Woman convicted of stolen valor gets 70 months in prison

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  • @tonimilstead5089
    @tonimilstead5089 ปีที่แล้ว +438

    Funny how when people get caught, they're then ashamed. She's just ashamed of getting caught.

    • @havok9001
      @havok9001 ปีที่แล้ว

      scammers like here sure be force to get mental checks also other things as will.... when she get out of prison she now has a felony record & maybe now homeless... only thing she sure be ashamed about that her mom sure beat ass harder to knock that stupid out of her but it to late now the inmates do it for her

    • @darthdaddy6983
      @darthdaddy6983 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well she fooled you , she ain’t ashamed of fk all.
      That’s why we call them shameless people.

    • @jntj3007
      @jntj3007 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Exactly! In her mind, getting caught is the real problem.

    • @luke_skywanker7643
      @luke_skywanker7643 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unless you're Donald Trump or a Republican. Then, you just deny, deny, deny, and project some lie onto whoever's trying to take you to task.

    • @johnjones5354
      @johnjones5354 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@luke_skywanker7643 I would suggest that you grow up before you talk with adults, but we all know that's NOT going to happen.

  • @TheMasterhomaster
    @TheMasterhomaster ปีที่แล้ว +367

    She’s not ashamed of what she did. She’s ashamed she got caught. Once a grifter always a grifter.

    • @MortemMarxismus
      @MortemMarxismus ปีที่แล้ว

      Most poor people cannot see thru the infamous "Snake oil Salesman" Joseph Robinette Biden , the prolific Liar and Plagerizer in his 50+ years as a Conn-gressional Grifter!
      🤡 😆 🤣 🤡

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว

      Correct and she should be sent over to Russia 🇷🇺 or North Korea or China 🇨🇳 hard labor camps and feed her sewage water and molded bread 🥪

    • @brunnerwarsavage4242
      @brunnerwarsavage4242 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yup she is just ashamed she got caught.

    • @edwardsmith5650
      @edwardsmith5650 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You took the thought right out of my head.

    • @arturocamaney9235
      @arturocamaney9235 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Why should she be ashamed? She did nothing wrong. NBA teams stiff people all the time by ejecting them without a refund, but I don't you see you complaining about that. Don't donate if you can't trust the person

  • @patrickpatrick9132
    @patrickpatrick9132 ปีที่แล้ว +46

    She didn’t lose her job or reputation, she gave them away. No character.

  • @workingguy84
    @workingguy84 ปีที่แล้ว +188

    If you’re going to prosecute someone for stolen valor, start with Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut.

    • @jerrysanders9101
      @jerrysanders9101 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Exactly what I said.

    • @williamkinchen
      @williamkinchen ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Right, to date, no one has done anything about him.

    • @mattmatt6572
      @mattmatt6572 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What's wrong with this? her chosen pronoun is sir and she prefers to be saluted when addressed. Whatever happened to being able to identify as however you feel? I think we should be prosecuting people who buy service dog vests online, to mascarade them around where they don't otherwise belong, with stolen Valor.

    • @frenchtoast6752
      @frenchtoast6752 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It's all the money she made off of it that's illegal, not just her posing as a veteran

    • @bromethiustrilbotbromeldeh6625
      @bromethiustrilbotbromeldeh6625 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      word, will do. any others?

  • @jaimedoria1698
    @jaimedoria1698 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I am a veteran an am thoroughly disgusted by her.That are others as well.I can't get the VA to help whilst she scammed so easily.She is not sorry.

    • @mattl-dp7gp
      @mattl-dp7gp ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for your service ....makes me mad we don't take care of our vets but take care of everyone else ...Obamacare took money from Us Veterans(VA) healthcare (and senior citizens Medicare) and gave it directly to illegal aliens....

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      and we also have so many homeless, helpless Vets while this type is beyond words. I am glad she got the max sentence.

    • @arturocamaney9235
      @arturocamaney9235 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why should she be sorry? Anything the VA gives you as compensation is basically your own taxpayer money back. So she's just getting a tax rebate

    • @jerrysanders9101
      @jerrysanders9101 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Richard Blumenthal?

