NEWS - January 2010
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CALIF ALVAREZ CASE AND
STOLEN VALOR ACT
CONSTITUTIONALITY
NOTICE OF MOTION; MOTION TO DISMISS INDICTMENT
(IN CHAMBERS) ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS
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Very
Special item - CoinTalk
By Lather
Eric Gene Piotrowski, who is charged under the so-called Stolen Valor
Act, made an initial appearance Friday before U.S. Magistrate Judge
Dale A. Drozd, who ordered him released on a $10000 unsecured bond. ...
CoinTalk
- http://www.cointalk.com/
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Man
Busted for Posing as State Trooper, Navy SEAL
US Navy SEALs Blog &
Information (blog)
When he initially moved into town, he reportedly introduced himself as
someone named Gary who was a former Navy SEAL and had several
career medals to his ...
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Phony War Heroes Break Law, Go Unpunished
Boston Channel.com
"The government is definitely not doing enough to prosecute
these guys," said Mary Schantag of the POW Network,
a nonprofit group that investigates claims ... |
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Fake
Cop Suspect Had Other Identities
WKRC TV Cincinnati
When he moved in a year ago, he told people his name was Gary, that he
was a former Navy Seal and had medals of honor. He told neighbors
his son was an ...
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Stolen
Valor Act unconstitutional, fake vet's attorney claims ...
Top Stories: Stolen Valor Act
unconstitutional, fake vet's attorney claims | strandlof, act,
attorney, stolen, liberties, war, district, claims, redesign, ... |
Tampa man arraigned on 'Stolen Valor' charges |
abcactionnews.com
Angel Ocasio appeared in US Federal Court in
Tampa Wednesday to answer charges that he violated the Stolen
Valor Act, a law making it illegal to ... |
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This
ain't Hell, but you can see it from here » Blog Archive ...
By TSO
Please realize the FBI only investigates and many have no idea what the
ins and outs of the Stolen Valor Act are. It is the U.S.
Attorney's that fail to approve the investigation and prosecute. SOOO
many cases ares stopped by USA's. ...
This
ain't Hell, but you can... - http://p12.hostingprod.com/@thisainthell.us/blog/
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Feds take aim at phony war heroes
San Diego Union Tribune
Congress started getting tougher on these frauds in 2005 when it
passed the Stolen Valor Act, which makes it illegal for
people to claim — verbally or in ... |
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Is
it illegal to wear medals you haven't earned?
BBC News
In the United States, there have been about 60 cases since the Stolen
Valor Act became law in 2006. Most involve people trying to gain
recognition or ...
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GARY LAKIS
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VIETNAM
VETERAN (MAYBE) QUESTIONED ON POW CLAIM
VA Watchdog dot Org (blog)
The POW Network is mentioned in this story. They track the
phonies and wannabes. For more about their work, use our search engine
... here . ...
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Stolen
Valor, Reporting the Phonies - Marine Corps Community for ...
By MOS1310
Well this website gives you all a chance to report the wannabes to
Federal law enforcement since the passing of the Stolen Valor Act
of 2005. Some of the postings will disgust you I'm sure, especially the
Marine wannabe Burton posted ...
Marine
Corps Community for USMC... - http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/
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This
ain't Hell, but you can see it from here » Blog Archive ...
By Jonn Lilyea
He also claimed to have earned the Silver Star, Bronze Star with
“V” for valor, Purple Heart with four stars, a Combat Action Ribbon
and Vietnam War-era awards. The Coast Guard clerk bought the story and
added the awards to Barnhart's ...
This
ain't Hell, but you can... - http://thisainthell.us/blog/
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VIRGINIA
VETERAN PLEADS GUILTY TO STOLEN VALOR
VA Watchdog dot Org
He said authorities were alerted to Barnhart's false claims by a group
of veterans who operate the Web site www.pownetwork.org . Mary
and Chuck Schantag, ...
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Va. veteran guilty of false claims
Roanoke Times
Mary and Chuck Schantag, who run the site, could not be
contacted Wednesday. Doug Sterner, a Vietnam veteran from
Colorado who was a leading advocate for ... |
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Man pleads guilty to inflating military record
By Mike Gangloff | The Roanoke Times
Even as he pleaded guilty to inflating his military record, Thomas
James Barnhart insisted he’d received a Purple Heart.
"I was given a Purple Heart with no paperwork in Vietnam, so it
was as if I had made up the award myself," Barnhart, 58, said
today in U.S. District Court in Roanoke.
But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jake Jacobsen said Barnhart didn’t
stop with one Purple Heart. In paperwork filed when he transferred
from the Navy to the Coast Guard, then in applications for
disability benefits, Barnhart claimed an increasing array of honors.
Ultimately he said he’d been a Navy SEAL, earned five Purple
Hearts — each supposedly marking a combat wound — Bronze and
Silver stars, and more.....
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Gathering of Eagles
Strandlof is the first person to be charged in
Colorado under the Stolen Valor Act. The act,
passed in 2006, made it possible to prosecute military fakers |
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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/jan/03/ex-employee-kills-barona-gaming-boards-boss-self/
Phony Marine general appears in federal court
A Ramona man who posed as a decorated Marine Corps major general at a
Veterans
of Foreign Wars event appeared in a federal courtroom
in San Diego on Wednesday with considerably less pomp.
David Vincent Weber, 69, faces a charge under the 2005 Stolen Valor
Act of wearing military medals he did not earn while passing himself off
as a major general at Ramona VFW Post 3783’s November birthday
celebration for the Corps....
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"Another GTL Guest Column: "An Epidemic of Military
Imposters" -- By Steve Robinson".
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Marine 'general' now
faces charge
Officials: He
passed himself off as officer
- By Jeanette Steele,
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
- Thursday, December 31, 2009
at 12:01 a.m.
- David Weber, (right) who is accused of passing himself off as
a Marine
general, talked to Lt. Col. Todd Oneto during a Marine Corps
birthday
- celebration. (Timothy Jay Hall / Ramona Sentinel)
- FEDERAL COURT- David Vincent Weber arrived last month at a
Ramona Veterans
of Foreign Wars event in style: two stars on his shoulder and
two Purple
Heart medals pinned on the front of a Marine Corps uniform.Weber, 69, appeared in a federal courtroom in downtown San
Diego yesterday
- with considerably less pomp. He faces a charge under the 2005
Stolen Valor
Act of wearing military medals he didn't earn while passing
himself off as a
- Marine major general at VFW Post 3783's birthday celebration
for the Corps.....
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