Posted on 08/09/2005 6:26:45 PM PDT by RandallFlagg
DENVER - Denver police say a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force has admitted to vandalizing cars bearing pro-President Bush bumper stickers at Denver International Airport.
Police say he's responsible for thousands of dollars in damage on at least 12 cars. Lt. Colonel Alexis Fecteau, 42, of Colorado Springs, turned himself in to Denver police Friday.
He is director of reserve operations at the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, in charge of more than 40 full-time and traditional reservists.
In the arrest affidavit, Denver police say Fecteau admitted to damaging several cars after police conducted a sting-operation to catch the anti-Bush vandal.
"It was pretty good police work," said Denver Police spokesman Sonny Jackson. He said his department took this case very seriously. "You still have a right to express yourself in this country and you shouldn't have your car vandalized because of it."
Jackson said one of the detectives put out a bait car in late June, complete with a Bush/Cheney 2004 bumper sticker, in the west economy lot at DIA. On July 1st, with a security camera zoomed in to watch, an SUV drove by the bait car, and a short time later a man entered the scene. The man in the video appeared to spray paint something on the back of the car and then continued to do something on the side of the car.
When officers returned to the bait car, the bumper sticker had been painted over and the words "F--- Bush" were spray-painted on the side of the car.
Police used airport exit logs to trace the license plate of the SUV believed to be seen in the bait car surveillance video to Fecteau.
When Fecteau's SUV was spotted parked in the DIA lot on a subsequent visit, police impounded it. When Fecteau approached police about the whereabouts of his SUV, a DPD detective confronted him. Court records show that at that time, Fecteau admitted to the DIA vandalism and said he started damaging vehicles around "election time" last year.
The affidavit shows Fecteau told investigators he didn't mean the graffiti to be a threat against President Bush. He went on to admit he has scratched the same kind of graffiti into "a couple of cars" with his "keys and key holder."
Inside Fecteau's 2001 Ford Excursion, police found a bin full of products, including a tube of Park Tube Polylube, a grease used for bicycle repairs, a spray can of Kleen Strip Auto Strip paint thinner, and Krylon Textured Shimmer paint.
Fecteau faces one count of felony criminal mischief and at least five other misdemeanor counts of criminal mischief. Fecteau has posted a $5,000 bond and is due back in court later this month.
Air Force spokesperson Major Barbara Matthew told 9News in a phone interview Monday the service hasn't taken action against Fecteau in regards to the vandalism. Instead, Matthew said, the Air Force plans to allow due process through local law enforcement. Calls to Fecteau's work and home were not returned.
One of the vandalized cars belongs to Jeremy Kinney, owner of Kinney Oil Co. of Denver. Kinney is a long-time friend of President George W. Bush. The two attended Yale together in the 1960s and have remained friends ever since.
"You feel violated in a sense when something like this happens, but it was more disappointment than anger," said Kinney, who worked on both of George W. Bush's presidential campaigns.
Kinney had a "Bush for President" bumper sticker stuck on a tool-box located on his 1992 Ford truck. When he returned from a flight on June 19, he noticed the bumper sticker had been painted over and the words "F--- Bush" were painted on the side of the car.
It cost Kinney more than $250 to fix the damage. But, he said, there is a larger price to pay for this kind of vandalism.
"It just reinforced to me the lack of political discourse that takes place in this country, polite political discourse," Kinney said.
"There is so much anger in politics that I find it not only counter-productive but annoying and disappointing."
LOL - that's an insult to a fine young NCO. He barely deserves mosquito wings.
This is soooo vague, but there is a line in the movie "Pulp Fiction", where the John Travalta character is talking about somebody who keyed his car and he wished he could have caught the.....maternal fornicator. I would share his sentiment in this instance.,
What's that white thing-a-ma-jiggy doing on top of your car Doug. I like the news bulletin. Your license plate is showing. Is that last number a six? A van?
A tip of the hat to the Denver Police for finding this...uh...Lt. Colonel. Whatever else happens to him he should be made to make full restitution and apologize to the car owners in writing and in person. Then he needs wear diapers because this is the action of a 2 year old.