    • @tj12711
      @tj12711 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@arturocamaney9235 That would be true if all income were taxed equally. But it isn't. Unless she's in the highest income bracket, she got more than just a rebate

  • @paulfmurphy617
    @paulfmurphy617 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Finally a judge who gets the Job DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @BarryJSilva
    @BarryJSilva ปีที่แล้ว +96

    I remember when I first saw her picture wearing dress blues. As a former Marine who went through Parris Island SC in July - September 71, I immediately noticed that her eagle, globe and anchor on her lapels were backwards. (anchors are inboard, she had them outboard) She had no idea how to dress a uniform. What a disgrace. Semper Fi - real Marines.

    • @jvjdrn
      @jvjdrn ปีที่แล้ว

      Right? At least crack open the uniform reg, for Pete’s sake! She is a disgrace.

    • @derricklockhart9650
      @derricklockhart9650 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Just sad. I think about my wife who served in the Marine Corps 10+ years. Who also served during Operations Desert Shield/ Storm, and was medically discharged shortly after the Gulf War. And that this real, and highly awarded female Marine. Literally, had to be forced to file a claim with the VA. Thank God she has a great job, and good health. And to read about this fake female Marine is just disgusting. God bless. Semper Fi!

    • @kevinbarry7475
      @kevinbarry7475 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You should see the picture of her in dress blues saluting, absolutely ridiculous

    • @wheelmanstan
      @wheelmanstan ปีที่แล้ว +4

      These people don't understand that the military makes you do every single thing a certain way, all the way down to how to start your shoe laces or the direction of your belt. Honestly I can't even remember, but they made us do it!

    • @hoodatdondar2664
      @hoodatdondar2664 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@derricklockhart9650 I am sorry to hear it. I hope she was not exposed to danger.

  • @YourCaliforniaSupply
    @YourCaliforniaSupply ปีที่แล้ว +90

    We need those types of crimes to be punished to the max every time

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah send them all over to Russia 🇷🇺 or North Korea or China 🇨🇳 hard labor camps and feed them sewage water and molded bread 🥪

    • @tihstaetoggaf
      @tihstaetoggaf ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Meanwhile Jamal and quanquan getting less than half that sentence for attempted murder

    • @arturocamaney9235
      @arturocamaney9235 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sure, so long as the NFL and NBA are penalized for robbing customers of their money by kicking them out without a refund :). Bottom line is that when you donate to someone, you know there's a certain risk involved, no different from a customer buying tickets to the Superbowl

    • @YourCaliforniaSupply
      @YourCaliforniaSupply ปีที่แล้ว

      @@arturocamaney9235 I agree. The law is primarily black and white but the gray area of the law should be the minority.
      My views are more conservative

    • @YourCaliforniaSupply
      @YourCaliforniaSupply ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tihstaetoggaf money may have influenced that situation

  • @alexlifeson8946
    @alexlifeson8946 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    As a disabled veteran, I always ask the public to always ask for a military/VA ID.

    • @Comm0ut
      @Comm0ut 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      As do I! I also offer to drive so-called vets on the street straight to the VA when they ask me for money. Funny how they suddenly reject experienced help!

    • @floridaboz1
      @floridaboz1 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the ones who run across this comment and replies do not ever think we will get offended from you asking to prove we vets. I have my VA card, it says vet on my drivers license and i have a Vet tag on my truck. We would rather you ask us to prove it, than assume, just because we know the number of scammers out there. Most all vets have proof that we are Vets

    • @guesswhat-chickenbutt
      @guesswhat-chickenbutt 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for your service

    • @willbaack7997
      @willbaack7997 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm a vet, but I don't have a VA card. Faulty system there.

    • @apoloestrada2908
      @apoloestrada2908 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Exactly true, I got asked that numerous times where ever I go especially working out at the base gym, commissary & etc

  • @rjakob8073
    @rjakob8073 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    Those people who use veterans to scam off of are absolute thieves. As a 100% disabled vet, this is upsetting, to say the least. These crimes take away from veterans disability groups who have proudly served veterans as far back as I can remember and are hurt every time one of those stolen valor criminals pops up. It's sad that even today, in the U. S. many Americans don't understand what our service members do and sacrifice daily to protect our Democracy day in and day out. I am grateful for today's service members as I am of the vets from my era. Thank you All! 🇺🇸❤

  • @urbanfrog8466
    @urbanfrog8466 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Losing her job and reputation are the consequences of her actions, not a price she is paying for it. Consequences you experience as a result of your stupidity are completely separate to 'paying the price' - the price to society for the harms you have done.

