Michael Patrick McManus

ACTUAL RECORDS

http://thisainthell.us/blog/?p=16768#comments - do not miss

Also Known As:

  • Patrick Mcmanus
  • Michael Patrick Manus
  • Michael P Mcmanuel
  • Michael L Mcmanus
  • Brian M Mcmanus
  • Patrick MacManus
  • Tenzin Chophak
  • Patrick Michael McManus
  • Tulku Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche

Hamden, CT
Stratford, CT
Branford, CT
New Britain, CT
San Jose, CA
West Haven, CT
Stamford, CT
Clinton, CT
New Haven, CT
Sacramento, CA

 

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02/08/2010 -  McManus video with what looks like a head injury on way to court hearing: 
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=7264735

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/video?id=6454741

02/05/2010
Mcmanus was arrested tonight by Houston FBI.  Charge is Stolen Valor.

Story runs at ten pm on KTRKTV, ABC13 in Houston.  I imagine it will be up on our website shortly thereafter..abc13.com.

Kevin Quinn
Reporter
KTRK-TV abc13

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"It's funny when he answered the door in his CIA cap with a Brigadier Star and Purple Heart mini ribbon, saying he does not know the guy in the photo."

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01/27/2010
Michael was contacted and interviewed recently by the FBI. It seems that this individual has been at a minimum been investigated previously for stealing valor. Additionally, it seems he will also put on a set of utilities (cammies, BDU's) while traveling to get free upgrades on airplane seat assignments.

We can only continue to press and hope he is made an example of to show others that this kind of behavior is totally inappropriate.



01/19/2010

ID HAS BEEN confirmed thanks to the many military blogs that put out the word we were looking.

Military Records HAVE been requested. Until received, what he did, when he did it and for how long will remain a mystery.


bIt  believed he was with the 230th MP Company and likely got out as about an E5 around 1995.


Con artists frustrate victims
Men posed as generals
Article published May 23, 2010
 
By Thomas Caywood TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF
 
 
 

It felt like a stomach-churning case of déjÀ vu to Diane Reilly of Worcester earlier this year as she read a story about the trail of lies left by a former Paxton man posing as a high-ranking military officer and decorated war hero.

Several years ago, her sister had become entangled with a California man posing as an Army two-star general and a distinguished psychologist.

A colleague had called her attention to a story in the Telegram & Gazette unraveling similar tales of heroism and accomplishment embroidered by Kevin B. McManus, 47, the former owner of the now-defunct Everest Construction Inc. of Westboro. .....



Contact Thomas Caywood by e-mail at tcaywood@telegram.com.

AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT

 

I, Christopher Petrowski, being duly sworn, do hereby depose and state:

I am a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), duly appointed according to law and acting as such. I have been a Special Agent with the FBI for fourteen years, and am currently assigned to the FBI Houston Division Violent Crime Task Force (VCTF). The VCTF is a joint FBI and Houston Police Department task force responsible for the investigation of, among other violent crimes, kidnaping, bank robbery, extortion, serial murder, and Unlawful Flight to Avoid Prosecution. The facts contained in this Affidavit are based upon information provided to me by other law enforcement officers, other witnesses, and my own personal knowledge. Since this Affidavit is made for the limited purpose of supporting a Criminal Complaint, I may have not set forth each and every fact learned during the course of this investigation. Rather, I have set forth only those facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause for the crimes charged. Unless otherwise indicated, where actions, conversations, and statements of others are related herein, they are related in substance and in part only.

2. On or about January 19, 2010, I was advised that MICHAEL PATRICK MCMANUS had attended a party for newly elected Houston Mayor, Annise Parker. The party was held on December 12, 2009 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Downtown Houston. MCMANUS was observed by photographer “MMM”, who attended the party as a photographer. MMM, who is a former Sergeant (E-5) in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, noticed MCMANUS was wearing an official appearing United States Army military uniform with numerous military decorations, awards, and badges. MMM further noticed that MCBRIDE was wearing all of the official U.S. military uniform regalia in a non-regulation manner. MMM photographed MCMANUS at the event in his purportedly official U.S. Army uniform and provided those photographs to the FBI.

3. The photographs provided by MMM show an image of an individual, later identified by me as MCMANUS through his Texas Driver’s License and other data sources, wearing a U.S. Army military uniform bearing the rank of Brigadier General. The photographs further shows MCMANUS wearing the following awards:

 

- a British Commander of the British Empire (worn around his neck),

- a Distinguished Service Cross,

- an Air Medal,

- a Flying Cross,

- a Silver Star,

- a Bronze Star,

- and a Purple Heart.

MCMANUS was also wearing the following U.S. military “earned” insignia, emblems, and devices:

- a British Special Air Service Crest,

- a Combat Infantry Badge with two stars,

- a Master Jump Wings,

- a Helicopter Pilot Badge,

- a Air Assault Wings,

- and a Pathfinder Badge.