There is nothing on top the car -- that's a van in the background. Yes, apparently one number of the license plate showed up.
Good thing I read the thread. Thats what I was getting ready to post
Cross deck him to the MARINES, Bet he begs for a discharge.
INTREP
Nope - Silver leaf
>>> Air Force spokesperson Major Barbara Matthew told 9News in a phone interview Monday the service hasn't taken action against Fecteau in regards to the vandalism. Instead, Matthew said, the Air Force plans to allow due process through local law enforcement. <<<
This is why it's time to clean out the trash. And not only this guy
>>> "F--- Bush" <<<<
I had to go to Mast once for telling a zero he was wrong. And here we have an O talking about the CNC
Its no wonder the recruiters need to work so hard to fill the ranks!
Let's see now
From Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
http://www.constitution.org/mil/ucmj19970615.htm
882. ART. 82. SOLICITATION
888. ART. 88. CONTEMPT TOWARD OFFICIALS
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice
President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the
Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory,
Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a
court-martial may direct.
889. ART. 89 DISRESPECT TOWARD SUPERIOR COMMISSIONED OFFICER
Any person subject to this chapter who behaves with disrespect toward his superior
commissioned officer shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
909. ART. 109. PROPERTY OTHER THAN MILITARY PROPERTY OF
UNITED STATES-- WASTE, SPOILAGE, OR DESTRUCTION
Any person subject to this chapter who willfully or recklessly wastes, spoils, or otherwise
willfully and wrongfully destroys or damages any property other than military property of
the United States shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
917. ART. 117. PROVOKING SPEECHES OR GESTURES
Any person subject to this chapter who uses provoking or reproachful words or gestures
towards any other person subject to this chapter shall be punished as a court-martial may
direct.
933. ART. 133. CONDUCT UNBECOMING AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN
Any commissioned officer, cadet, or midshipman who is convicted of conduct
unbecoming an officer and a gentleman shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
And if all else fails theres good old 134:
934. ART. 134. GENERAL ARTICLE
Though not specifically mentioned in this chapter, all disorders and neglects to the
prejudice of good order and discipline in the armed forces, all conduct of a nature to bring
discredit upon the armed forces, and crimes and offenses not capital, of which persons
subject to this chapter may be guilty, shall be taken cognizance of by a general, special or
summary court-martial, according to the nature and degree of the offense, and shall be
punished at the discretion of that court.
See what can happen when you don't have Free republic to de-pressurize with.. Poor guy the democrats drove his ass nutz.. Could happen to the best of us.. unless your a RINO, then you would be A.F.R.A.I.D.. the cowards that they are..
I agree.
My truck has two graphic add-ons: An NRA Life Member sticker on the rear glass, and a sign on the tailgate that reads: Driver only carries $20 in ammunition.
I have very few problems with liberals, gang members, or people that can't control their road rage. :D
As far as magnets go we have created "Watch FoxNews" magnets that have a extra large FoxNews logo. When driving through Boulder we get quite a number of fingers and some people even yell out there window, "Fox sucks" and other unprintable expletives. We are in the process of making a "Listen to Sean Hannity on 600am KCOL" and "... 710am KNUS" magnets and starting to work on ones for the Laura Ingraham show & Hugh Hewitt show. We figure if we can pick up maybe 10 to 20 listeners a week for Laura, Sean and Hugh the our country will be better off in the long run.
One other thing that we have been doing for the past few months now when we pull up beside someone that still has a Kerry/Edwards bumper sticker is ask them, "I noticed the Kerry/Edwards sticker on the back of your car. We are wondering if you might know if they won the election or not?" This absolutely irks the drivers of such cars.
Why didn't they have a lurking officer there to grab him on the spot.
Somebody find out where this Fecteau parks and plaster magnetic GOP '08 stickers on his van. Every single day. Since it does not damage and can be lifted off without a trace, it would not be vandalism.
feces...Feces
six of one, half-a-dozen of the other
(Well, this might backfire if there is a "no distribution of literature" ordinance there)
Don't ask Don't tell -just vandalize?
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