  • @NomadGuardian
    @NomadGuardian ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Let's prosecute and Incarcerate others who have committed the same Crime.

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah get all the bad apples as they say 😂

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      INCLUDING SO-CALLED 'POLITICIANS'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • @arturocamaney9235
      @arturocamaney9235 ปีที่แล้ว

      This isn't a real crime, though. The VA could have vetted her, which they didn't. And no one was forced to donate to her. Sorry, but she did nothing wrong.

    • @jerrysanders9101
      @jerrysanders9101 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like .. What about Richard Blumenthal?

    • @NomadGuardian
      @NomadGuardian ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@arturocamaney9235Yes ! It's a Crime ..
      The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 was signed on June 3, 2013. The Act makes it a federal crime to fraudulently claim to be a recipient of certain military decorations or medals in order to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefits.

  • @WarrenPuffet
    @WarrenPuffet ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Her attorney saying, “already paid a significant price losing her job and reputation”… what reputation? A false one? Enjoy prison.

  • @danainthevalley
    @danainthevalley ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Send her to Ukraine to show her what a battlefield REALLY looks like then make her FIGHT.

    • @2bullcrap
      @2bullcrap ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Calm down,Rambo

    • @frickpoo6644
      @frickpoo6644 ปีที่แล้ว

      there is no war in ukrane. just ukrane bombing their russian speaking towns while they and the dc swamp launder money like they did in obumma's 1st 2 terms. this is his 3rd.

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Would you really waste resources and government money, I repeat government money, on a dirtbag?
      I think it's wasteful and gratuitous. The military budget has been facing cuts, and actual Seargents prefer, you know, having a guy that passed BCT with a not-dirtbag mentality.

    • @hoodatdondar2664
      @hoodatdondar2664 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry, no female personnel. Even the desperate Ukrainian army only uses them as snipers and behind the lines artillery support.

  • @davenc8527
    @davenc8527 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Awesome to see our justice system at work.

  • @timf2279
    @timf2279 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    She should receive a life sentence or be released into a mine field. What a disgraceful human being.

  • @NotAsGoodAsItUsedToBe
    @NotAsGoodAsItUsedToBe ปีที่แล้ว +40

    My father was a combat medic for 30 years. Started as a buck private and retired at Major. I asked him about flag burning and, he said that his fight was for their right to express that way. He did 7 combat tours, I don't like stolen valor. Pray for my father, please.

    • @cagneyconner7294
      @cagneyconner7294 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ummmmm

    • @broncofanincali8150
      @broncofanincali8150 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      what does that have to do with any of this? Just asking

    • @luke_skywanker7643
      @luke_skywanker7643 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      As a fellow vet, I'll pray for him. But -- if he was a medic -- he's probably in Heaven already.

    • @NotAsGoodAsItUsedToBe
      @NotAsGoodAsItUsedToBe ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@luke_skywanker7643 I appreciate that sentiment but, he turns 52 this month. He was 15 the day I was born. I wouldn't ask for prayer on a dead person.

    • @luke_skywanker7643
      @luke_skywanker7643 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NotAsGoodAsItUsedToBe I tend to pray for everyone. I'm glad your father is still with you. I lost my WW II vet father in 2003. I still pray for him.

  • @jasonmcelroy1938
    @jasonmcelroy1938 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    This happened in RI right before I retired. Absolutely sickening.

    • @garyoz1821
      @garyoz1821 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry, but what does you retiring before this happened have to do with anything? Did you happen to eat a banana during the month this happened? A pear perhaps? Why didn't you say, "This happened in RI around one of the times when I ate a banana."?

    • @jasonmcelroy1938
      @jasonmcelroy1938 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@garyoz1821 Because I fucking retired from the military less than 10 miles down the road from where she committed these crimes. Now fuck off.

