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Water
Board Director Lied About Medal Of Honor
CBS 2 - Los Angeles,CA,USA
He admitted violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, which makes
it a misdemeanor to lie about receiving the Congressional Medal of Honor
-- the nation's ...
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Claremont
official faces federal charges
abc7.com - Los Angeles,CA,USA
Three Valleys Water Board member Xavier Alvarez is being prosecuted
under the Stolen Valor Act of 2005, accused of falsely claiming
to have been awarded the ...
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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-valormay28,0,4768252.story
Fake claims of war heroics
a federal offense
Ex-soldier fights for medals' honor
Man
pleads guilty to military award lie
Sun-Sentinel.com - Fort
Lauderdale,FL,USA
A subdued Xavier Alvarez, 50, admitted to violating the Stolen
Valor Act, a recently enacted federal law that makes it a
crime for a person to claim falsely ...
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Man
pleads guilty to violating Stolen Valor Act
First Amendment Center -
Nashville,TN,USA
... lied during a public meeting about being awarded the
nation's highest military honor pleaded guilty on May 5 to
violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2005. ...
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Man
convicted of falsely claiming MoH
NavyTimes.com -
Springfield,VA,USA
And on Monday, Xavier Alvarez of Pomona, Calif., pleaded guilty to
violating the 2005 Stolen Valor Act. In doing so, he
acknowledged that he had falsely ...
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Alvarez
pleads guilty to charge
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
- Ontario,CA,USA
Alvarez originally pleaded not guilty to the medal charge and
attempted to have the case dismissed by claiming the Stolen
Valor Act was unconstitutional ...
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Claims 29 year Veteran of the USMC, 25 years with Recon, 2
purple hearts, a silver star and a Medal of Honor for pulling
the flag from the embassy in Iran during the hostage situation.
Alvarez again denies claim
Politician's vivid tales in question
By Fred Ortega, Staff Writer
Xavier Alvarez's tales of his military exploits in Vietnam earned
him the
nickname "Rambo" among his acquaintances in Pomona's
social and political
circles.
But there's one big problem with Alvarez's stories: He never
served in the military.
Alvarez, a member of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District
board of
directors, was charged by federal authorities Wednesday with falsely
claiming he won the Medal of Honor. The charge, a misdemeanor,
carries a
maximum penalty of a year in prison.
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Official to face new counts
Attorney: More lies uncovered
By Will Bigham, Staff Writer
Article Created: 01/11/2008
Federal prosecutors intend to file additional charges against a
local water-board member after discovering a second recording of
Xavier Alvarez publicly claiming he won the Medal of Honor.
Audio: Alvarez
sound clip from October 2007
Alvarez made the newly discovered medal claim while he was a
candidate for mayor in Pomona's January 2006 special election,
said Craig H. Missakian, assistant U.S. attorney. .....
Official lands in hot water amid lies
By Will Bigham, Staff Writer
CLAREMONT - When Xavier Alvarez claimed in July to have received the
Medal of Honor, he set in motion a chain of events that appears likely
to derail his political career in its infancy.
Alvarez, elected in November as a board member at the Three Valleys
Municipal Water District, was charged by federal authorities in
September with falsely claiming to have received the award....
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Medal liars
face new sanctions
Sacramento Bee - CA, USA
By Peter Hecht - phecht@sacbee.com Tom Gentile, a retired Army sergeant
major who investigates allegations of military impostors and
reports his results to ...
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http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_7875754
Water official claims right to lie -- Court case touches on Medal of Honor
Will Bigham, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 01/03/2008 09:00:00 PM PST
The water board member charged with falsely claiming he won the Medal of
Honor has filed a motion to dismiss the federal case against him, saying
the statute is unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment.
Xavier Alvarez, south Pomona's elected representative to the Three
Valleys Municipal Water District, is the first person to be charged with
violating the Stolen Valor Act of 2005.
The act criminalizes false claims of military decorations or medals,
including the Medal of Honor, of which there are only about 100 living
recipients.....
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/593148.html
State law enforcement may now cite those who falsify their war
exploits.
By Peter Hecht - Thursday, December 27, 2007
The new director of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District in
Claremont introduced himself with tales so harrowing, so seemingly
courageous, that people took notice.
Fellow board member Dan Horan said Xavier Alvarez told him he saved a
U.S. ambassador – and the American flag – while wounounded by
gunfire during a daring rooftop helicopter rescue in Lebanon.
Horan said he was puzzled when Alvarez, a board member elected in 2006,
later changed his story to say it happened in Iran. And he was skeptical
when his colleague also bragged of rescuing Marines pinned down by Viet
Cong gunfire in Vietnam.
On Sept. 26, authorities charged Alvarez, 49, with violating a 2005
federal "Stolen Valor Act" by standing up at a gathering of
water officials in July and announcing he was a wounded veteran, 25-year
Marine and a recipient of the fabled Congressional Medal of Honor.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian, who is prosecuting the case,
said Alvarez never served in the military. To state Assemblyman
Paul Cook, R-Yucca Valley, the case represents just one of many – far
too many – episodes of people impersonating veterans, embellishiing
service records or claiming medals they never earned....
ASSOCIATED PRESS
11:25 a.m. January 14, 2008
LOS ANGELES – Federal prosecutors say an additional charge is being
filed against a Pomona water board member who allegedly lied about
being a Medal of Honor recipient.
Xavier Alvarez, one of seven elected members on the Claremont-based
Three Valleys Municipal Water District board, allegedly made the claim
during a public meeting last summer.....
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