Count the errors.
Posted on 11/02/2007 5:33:38 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
AMARILLO, Texas — A man who wildly exaggerated his record to include a presidential nomination for the military's highest honor and more Silver Stars than World War II hero Audie Murphy has been sentenced to 34 months in prison.
Richard David McClanahan, who had inflated his history using medals purchased on eBay, was sentenced Thursday for lying about his record and for making false statements to get financing for a car. He was also given five years' probation on each count.
"It was wrong, and I knew it was wrong when I did it," he told U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson. "I take full responsibility."
McClanahan, a 29-year-old Fort Worth resident who served in the Navy and the Army, pleaded guilty in August. He had faced up to 31 years in prison and $1.1 million in fines.
McClanahan was discharged from the Army "under other than honorable conditions" in 2005 after investigators concluded he lied about his medals, his military career and his personal life.
When McClanahan returned to Amarillo, where he lived before moving to Fort Worth, he displayed bogus letters claiming President Bush and then-Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld recommended him for a Congressional Medal of Honor — the military's highest honor.
Prosecutors said McClanahan received $9,500 in scholarship funds from Cal Farley's Boys Ranch high school, where he graduated, and $2,000 in other donations for claiming he was a Medal of Honor recipient.
Prosecutors also alleged McClanahan overstated his yearly income to get a Ford F-150 King Ranch edition financed through Amarillo National Bank.
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Information from the Amarillo Globe-News, http://www.amarillo.com
Pretend to be a Hero, Get sentenced as a Zero.
So when is John Kerry going to be sentenced?
He probably earned an achievement medal from both, and possibly a commendation medal.
Honorable medals.
Why lie?
And these are the guys Rush means when he says phony soldiers.
The article says he received some kind of scholarship or gift money that was apparently made available to him because he supposedly earned the awards he claimed. It looks like he also got a better deal on a truck (?) but I’m not sure if that had to do with his exaggerated service claims or if he just lied about his income to get a bigger loan.
Will Teh-ray-zah visit him on weekends ... oh, wait, it wasn’t Kerry?
What a douc*bag
I’ve chatted with the guy’s ex-wife in another forum.
She is responsible for much of the evidence against him.
He actually tried to use his fake Medal of Honor to get the dealer to give him a free truck, and that’s what finished him.
Just another Harkin.
That is just contemptible, pathetic and sad.
Count the errors.
thank you...
Some guys are just full of crap. Youve met them Im sure.
They have to claim to have done everything sooner and better ansd bigger
LOL ! That is one salty E-4.
Agreed, only all the weapons would be loaded.
We used to call them PX Warriors.
Yes, have run into these folks upon occasion. Most ex-military will talk about their service in terms that would include:
1) Period served
2) Branch
3) Simple sea stories (those that have serve would know what I mean here).
If they start telling me about their “heroic” exploits, I begin to question them … no true military person will tell you about their heroic deeds until you have earned their trust, if ever.
Phony soldier BUMP!
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