    • @abdu1wahid105
      @abdu1wahid105 ปีที่แล้ว

      She was the one who took a large slurp from his milkshake when he went to get more sauce.😂🤣

  • @primafacie9721
    @primafacie9721 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Well, now she is a veteran....of the penal system.

    • @1stltwife
      @1stltwife ปีที่แล้ว

      ❤😊😊😊😊😊😊LOVE IT!

  • @shiznitts
    @shiznitts ปีที่แล้ว +65

    if hundreds of people can be fooled by one woman without any legitimacy, imagine what a govt could do to a nation of people.

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yeah one word PURGING!!!

    • @fu6604
      @fu6604 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That is no BS... what you just said

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "what a government COULD do" - actually what a government HAS ALREADY DONE. Here in the USA but also in many, many other countries too. a world-wide epidemic of criminality.

    • @tihstaetoggaf
      @tihstaetoggaf ปีที่แล้ว

      Exactly

    • @tyrone1544
      @tyrone1544 ปีที่แล้ว

      Like all that Russian Collusion. Americans are related.

  • @carlariggs525
    @carlariggs525 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    this angers me to the bone. as a veteran, there's no excuse or apology for this. there's no punishment long enough. I would like 5 minutes with her, but that won't happen.

    • @tihstaetoggaf
      @tihstaetoggaf ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Calm down I bet u were a pog. So hard being a cook or logistics Mos lmao

    • @arturocamaney9235
      @arturocamaney9235 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why does it anger you? Does her ingenuity bother you?

    • @PeterPeli
      @PeterPeli ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@tihstaetoggaf Cooks are Royalty.

    • @philchurch1115
      @philchurch1115 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I am a 100% disabled Navy veteran and I would love to help you ..

    • @johnjones5354
      @johnjones5354 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@arturocamaney9235 No, her being a thief and con artist, and grifting on the sacrifices of others bothers anyone who isn't a criminal themselves.

  • @sowsow6677
    @sowsow6677 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Only 70 months? Give her 10 more for every fake medal she claimed to have.

  • @HsingSun
    @HsingSun ปีที่แล้ว +12

    What goes around, comes around.

  • @highschoolbigshot
    @highschoolbigshot ปีที่แล้ว +6

    My dad served in World War II Korea and Vietnam very rarely spoke of what he'd seen or done never went around flapping his gums about what a hero he was

  • @Fred-wy4ix
    @Fred-wy4ix ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Hats off to The United States District Attorney for bringing this to lite.
    Enjoy your time in Federal Prison, you might fine some female veterans that will teach you a few things about why you shouldn't commit STOLEN VALOR

  • @AG_2003
    @AG_2003 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    And yet SANTOS continues to keep his position in Congress

    • @donsims1941
      @donsims1941 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe biden's still president after LYING About his dead son dieing in Iraq, Elizabeth Warren is still a senator after PRETENDING to be a native American and defrauding a college 🤷 Hillary Clinton kept her job after lying about dodging bullets on the tarmac when video shows her receiving roses instead of hostile fire🤷 the health secretary even claims to be a woman when HE'S OBVIOUSLY A MAN 😂

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Purging

    • @milesmayhem5440
      @milesmayhem5440 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Who?

    • @tihstaetoggaf
      @tihstaetoggaf ปีที่แล้ว

      And every blx get less than half this sentence for trying to kill ppl

    • @kchilz32
      @kchilz32 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blumenthal as well

  • @danieljorge746
    @danieljorge746 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That's well deserved for her and that's what needs to happen to all us that served honorably and faithfully

  • @stevenjohnson8507
    @stevenjohnson8507 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Ashamed" only after getting caught. An insincere expression of remorse with an intention of only mitigating her sentence. A seasoned judge, like this one, knows better.

  • @richt6353
    @richt6353 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Justice!!!

  • @SonNguyen-mk2wq
    @SonNguyen-mk2wq 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a waste of space.

  • @leofredette19
    @leofredette19 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    She was ashamed for what she did. Only after being caught and sentenced. Her lawyer said she's suffered enough, and deserved a shorter sentence so she can rebuild her life. She can in 70 months.

