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Man's Purple Hearts have question marks
Los Angeles Times ^ | 10/10/2009 | DeeDee Correll

Posted on 10/11/2009 6:19:59 PM PDT by normanpubbie

Reporting from Denver - A self-described schizophrenic who posed as a wounded Marine captain and advocated for veterans' causes for more than a year before he was unveiled as a fraud was arrested Friday in San Diego, federal officials reported.

Rick Glen Strandlof, 32, will be charged with making false claims about the receipt of military medals, a misdemeanor under the Stolen Valor Act, a three-year-old law that criminalizes either wearing or claiming to have a medal that one did not earn.

If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of one year in prison and a $250,000 fine.

(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: rickduncan; strandlof
The possible jail term seems way too short.
1 posted on 10/11/2009 6:19:59 PM PDT by normanpubbie
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To: normanpubbie

Oh man, I thought you were talking about Kerry.


2 posted on 10/11/2009 6:22:10 PM PDT by lula ( If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?)
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Amazing how many of these “anti-war vets” turn out to be total fakes.


3 posted on 10/11/2009 6:47:35 PM PDT by Ronin (Nemo me impune lacesset)
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To: normanpubbie
a three-year-old law that criminalizes either wearing or claiming to have a medal that one did not earn.

That settles it, I'm sending my Good Conduct ribbon back - I wasn't that good.

4 posted on 10/11/2009 6:49:16 PM PDT by Graybeard58 ( Selah.)
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To: lula

I thought it was Kerry too until I saw this guy was being p[rosecuted for it. People (liars) like Kerry are never prosecuted.


5 posted on 10/11/2009 6:50:39 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer

I think Kerry claims he’s still got a piece of rice in his a$$, and that CIA guys hat.


6 posted on 10/11/2009 8:07:08 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: Graybeard58
Remember that phony Jesse MacBeth? The guy who washed out of Basic and then forged his DD214 indicating that he served in combat etc. and was discharged honorably?

Please keep your GCM. Everyone who served our country honorably earned it. IMHO.
7 posted on 10/11/2009 8:21:30 PM PDT by normanpubbie
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