4. MCMANUS was previously convicted in U.S. Federal Court in California in 2002, arising out of federal criminal charges originating in Louisiana, for impersonating a U.S. “Air Marshal” and also impersonating a U.S. Army Major, both in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 912, He received a sentence of two years probation, which was later revoked for violations. At the time of his offense relating to those criminal charges, MCMANUS had been wearing an unauthorized U.S. Army Battle Dress Uniform (BDU) of the unearned rank of Major (and with fraudulent U.S. Army identification papers naming him as an Army Captain) with attached unearned patches, insignia, and awards, on board a commercial aircraft in New Orleans and also falsely represented himself to the flight crew as a current member of the U.S. military and an “Air Marshal”, and where he attempted to gain access to the plane’s cockpit. Due to the suspicious nature of his uniform and his suspicious claims to the flight crew, he was not permitted by the flight crew to remain on the flight. He was later arrested in California and convicted of these charges there.

5. Official U.S. military records, which include MCMANUS’ form DD-214, indicate MCMANUS entered on Active Duty with the United States Army on November 11, 1984 and separated on March 31, 1987. During this period, MCMANUS attained the rank of Private First Class and a pay grade of E-1. The form DD-214 further indicates MCMANUS was awarded or authorized to wear only the following awards: an Army Service Ribbon; Overseas Service Ribbon; Expert Marksmanship Badge – Rifle; and Marksman Marksmanship Badge – Pistol. MCMANUS’ type of separation is

Defined on the DD-214 as “Discharge” and the character of service is defined as “Under Honorable Conditions”, which is not the same as an “Honorable Discharge”.

6. On or about January 25, 2010, I attempted to contact MCMANUS at his telephone number 713-869-xxxx. The Lexis/Nexis database indicated this telephone number was associated with the Houston address on MCMANUS’ Texas driver’s license. Based on Harris County Appraisal District records, the residence is owned by Alvin Chan. At the time of MCMANUS’ arrest in January 2002, related to his previous impersonation charges and conviction, MCMANUS stated to investigators that his “domestic partner” was Alvin Chan.

7. About January 25, I called MCMANUS’ telephone number and left a message on what I believed to be his answering machine at his residence located at in Houston, Texas 77008.

8. On January 27, 2010, I received a telephone call from a person claiming to be a Houston attorney (“CF”) who claimed to represent MCMANUS. I told attorney CF I wished to interview MCMANUS regarding his impersonation of a U.S. military officer and I further stated that MCMANUS needed to surrender the uniform, medals, ribbons, devices, and other general evidence he had worn in violation of Title 18 United States Code, Section 704. Attorney CF admitted that MCMANUS was the person in the subject photographs and that MCMANUS told him he had discarded or destroyed all the evidence (i.e., the uniform, medals, insignia, etc.) allegedly because MCMANUS had become “afraid” when his photograph wearing the unauthorized military uniform and unauthorized military awards was posted on the internet and he became the subject of angry bloggers. At present, I have no way of verifying the truth of attorney CF’s claim regarding MCMANUS purported destruction of all the evidence.

9. Based on all the foregoing information and facts, I believe there is probable cause to believe that on or about December 12, 2009, MICHAEL PATRICK MCMANUS:

- did knowingly possess certain badges or other insignia of a design prescribed by the head of a department or agency of the United States (being the Department of Defense) for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof, without lawful authorization, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 701; and

- did knowingly, within the jurisdiction of the United States, without any lawful authority, wear a uniform and/or a distinctive part thereof and/or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 702; and

- did knowingly, within the jurisdiction of the United States, and with the intent to deceive or mislead, wear any naval, military or other official decoration or regalia of any foreign state, nation, or government with which the United States is at peace, or anything so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 703; and

- did knowingly wear certain medals and/or decorations authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or certain of the medals and/or badges awarded to the members of the such armed forces of the United States, and/or certain ribbons, buttons, or rosettes of any badge, decoration, and/or medal, and/or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 704(a); and

- did knowingly wear a Distinguished Service Crosses awarded under Section 3742 of Title 10, and a Silver Star awarded under Sections 3746, 6244, or 8746 of Title 10, and a Purple Heart awarded under Section 1129 of Title 10, or any replacement or duplicate medal for such a medals as authorized by law in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 704(d).