  • @k9builder
    @k9builder ปีที่แล้ว +5

    As a Navy veteran, I don't really see why people want to pretend something they are not. Glad to see this one get punished.

    • @BenState
      @BenState 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      you slow?

  • @Velshard
    @Velshard 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Should have been sentenced to 30 years in Federal Prison, then she'd really be ashamed of herself.

  • @christianlagasca207
    @christianlagasca207 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks for capturing a scammer and a sicko narcissist!

    • @tharzan86
      @tharzan86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/UlC5cn74hU4/w-d-xo.html

  • @johnb3616
    @johnb3616 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    She got VA benefits etc doesn’t the VA check military records yo make sure someone actually served and qualifies for benefits?

    • @1980Baldeagle
      @1980Baldeagle ปีที่แล้ว

      You give the VA a DD214 form. She clearly made a fake one. I can't believe she snowed the doctors.

    • @DJTheMetalheadMercenary
      @DJTheMetalheadMercenary ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Yes they do, but she falsified records and also worked at a VA facility and knew how to otherwise alter information. That's part of the federal felony charges alongside the grand larceny/ fraud, she stole a lot of money too.

    • @devilmaycry9969
      @devilmaycry9969 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Yeah well. She WAS the VA. She played the system while she was working for veterans.

    • @rwdchannel2901
      @rwdchannel2901 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      It's not that easy. You have to have the DD214 record of military service, honorable discharge, go to exams and doctors appointments to even begin to qualify for VA disability benefits. She must have studied the system well to pull it off. Then she must have been able to fool the VA disability examiners with her acting skills.

    • @DJTheMetalheadMercenary
      @DJTheMetalheadMercenary ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rwdchannel2901 VA Benefits are not just relegated to Honorable discharges, anything but Dishonorable will grant VA medical care and varying degrees of other benefits. (and even then with some exigent cases can still get services though limited, that is rare though.)
      But yes, she had to really have gone through a lot of very specific things to pull off the fraud.

  • @pugowner1347
    @pugowner1347 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Awesome. They need to crack down on things like this.

  • @kristinreynolds577
    @kristinreynolds577 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I hope this deters anyone else of stolen valor. It probably won’t, but they will now know what they have waiting for them.

  • @williamswetnam4070
    @williamswetnam4070 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That orange jumpsuit with "DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS" emblazened on it will look real good on her.

  • @mikehunt8563
    @mikehunt8563 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    NO, Not ashamed for doing what she did, Ashamed for getting caught and yet she is the "victim", Hmmm ! Typical of the "injured" female !

  • @william893
    @william893 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely disgusting 70 months for theft and stolen valour Absolutely disgusting god bless all our fallen and our veterans god bless from Edinburgh Scotland god bless

  • @usmc0311
    @usmc0311 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Funny how people want to be in the military but don’t want to put in the work

  • @lailahepburnandmischka
    @lailahepburnandmischka ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It's disgusting what she did but people get less jail time for violent crimes 😭😭😭

  • @michaelwells1783
    @michaelwells1783 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    OMG Thank God A Female is being accountable. !!!

  • @craigklein5563
    @craigklein5563 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She got a light sentence, shame on her!

  • @dontcare9689
    @dontcare9689 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Make no mistake about it you will never be forgiven. (Ret) USMC

  • @NateL1884
    @NateL1884 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You know what the best part about all this is? She got arrested and jailed for faking cancer and having PTSD. After 70 months in Federal prison, she may very well have legitimate PTSD, but no-one is going to want to help her with it once she gets out. Oh, sweet, SWEET irony. :D

  • @bruceleehee9267
    @bruceleehee9267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She should have to serve in the military after prison

  • @stewartbell2100
    @stewartbell2100 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Oh yeh she was only ashamed because she got caught.

  • @Colleen-w5o
    @Colleen-w5o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She got away with this far too long. People need to investigate people who say they were in the service

  • @GoldenShellback
    @GoldenShellback ปีที่แล้ว +35

    A long story. Glad she had her day in court. This WILL NOT deter others from stealing valor.

