Chester "Chet" Arthur Stiles

Fugitive Accused of Raping Child Caught

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press Writer
Oct 16, 2007

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- A fugitive accused of raping a 3-year-old girl on videotape was arrested quietly during a traffic stop, telling the officer, "I'm tired of running," police said.

Chester "Chet" Arthur Stiles, 37, was pulled over late Monday in Henderson for not having a license plate. He admitted his identity after police said his license looked suspicious.

"He said, 'I'm Chester Stiles, the guy you're looking for,'" Henderson police Officer Mike Dye said. "He said, 'I'm tired of running.'"

....He was convicted in 1999 in Las Vegas of carrying a concealed weapon, and in 2001 of conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Police were also looking into an allegation that he had sexually assaulted a young girl in 2001.

Nye County District Attorney Bob Beckett had said he was told Stiles was a "survivalist type" who always carried knife and had a Navy SEAL background. ...

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NOT A SEAL

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Fraud busters on rise against fake veterans
Web, federal law help to expose military charlatans

By Russell Working, Tribune staff reporter 
Freelancer Matt Baron contributed to this report
October 8, 2007

When Douglas E. Robinson showed up in Yorkville saying he was a homeless Vietnam veteran who had lost everything in Hurricane Katrina, the American Legion post took pity on a former comrade in arms, giving him nearly $400 and paying for a few nights' lodging.

But Robinson and his wife's aggressive demands for money and slip-ups in his story led Kendall County sheriff's deputies to investigate. It turned out he had never served in the military, officials allege.

Robinson was lodged in Kendall County Jail last week on charges of stealing government-supported property and fraud in seeking veterans' benefits. The allegations, if true, are part of a rising flood of cases nationwide in which officials and private sleuths -- aided by the Internet and a new federal law -- are exposing hustlers and charlatans who claim benefits or honors that aren't theirs....


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Oct. 17, 2007

BLOWS LUNCH

Sex assault suspect in custody

By CHRISTINA EICHELKRAUT
PVT


Chester A. Stiles

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COUNTDOWN TO CAPTURE

Chester Arthur Stiles, the man who allegedly videotaped himself brutally assaulting a 3-year-old girl, was apprehended Monday evening in Henderson....

Although he claimed to be a survivalist, Stiles ultimately gave in to authorities with no struggle. His claim to be a former Navy SEAL also proved untrue.

Stiles had reportedly told associates and an ex-girlfriend that he was a former Navy SEAL, but an Oct. 15 edition of "Navy Times" reported that Stiles "spent less than a year in the Navy from 1988 to 1989, but there is no record of him graduating from Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL training."

Stiles was discharged from the Navy as an engineman fireman recruit, the article reported.

Navy SEALs are a part of the Naval Special Warfare division who are trained in unconventional warfare. SEAL is an acronym that stands for sea, air, and land....