Posted on Dec 16, 2015
Maryland Man Sentenced for Fraud in Stolen Valor Case.
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A Maryland man was sentenced to 10 Years and 6 months for Fraud and forging government documents after conned a Church group out of over 3,000 dollars by falsly claiming he was a highly decorated combat veteran who needed assistance making ends meet. Though he was clearly guilty of Stolen Valor he was not specifally charged with that. Who else thinks they could have added that on and given him another year in prison?
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/12/15/stolen-valor-wicomico/77361520/
http://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/local/maryland/2015/12/15/stolen-valor-wicomico/77361520/
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Good. He can spend the next ten years telling his war stories to his lovers in the cell block.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
With the way the system works he will problaby spend 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 years Max.
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I do not like folks claiming they are combat veterans when they are not. I am glad that he is off the streets, for a while anyway.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless, anyone who falsely uses Military service as a way to defraud anyone of money, or goods should be charged, and given the maximum allowable sentence, or given the choice of actually joining the Military for the amount of time that they claimed to have served in lieu of jail time. Failure to do the full time in the Military would result in a return to prison.
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1stSgt Eugene Harless
Although the media coverage said he was "convicted of Stolen Valor" he was not charged under Public Law No: 113-12, which was enacted by congress in 2013 (also known as the Stolen Valor Act) He was charged with Fraud and falsifying documents, both State Charges. He could have embezzled money pretending to be an Elephant trainer and used a fake Drivers Licence and gotten the same Sentence.
Federal Prosecutors would have to be the ones to Charge him. Since the maximum sentence for violating the Stolen Valor Act is $1,000 fine and a Year in Jail the Feds don't seem to want to bother with Scumbags who get sentenced by States to longer terms.
I personally wouldnt want these dirtbags within 100 miles of a military base much less in uniform.
Federal Prosecutors would have to be the ones to Charge him. Since the maximum sentence for violating the Stolen Valor Act is $1,000 fine and a Year in Jail the Feds don't seem to want to bother with Scumbags who get sentenced by States to longer terms.
I personally wouldnt want these dirtbags within 100 miles of a military base much less in uniform.
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Hey too: I respectfully ask that you remove this post. He was exonerated and has been home and doing well for a while. I know him. I served with him. He really is a purple heart recipient and a really good guy. The VA and the innocence project got him out. He has multiple civil cases to have some of the web sites take his name down but because people keep spreading this then he's having a hell of a time moving on. He didn't do anything wrong but piss off a states attorneys detective because he challenged him. The states attorney's investigator turned out to be a douche bag LTC in the National guard. He didn't like my buddies response when he told him to take off his purple heart mini medal on his suit. The news reports the bad shit, but won't touch the story about him being exonerated. It's a shame.
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My husband spent 10 yrs in the Navy as a corpsman during desert storm. He met a man named Chris Stewart from Smyrna Gorgia who claimed to be a marine he also claimed he killed a female child as she was coming towards the troop so he shot her in the head. He also claimed to have put a baby in a microwave and held his friend while he died after having his legs blown off. We found out this and he had no proof not even a picture of himself in iraq. My husband is devastated after a 12 year friendship with daily phone calls. Is Chris Stewart a mentally sick man or just a sick f*ck?
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