    • @vickieflowers-williams9691
      @vickieflowers-williams9691 ปีที่แล้ว

      🌏🇺🇸👂🏾🫵🏽👁👁🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼🏃🏼

    • @thomasholt63
      @thomasholt63 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Make America 🇺🇸 GREAT AGAIN!!!

    • @mchrysogelos7623
      @mchrysogelos7623 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think it will go a LONG way toward deterring others. Will it stop them all? No.

    • @iamjackscompletelackofsurp9606
      @iamjackscompletelackofsurp9606 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thomasholt63 Not if you people keep stealing valor and stealing elections

  • @funnyfarm5555
    @funnyfarm5555 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We should have a special FBI team that goes nationwide, investigates cases of stolen valor and prosecute and jail the offenders. Right now as a Veteran if you say anything to them, they just get indignant, tell you where to stuff it and the local police won't do anything.

    • @alexlifeson8946
      @alexlifeson8946 ปีที่แล้ว

      They do.

    • @funnyfarm5555
      @funnyfarm5555 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@alexlifeson8946 Too bad we don't hear more about those cases publicly; Damn dirtbags. I got invited to the Army in 1971 and stayed for six years.

    • @hoodatdondar2664
      @hoodatdondar2664 ปีที่แล้ว

      You can’t. The stolen valor law got tossed out by the Supreme Court. So it is not against the law to lie, as such.
      Lying to steal money you are not entitled to *is*against the law.

  • @martinphillips4567
    @martinphillips4567 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why are people surprised this happens, if you live in the United States 🇺🇸 in a town that has a military 🪖 community you shouldn't be surprised 🤔.
    I'm in the south (carolina) we hear a story's like this every few weeks. Depending on the states the benefits can good that people will pose as military
    To take advantage. From a discount at a wallmart to buying a home 🏡.

  • @Colleen-w5o
    @Colleen-w5o 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She is upset she got caught.

  • @christopherwilliams7905
    @christopherwilliams7905 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They will never get even a third of that back

  • @lilmamasomeanlovedymond5416
    @lilmamasomeanlovedymond5416 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Alright, 😅 Now this is justice!

  • @phatsanta3836
    @phatsanta3836 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The worst thing is the automatic suspicion she’s cast on every legitimate vet that actually needs help. Truly a disgrace.

  • @michaelangelo7511
    @michaelangelo7511 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great. Lies of lies. She is only ashamed because she has been revealed.

  • @thomaskelly1286
    @thomaskelly1286 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Send her To Leavenworth. Kansas

  • @c4binF3v3r
    @c4binF3v3r ปีที่แล้ว +3

    70 months for posing as a veteran? Even with the financial fraud, it seems excessive. On the contrary, the sheriff in Clayton county got 1.5 years for abusing inmates during the last 20 years. We need the justice system, but sometimes it doesn't work well.

    • @hoodatdondar2664
      @hoodatdondar2664 ปีที่แล้ว

      She stole over 300k of public money. From genuinely needy vets. Investigate the sheriff , if you like, but she got justice.

  • @christianlagasca207
    @christianlagasca207 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This happens when “Bad Karma” strikes back with a VENGEANCE!

    • @tharzan86
      @tharzan86 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      th-cam.com/video/UlC5cn74hU4/w-d-xo.html

  • @Fenril76
    @Fenril76 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    SMH, throw them in jail and throw away the key. As the VFW lady said, this makes people think twice before helping a veteran, already been through that when I was discharged in 1980. Semper Fi to my brothers and sisters, stay safe out there.

  • @rmeav8er000
    @rmeav8er000 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    They should give her a chance to rebuild her life with a 20 year enlistment contract without the ability for promotion. 20 years as a PV1.

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 ปีที่แล้ว

      A little too cruel and she could die from it.
      Not saying she deserves sympathy, but remember that military budgets have a limit. They want people who are willing to be soldiers, not fraudsters.
      I should add she's built like a cigarette. Not exactly built for gun recoil.

  • @xjcrossx
    @xjcrossx ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love how that attorney ripped her apart lol

  • @keithjoseph7433
    @keithjoseph7433 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My father was in the army and he never talked about it just like so many others. Cavanaugh seem to talk about it as much as she could and maybe that should of been a red flag. It's a shame that out veterinarian don't get much and have to fight to get help but yet here is someone that was not in any military and was getting so much. The system needs a lot of work!

