Douglas Robinson

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10/13/09
McHenry County VAC

Hot News Bulletin

For immediate release

Hello Everyone:

This morning we were visited by Douglas Robinson and his wife Cheryl.  Please see attached flyer.  They were attempting to get assistance.

Mike notified the Sheriff's Dept, confiscated the VA ID cards that they were using to mislead everyone to get Veterans Benefits and refused any assistance.

And I thought it was going to be a quiet day…go figgure?!!!

Jane
08/06/09

Robinson’s parole officer who issued a warrant for violation of his parole. He was caught then failed to make his court appearance so now there is a bench warrant for contempt of court out on him. Believe me, this guy is a work. 		 After interviewing him here (and before I had him arrested) he told me and my staff that he was in Vietnam for the full ten years of the war. Come to find out he was in jail in Mississippi for 4 of those years. He told us he served with the 83rd Airborne, was on a bunch of secret cross-border missions, and was a retired Sgt Major who was being denied his retirement pay because he didn’t have a permanent residence.

SCAM ADVISORY - PHONY VET 08/03/09

Everyone,
 
Please pass the word on this guy. This is information that some of us in this area could have also used so that we were aware of this dirt-bag. 

 Thanks for the Advisory.  I was not aware that this clown was out of jail.  All posts need to be aware as he learned about the VAC's after getting monies from the posts.  The last story I heard he was using suggested that his Military retirement is being held up for some reason.  Don't let this guy or his wife get a dime from your posts.

Subject: SCAM ADVISORY - PHONY VET
Importance: High

Attached to this advisory is the current Illinois Department of Corrections status of Douglas Robinson - the phony veteran that we brought charges against in 2008. He was convicted and sentenced to 4 years but was paroled on 06-02-09. Since his parole, he has tried to get assistance from Lake County VAC and on 07-27-09 he was attempting to get housing assistance from Great Lakes Naval Station. I don't know where else or who else he has made his fraudulent claims to, but he is still attempting to pass himself off as a retired Army veteran with the rank of Sergeant-Major. I know that he has visited some of you in the past and was successful in scamming some of you with his fraudulent claims. This is an advisory that he is on the prowl once again. I cannot understand how he can return to using the same scam while he is on parole (which terminates on 6/2/10). Doesn't this type of activity violate his parole and can't he be sent back to prison for a parole violation??? Hopefully he won't return to Kendall County because I will make every attempt to put him away again.

In an attempt to avoid anymore assistance being given to this phony vet - please post his attached status sheet in your offices and veteran posts.

Ed Dixon, VAC Superintendent

Veterans Assistance Commission of Kendall County
"Serving America's Finest"
Accredited Veterans Service Officer
811 West John Street - Suite 264
Yorkville, Illinois 60560
Direct:  630-553-8355   Fax:  630-553-0003
E-mail:  edixon@co.kendall.il.us<mailto:edixon@co.kendall.il.us>
Website:  www.co.kendall.il.us/veteransassistance<http://www.co.kendall.il.us/veteransassistance>
We entered the military by taking an oath to serve.
And, in this VAC office, that oath has no termination date!

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R68450 - ROBINSON, DOUGLAS

 

Parent Institution:

Pinckneyville Correctional Center

Inmate Status:

PAROLE

Location:

PAROLE DISTRICT 1

Discharge Reason:

 

 

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VITALS

 

Date of Birth:

01-29-1939

Weight:

210 lbs.

Hair:

Black

Sex:

Male

Height:

5 ft. 11 in.

Race:

Black

Eyes:

Brown

 

MARKS, SCARS, & TATTOOS

TATTOO, ARM, RIGHT - "RUSTY"

 

 

TATTOO, ARM, LEFT - "STEWART"

 

 

 

 

 

 

ADMISSION / RELEASE / DISCHARGE INFO

 

Custody Date:

02/11/2008

Projected Parole Date:

 

Paroled Date:

06-02-2009

Tentative Discharge Date:

 

Discharge From Parole:

06/02/2010

 

 

 

 

 

SENTENCING INFORMATION

MITTIMUS:

07CF308

CLASS:

3

COUNT:

1

OFFENSE:

STATE BENEFITS FRAUD/>$300

CUSTODY DATE:

10/02/2007

SENTENCE:

4 YEARS 0 MONTHS 0 DAYS

COUNTY:

KENDALL

SENTENCE DISCHARGED?:

NO

 

 

HeraldNewsOnline.com Member of the Sun-Times News Group
Fake veteran accused of fraud
October 5, 2007
By Matt Hanely SUN-TIMES NEWS GROUP

A 68-year-old man has been charged with multiple felonies after trying to pass himself off as a Vietnam veteran.

Douglas Robinson was arrested in Wisconsin on Saturday on a warrant issued sometime after he visited Kendall County's Veterans Assistance Commission in August.

According to a statewide bulletin sent out by a coalition of veterans groups, Robinson and his wife have been visiting local veterans relief organizations, claiming he is an Army veteran. Robinson and his wife ask for help with food and housing, and claim they are fighting with the Army to get benefits he is owed since he retired in 1999, the bulletin said.....

Phony veteran gets four years in prison

• Lied about service: Man arrested after bilking Kendall vets commission

February 4, 2008
Beacon News Staff

A 68-year-old man who pretended to be a veteran to receive benefits will spend four years in prison, according to Kendall County State's Attorney Eric Weis.

Douglas Robinson, of Madison, Wis., was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to state benefit fraud.

Weis said charges were filed against Robinson after he was given money for food and a hotel room by the Yorkville American Legion, the Kendall County Veterans Affairs Commission and individual veterans......