans, one wounded at Iwo Jima during World War II, others in the Vietnam War and at least one in the current war in Iraq, watched.....

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Copyright 2007
Soldier's actions at issue
Former Marine sergeant accused of faking papers to get Purple Heart
By Steve Fry
The Capital-Journal
Published Monday, September 03, 2007
Earl McIntosh, a retired U.S. Marine sergeant, is steamed about a Topeka man who faces criminal charges after he obtained a state car tag showing he was wounded in combat during the Iraq war. Timothy Allen DeBusk, 27, a former active duty Marine sergeant, is 
charged in Shawnee County District Court with one count each of  dealing in false identification documents and making false  information. The charges, which were filed on May 24, are felony offenses.

Submitted
Timothy Allen DeBusk was charged in 2006 with impersonating a public  officer or employee
WHAT'S NEXT
The preliminary hearing for Timothy Allen DeBusk will be at 9 a.m. Friday in Shawnee County District Court. The courtroom is on the  fourth floor of the Shawnee County Courthouse.  ....



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2007 The Topeka Capital-Journal

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Former sgt. accused of fake Purple Heart claim
By Michael Hoffman - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Aug 17, 2007 18:39:10 EDT.

Topeka, Kan., police captain Ron Brown earned a Purple Heart after he lost a portion of his hearing in both ears when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to the Marine reservist’s head outside Fallujah in 2004. So he made sure he was there when former Sgt. Tim Debusk was arrested and charged with forging a Purple Heart citation on May 25.

“I just told him that I thought what he did was despicable, and that I hoped he thought about the guys he disrespected who died for this country over Memorial Day,” Brown said.

Debusk’s trial is set to begin Sept. 7 with a preliminary hearing in Shawnee County District Court, where he is charged with “dealing in false identification documents” and “making a false writing.” If convicted, he could face up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine under the Stolen Valor Act that penalizes those who claim military awards they didn’t earn.....

Vets tag Marine as liar

Man sentenced for false Purple Heart claim
By Steve Fry
The Capital-Journal
Published Wednesday, November 14, 2007

A Marine who falsely claimed he received the Purple Heart for service in Iraq faced a verbal barrage in court Tuesday from combat-wounded veterans.

Over and over, the veterans stood to blast Timothy Allen DeBusk for his lies and for staining the military award reserved for those wounded by the enemy or killed in action.


Mike Burley / The Capital-Journal

Timothy Allen DeBusk, right, and defense attorney Don Hoffman listen Tuesday at the Shawnee County Courthouse as DeBusk is sentenced for fraudulently trying to obtain a Purple Heart license plate for his car. DeBusk is a Marine veteran but wasn't wounded....

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Marine Sentenced for False Purple Heart Claim // AP

Nov 14, 2007

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