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.
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Oh man, I thought you were talking about Kerry.
Amazing how many of these “anti-war vets” turn out to be total fakes.
That settles it, I'm sending my Good Conduct ribbon back - I wasn't that good.
I thought it was Kerry too until I saw this guy was being p[rosecuted for it. People (liars) like Kerry are never prosecuted.
I think Kerry claims he’s still got a piece of rice in his a$$, and that CIA guys hat.
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