    • @dennisplatte7506
      @dennisplatte7506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True----real combat veterans don't talk about their experiences overseas-----except to other veterans.

    • @GM8101PHX
      @GM8101PHX ปีที่แล้ว

      My oldest brother will not talk about his service in Vietnam and I do not press him because I am a veteran as well. He just finally was declared 100% disabled due to his service, he is now 73 and my Hero!! This scumbag will not detract from any veteran's honorable service. She rates equal with the dog waste she asked others to pick up!!! I hope she enjoys the prison cell she is calling home now, and hope the government will take her home from her and give it to a needy military family! then lastly I hope she finds Jesus Christ as her Savior which will change her life!!!

    • @dennisplatte7506
      @dennisplatte7506 ปีที่แล้ว

      Most vets will not talk about their overseas wars to friends of family. But they do talk to their fellow veterans at reunions. I've been to a few 3rd Marine Division reunions----and they talk to their platoon and company mates. @@GM8101PHX

  • @coolcondo8393
    @coolcondo8393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Guess now she can claim she served just not for her country

  • @marks2517
    @marks2517 ปีที่แล้ว

    WTF! How do they get away with this?

  • @axulhijo
    @axulhijo ปีที่แล้ว +1

    She’s sorry she got caught! That’s the only shame that she bears!!! She’s ashamed that she got caught!!! Disgraceful!!!

  • @SFCMAMTZ
    @SFCMAMTZ ปีที่แล้ว +2

    70 months what a joke.

    • @phillhuddleston9445
      @phillhuddleston9445 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Close to six years is no joke the only question is how long will she serve of that time!

  • @BuckyBarnesNC
    @BuckyBarnesNC 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So she can serve a 6 yr sentence, she can pretend it’s her military service.

  • @richardchildress9031
    @richardchildress9031 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    she should have told the judge that she was a wounded VA for a lighter sentence

  • @alvinhutchinson8247
    @alvinhutchinson8247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing how someone like this can get disability while
    I served 17 months in Vietnam living on a river of agent orange…
    But everything is
    Not service related

  • @mikeholguin84
    @mikeholguin84 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So when are they doing this to tim walz?

  • @tl3139
    @tl3139 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    She needs to serve her time at Leavenworth.

  • @mikefleek9259
    @mikefleek9259 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like this Judge, I doubt ANY real veterans in prison will like her much. She has a long time to think about it.

  • @kimberlyfamoly1963
    @kimberlyfamoly1963 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a disable vet my self, I feel guilty for what I do get from the VA as I see other that have it worse than me. Then this person that was never in the service just taking advantage of it. I know of many vets that cant even get what they are owed. Makes me sick.

  • @johnkoko5794
    @johnkoko5794 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She's ashamed she got caught. She'll get out in 2 years.

    • @willieverusethis
      @willieverusethis ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a federal crime- I don't think they shorten sentences in the federal system.

    • @johnkoko5794
      @johnkoko5794 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@willieverusethis Looked it up. You have to serve 85% of your sentence.

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 ปีที่แล้ว

      Also they all but eliminated federal parole.

  • @USViper
    @USViper ปีที่แล้ว

    70 months??? She should have received 20 years in prison

  • @PUNKinDRUBLIC72
    @PUNKinDRUBLIC72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    There's worse crimes but can't get much lower than this!

  • @TheChiefCoin
    @TheChiefCoin ปีที่แล้ว +2

    God bless all involved 🙏🏼

  • @lukebaehr3851
    @lukebaehr3851 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    For all the time she spent at the VA, There's actually so much good She could have done to help people but chose to take the wrong path at every turn. Pretty sad.

  • @eddiearmijo6635
    @eddiearmijo6635 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I've been trying since the 70s. Easy for some i guess.

    • @jamesmcgrath1952
      @jamesmcgrath1952 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      My medical records were over 6 inches thick, and they were still giving me the run around. It took a federal judge, reaming them a new arse-hole to fix lt. That was 50 years ago. I'm not sure if Federal Judges do automatic reviews anymore.