 

CHRISTOPHER PETROWSKI,

Special Agent,

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Houston, Texas

 

 

Attachment A To Criminal Complaint

 

- did knowingly possess certain badges or other insignia of a design prescribed by the head of a department or agency of the United States (being the Department of Defense) for use by any officer or employee thereof, or any colorable imitation thereof, without lawful authorization, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 701; and

- did knowingly, within the jurisdiction of the United States, without any lawful authority, wear a uniform and/or a distinctive part thereof and/or anything similar to a distinctive part of the uniform of any of the armed forces of the United States, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 702; and

- did knowingly, within the jurisdiction of the United States, and with the intent to deceive or mislead, wear any naval, military or other official decoration or regalia of any foreign state, nation, or government with which the United States is at peace, or anything so nearly resembling the same as to be calculated to deceive, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 703; and

- did knowingly wear certain medals and/or decorations authorized by Congress for the armed forces of the United States, or certain of the medals and/or badges awarded to the members of the such armed forces of the United States, and/or certain ribbons, buttons, or rosettes of any badge, decoration, and/or medal, and/or any colorable imitation thereof, except when authorized under regulations made pursuant to law, in violation of 18 United States Code, Section 704(a); and

- did knowingly wear a Distinguished Service Crosses awarded under Section 3742 of Title 10, and a Silver Star awarded under Sections 3746, 6244, or 8746 of Title 10, and a Purple Heart awarded under Section 1129 of Title 10, or any replacement or duplicate medal for such a medals as authorized by law in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 704(d).

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7264718

HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A man accused of wearing military honors he never earned appeared in court today.

Eyewitness News first broke this story Friday night at 10pm. Michael McManus walked into the federal courthouse where, this afternoon, he was granted a
$25,000 unsecured bond.
 
McManus was arrested on Friday on a charge of stolen valor. Although he did serve in the military, he never achieved a rank higher than private first
class, nor did he earn the military combat awards he's accused of wearing. One of them even indicated he was the commander of the British Empire. .....

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/story?section=news/local&id=7261240

VIDEO ON KTRK

Man arrested by FBI for stolen valor

Updated at 10:28 PM today
 

Kevin Quinn
More: Bio, E-mail, News Team

He looks like a soldier. He says he's a soldier. But he's not a soldier. And now he is facing charges for lying about his resume. When we started asking questions, so did the FBI.....

Michael Patrick McManus was arrested Friday night after a federal judge signed a warrant for his arrest. The FBI says he was arrested without incident. The blog reads like an old time wanted poster: Wanted for stolen valor. Do you know this man? Reward. ....

Houston man accused of impersonating Army general
Houston Chronicle
Sterner, however, estimates that “tens and tens of thousands” of military imposters are spread about the country. Authentic...
ATTENDING A POLITICAL EVENT IN UNIFORM IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED BY ALL BRANCHES OF THE ARMED FORCES.

January 2009 he was at another ball and was wearing a different uniform with all the medals.

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-193765  

HRC (Human Rights Campaign) Equality Ball at the Mayflower Hotel

He took the main page of this website down, but found a way to

by-pass that and get some photo links back.

http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/73/53/443537/137692863.jpg

http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/73/53/443537/899405629.jpg

http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/73/53/443537/191999658.jpg

http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/73/53/443537/649904010.jpg

http://photos-p.friendster.com/photos/73/53/443537/0_580382225l.jpg

Him on right? Was on his website before he took it down. Nasty.

 http://www.tagged.com/photo_view.html?photoId=71364634&uid=10140416

http://wink.com/p/Michael-Tenzin-Chophak-McManus-w:39419EB32

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http://budddha5.blogspot.com/

 

http://cid-dd0a5c6fadb9fbb7.profile.live.com/

DJ BUDDHA-GANJ aka Mikey Positivity

Former U.S. Army Officer, Military Intelligence, Bodyguard, 0-5/Lieutenent
Colonel. Speaker of 9 Languages: English, French, German, Thai, Italian,
Tibetan, Japanese, Sanskrit/Pali and Learning Cantonese & Mandarin. Go-Dan
(5th Degree Blackbelt) in Aikiki Aikido, My Sensei: Shihan Takeshigemichi
Steven Seagal. Ordained as a Buddhist Monk in the Theravada Tradition in
Thailand, Under Royal Patronage/Sponsorship of HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand
for 1 year. Ordained as a Buddhist Monk in the Tibetan Tradition by His
Holiness, Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama. My Tsaway Lama (Root Guru) is
HH Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and HH Dudjom Rinpoche. Currently, I am a Rime
practioner, getting teachings from All 4 Schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Dudjom
Tersar, Longchen Nyingtik, Nam Cho, and Dzogpachenpo. I was recognized as a
Tulku/Rinpoche in 1984 by both Dudjom Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
I was enthroned as a Tulku during Losar, 1997, in Dharamsala, India with the
Abbot of Guymed Lower Tantric College.

Interests
Tibetan Buddhism, Meditation, Volleyball, Swimming, Tennis, World-Travel,
Skiing, Treking, Music Production, Beach Volleyball, Surfing, Avid DJ (spin
that vinyl is the ONLY way to go!)

