What?

When will they ever learn :doh: Looks like he's in hot water :dancing_banana::dancing_banana:


Man Charged With Being Fake Army Ranger, Larceny


June 21, 2011
Connecticut Post

A Greenwich man picked to speak at a Memorial Day event in town about his four tours of duty in Afghanistan turned out to be a fraud, police said.

Jesus M. Garcia, 20, wore a military uniform in public. He claimed he had been wounded while in the Middle East. And he asked friends, family and the public for money to help pay for medical services and other costs.

But Garcia was never actually in the U.S. Army as he had claimed, police said.

Garcia didn't get a chance to speak at the Memorial Day event, and now, he finds himself in a lot of legal trouble.

On Thursday, Greenwich police arrested Garcia, on a warrant for larceny charges and for impersonating a member of the military, according to police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray.

After an investigation by Greenwich police, military officials confirmed that Garcia had never been in the Army, Gray said in a news release.

Despite the fact he never served, Garcia, who also lists a residence in Hopewell Junction, N.Y., portrayed himself as a former Army Ranger who had been wounded in combat.


Garcia's deceit started to unravel when he met with Greenwich Police Captain James Heavey on May 27, before Garcia was set to speak at the Memorial Day ceremony.

Heavey said that during conversations with Garcia it became apparent that he was a fraud, police said.

An officer began an investigation and Garcia provided a false name and date of birth to him. Garcia was arrested that day and charged with interfering with an officer.

As the investigation into Garcia continued, police said they learned that there were two financial victims of his fraud. They also learned of other incidents where Garcia had publicly posed in uniform as a Soldier, including on his Facebook page.

Police said they discovered that Garcia split his time living between his two homes and was able to explain his extended absences from his Greenwich residence while he was in Hopewell Junction as military-related and vice versa.

Garcia, who lives in an apartment on Armstrong Court while in Greenwich, was charged with felony fifth-degree larceny, sixth-degree larceny, four counts of fraudulent use of military insignia and false representation of an armed forces uniform.

Garcia was released after posting $2,500 bond and is set to appear in Superior Court in Stamford on June 24.

 

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