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Marine impostor sentenced for wearing uniform, medals
Los Angeles Times ^ | March 15, 2010 | Robert J. Lopez

Posted on 03/16/2010 6:13:31 AM PDT by Zakeet

A Palm Springs man who wore a Marine Corps uniform with medals and bragged about fighting in a battle in Iraq was sentenced Monday to a year of probation, authorities said.

Steven Douglas Burton, 39, was also ordered to pay a $250 fine and a $25 sentencing assessment by U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips in Riverside, authorities said.

In his plea agreement, Burton admitted to wearing the uniform and medals on several occasions, including at least two Halloween parties and his 20-year high school reunion in Martinez in the Bay Area, said Assistant U.S. Atty. Joseph Akrotirianakis, who prosecuted the case.

Burton pleaded guilty in December to violating a federal law prohibiting the unauthorized wearing of a U.S. military uniform. The medals that he wore on his uniform included the Navy Cross, authorities said.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: homoimposter; idiot; impostor; marines; pos; stolenvalor
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1 posted on 03/16/2010 6:13:32 AM PDT by Zakeet
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He should have been sentenced to 10 minutes in a closed room with real Marines.
Semper Fi ...
2 posted on 03/16/2010 6:15:10 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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I can’t believe they let that turkey off that lightly. It’s outrageous!


3 posted on 03/16/2010 6:17:57 AM PDT by smokingfrog (You can't ignore your boss and expect to keep your job... WWW.filipthishouse2010.com)
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To: oh8eleven; 2111USMC; 2nd Bn, 11th Mar; 68 grunt; A.A. Cunningham; ASOC; AirForceBrat23; Ajnin; ...

Would you smack a crying man?

This one, yes. :)


4 posted on 03/16/2010 6:18:25 AM PDT by RaceBannon (RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS AND TRAITORS!!!)
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To: Zakeet

The guy should have gone to jail. Period.


5 posted on 03/16/2010 6:22:06 AM PDT by GoldenPup
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To: oh8eleven

I was thinking about 6 months hard labor on a Marine Corp base..


6 posted on 03/16/2010 6:24:10 AM PDT by rosco coltrain
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To: RaceBannon
I'd Bitch slap him until his face bled and he was begging for mercy.

My goodness, he had the audacity to not just wear medals and impersonate a Marine but to wear the Navy Cross. That justifies extra bitch slaps.

Semper Fidelis
7 posted on 03/16/2010 6:24:39 AM PDT by marine86297 (I'll never forgive Clinton for Somalia, my blood is on his hands)
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To: Zakeet

who’s button is he wearing?....can anyone do a CSI and blow it up?...*grins*...be a riot if it’s Kerry’S


8 posted on 03/16/2010 6:24:50 AM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)
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To: Zakeet

He should be sentenced to clean bedpans at Walter Reed for a year.


9 posted on 03/16/2010 6:26:16 AM PDT by ExpatGator (I hate Illinois Nazis!)
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To: Doogle
"who’s button is he wearing?....can anyone do a CSI and blow it up?...*grins*...be a riot if it’s Kerry’s"

IIRC from the original story, that photo was taken at a class reunion, and that's just the reunion's "Hello, my name is..." sticker. I could be wrong, but I seem to recall discussing this before.

10 posted on 03/16/2010 6:28:30 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: oh8eleven

“He should have been sentenced to 10 minutes in a closed room with real Marines.
Semper Fi ...”

OoooRah!

Agreed.


11 posted on 03/16/2010 6:28:31 AM PDT by Howie66 (The one redeeming thing about liberals: their tendency to kill their own.)
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To: Doogle

If it’s a high school reunion I’m pretty sure it’s a button with a picture of himself during high school. The woman next to him is wearing one as well.


12 posted on 03/16/2010 6:30:25 AM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: RaceBannon

I’d turn him over to my sister in law, Shawn, who had one of these dispicable creeps at her Marine Lieutenants funeral.


13 posted on 03/16/2010 6:30:39 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (Just say NO to RINOs. (FUBO))
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To: rosco coltrain

Make him empty bedpans in Bethesda ...


14 posted on 03/16/2010 6:30:46 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Zakeet
Steven Douglas Burton = Harry Reid Hero
15 posted on 03/16/2010 6:34:34 AM PDT by Niteranger68 (Barack Obama is Osama bin Laden's relief pitcher.)
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Wow, seven rows of ribbons, this Marine was well traveled. Too bad no Marine knew of him, a regular hero. Couldn’t make out the rank he had given himself, but he is wearing an officers tunic. How many grenades did he throw himself on to save his buddies?


16 posted on 03/16/2010 6:34:38 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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To: ArrogantBustard

“PHONY SOLDIER!”


17 posted on 03/16/2010 6:35:05 AM PDT by massgopguy (I owe everything to George Bailey)
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To: Zakeet

String him up by his testes! Oh, wait, he doesn’t have any!


18 posted on 03/16/2010 6:37:13 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3/5 Marines, RVN '69 - St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle!)
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To: massgopguy
“PHONY SOLDIER!”(sic)

Phoney Marine

19 posted on 03/16/2010 6:38:35 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: marine86297

but to wear the Navy Cross

Missed that, eight rows of ribbons with a Navy Cross on top. Shoosh.

The best punishment would have been a years worth of cleaning heads for active duty Marines. Hell, he is just down the road from 29 Palms, how did he think he would go unnoticed? Did he not notice an goodly amount of retired Marines living in the Palm Springs area, much less the active duty in the area?

He must have been very unhappy with the outcome of his life to seek this masquerade.

Semper Fi


20 posted on 03/16/2010 6:39:09 AM PDT by equalitybeforethelaw
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