  • @nikolaivista920
    @nikolaivista920 ปีที่แล้ว

    They should have given her 700 months without the possibility of parole!!! Make an example. This garbage behavior has got to stop!

  • @michellejessup6618
    @michellejessup6618 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Shame shame I think it's more like she's a shame she got caught

  • @derrickstinnett2054
    @derrickstinnett2054 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I hope she is miserable everyday when she wakes up in her 8x8 cell. Situations like this makes it difficult for us Veterans to get the things that we need to be able to go on in life. It’s just disgusting what she did

  • @BoiledKoolaid
    @BoiledKoolaid ปีที่แล้ว +2

    At a glance, this looks like a long sentence for a silly and offensive crime. But $300k in fraudulent charity claims certainty justifies it.

    • @hoodatdondar2664
      @hoodatdondar2664 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes. It’s the stealing, not the lying. Stealing from vets a lot of whom really need it. It’s disgusting.

  • @crinklecut3790
    @crinklecut3790 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I gave up on my local VFW once I realized most of the members weren’t even vets and that people were using the clubhouse to deal cocaine. It lost its charter, got it back, lost it again….. unless you are an alcoholic trying to get drunk as cheaply as possible, just go somewhere else. You’ll probably find more actual veterans at a Mission BBQ than you will your local VFW. It’s sad but true 😔

  • @verbosedy9947
    @verbosedy9947 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Not a veteran here and for some reason (irony or sarcasm) I'm totally okay saying that. How hard is that. I didn't serve (tried, but an L5-S1 fusion kicked me out of the running) but I will definitely give any vet any help they would need on the spot. Never once did I ever think "Oh I'm going to lie and see what benefits I could get!". Even if I felt the urge there is something called the internet. She is beyond stupid and I hope she learned a lesson and can recover her life.

    • @jimsmith9819
      @jimsmith9819 ปีที่แล้ว

      im sorry you couldnt serve, thank you for being honest

  • @penelope8557
    @penelope8557 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What you wanna do as a reporter is stand outside in the rain to tell us the details of the fraudulent behavior of the miscreant.

  • @luisgarza4428
    @luisgarza4428 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Too bad she could'nt be sentenced for a longer term. The only reason she is ashamed is because she was caught.

  • @ER-be8lf
    @ER-be8lf ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this story. She is a master troll lmao.

  • @andrewtestin9080
    @andrewtestin9080 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I don't understand being on line and stealing Valor, its just beyond my comprehension

  • @hangamingarms
    @hangamingarms ปีที่แล้ว

    as a veteran this pisses me off so much and at the same time i am sad because of how they disrespect the people who gave their lives in service they have no respect for servicemembers.

  • @ralphhodge1204
    @ralphhodge1204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Liar liar pants on fire!

  • @chelisue
    @chelisue ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I sure hope it was worth it. I’m actually a disabled veteran. This damages us

  • @phoenixhenson3689
    @phoenixhenson3689 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    holy crap talk about getting the book thrown at you

    • @mregister3945
      @mregister3945 ปีที่แล้ว

      She deserves it! I'm one Vet in a long family line of Vets.

    • @6789uiop
      @6789uiop ปีที่แล้ว +1

      70 months, surprising when compared to big names getting a pass.

    • @Indian_Kamala
      @Indian_Kamala ปีที่แล้ว

      She didn't just put on a uniform for a waffle house discount. She stole hundreds of thousands through fraud.

    • @Indian_Kamala
      @Indian_Kamala ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@6789uiopwhat big names have faked having cancer and pretended to be a combat veteran to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars?

    • @timf2279
      @timf2279 ปีที่แล้ว

      She should do a life sentence

  • @fiyahriddims
    @fiyahriddims ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Hand slap 101

  • @user-cc5od3zk4p
    @user-cc5od3zk4p 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I just don’t get why anyone would do this. Do they honestly think they’ll never get caught out? SMH.

  • @daveware4117
    @daveware4117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    About time a woman has to face accountabilty

  • @mexicanwhitedevil386
    @mexicanwhitedevil386 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everyone's sorry when they get caught

  • @markmnorcal
    @markmnorcal ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stolen valor will guarantee you thousands of dollars