More photos of McManus in BDU uniform on this site and other weird stuff.

http://andrejkoymasky.com/liv/fam/biom1/macman01.html

Website claims to be based on an article on McManus from the publication
"For Veterans Only", Summer 1993.

 

01/18/2010

His name is Michael McMannus. He’s a compulsive liar. In addition to fake military service, he claims to have worked for President Clinton, and lots and lots of other crazy stuff. Several of us in town have known for quite some time that he was full of it. But we have no idea who to tell, and I’ve never seen him wearing all the metals and what not.

 

01/15/2010
B-Gen

 
Location: George R. Brown Convention
Occasion: Annise Parker for Houston Mayor Victory Party 
Date shot:  12/12/2009 Time shot: 2030 hrs
Pictures provided by M. McBride


Round Patch, right side says 
Central Intelligence Agency.
This individual was wearing Army mess dress with the insignia of a brigadier general. He was younger than I am, I'm 41 with 23 years of service, and his service awards were numerous.
 
He was wearing a foreign decoration around his neck, the Distinguished
Service Medal, Air Medal, Flying Cross, 2 Silver Stars...he also had a CIB,
Air Assault wings, Path finder badge but wore no campaign ribbons. His
uniform didn't seem to fit properly and he just didn't fit the bill in my
eyes.
The man appears to be too young to be a two star, or even a one star, for that matter.  The first clue would be the goatee and other facial hair.  Two stars do not wear goatees or puny little amounts of facial hair.  The British SAS crest is being worn above the US CIB.  Nothing is worn above the CIB.  You have a real doozie with this guy.  Airborne,
URGENT - CAN ANYONE ID THIS 2 STAR?

No, but he looks phoney as hell!

 

And he's no two-star, either.  Let's see: CIB, Master Jump Wings; helo pilot badge, and all sorts of other stuff.

In addition, he's not more than 35 or 40 years old--way to young to be a BG.
Nope, but the facial hair spells PHONY
My wannabe light just came on. No way this is a retired general just from his appearance and the way his uniform is trashed up.

Yeah, roll up your trousers! It’s too late to save the shoes! Bullshit alert!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

With all the other doo doo, he is wearing Thai Jump Wings on the right side, but in the wrong place, as well as a CIA patch. Being a CIA operator and publicly-telling it is a felony. The only one who has been able to do so is my pal Billy Waugh, nobody else, and you do not wear a CIA patch on a military uniform anyway.  The uniform also indicates a brigadier, or one-star general, not two star. He is also wearing a Distinguished Service Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, which means two of them, as well as a Silver Star, and Purple Heart and Bronze Star with oak leaf. His neck ribbon looks like the Venezuelan Armed Forces Cross of Cooperation. Impressive, huh? TOTAL FRAUD AND PHONY stealing the valor or real heroes.

http://roomdieuphap.blogspot.com/2005_07_19_archive.html

A method of getting the ego out of the way’

By Kelly Hawes, The Galveston County Daily News, July 18, 2005

Galveston, TX (USA) -- A Buddhist teacher told more than 40 people gathered in a Galveston church last week how to use the healing power of compassion......

Tenzin Chophak was born Michael P. McManus, and he grew up attending Catholic schools. ....


http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=00000000002,00000001454,0,0,1,0

Nothing military at these links.

Tulku Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Date of Birth January 14, 1966
http://www.steven-seagal.net/forum/member.php?u=248

Special thanks to Mr. Steven Seagal's Friend and Dharma Brother Tenzin
Chophak / Tulku Sherab Gyaltsen Rinpoche
(Ph.D. Mr. Michael P. McManus)
http://suziwong34.tripod.com/id77.html
http://www.nola.com/...y/flight06.html

Pilot's suspicions led to man's arrest
Sky marshal story convincing, at first

02/06/2002

By Susan Finch
Staff writer/The Times-Picayune

At a time when all eyes are peeled for the possibility that a passenger has carried a gun on board a commercial flight, Michael Patrick McManus' undoing began with a pilot's determination that he wasn't armed at all.

It tended to undermine his claim that he was a sky marshal, a story that had gotten him past an airline ticket agent and then a gate agent -- both of whom should have known that sky marshals dress in civilian clothes, carry concealed weapons and seek invisibility, officials said.

McManus, of Palo Alto, Ca., bounded onto a Dallas-bound flight last month at New Orleans' Armstrong International Airport sporting battle fatigues with badges, including one for Delta Force, an Army unit that handles counterterrorism operations. ......

...McManus admitted he did not earn the insignia displayed on his battle fatigues, including those for Ranger, Airborne, Jungle Expert and Air Assault, the FBI said. He told the agents he bought the patches, as well as a military police badge and military ID, through a military surplus store, military magazines or the Internet.....