Category: Phony soldiers

Folks are telling us that the sentencing that we’ve all been waiting for, the stolen valor case against Shane Ladner, whose wife was gravely injured in a train collision in Texas a few years ago, when he was honored for a Purple Heart he was never awarded, will happen on Tuesday at Canton, Georgia, Mills Justice Center, Superior Court, 90 North Street, Room 270.

It is rumored that Judge David Cannon won’t be giving any jail time for the convicted former police officer who lied on his job application, displayed ill-gotten Purple Heart license plates on his private vehicle and presented the court with forged federal government documents.

Ladner even took a local reporter and his TV station to court in an effort to pull wool over the eyes of the public – luckily, the judge in that case didn’t believe him either. Ladner was unsuccessful in his attempt to sue his way to a Purple Heart Medal.

If you’re in the area, and you have the time please make an effort to be in the courtroom for sentencing to represent the rest of us.

Someone sent us their research on this fellow, Kirk Amarh-Kwantreng, from Massena, New York. The word on the street is that he pretends to be a member of the US Army for sympathy. He wears dog tags on the outside of his clothes to give that impression even when he’s wearing his civvies;

He keeps a folded flag and an Army uniform hat on the dash board of his car in hopes that they will get him out of traffic tickets.

According to folks, he spent three semesters in SUNY Potsdam’s ROTC program and that’s where he got the dog tags and the uniform. He never completed ROTC, but I guess it’s just much easier to pretend than actually accomplish anything.

The National Personnel Records Center says that they never heard of him;

Someone sent us this article in the Newport Plain Talk in Newport, Tennessee, in which they interview Nathan Dornacher who claims that him and his dog were wounded in a IED attack in Afghanistan in 2012;

Dog handler Nathan Dornacher, age 31, was the dog’s handler and they have been long-time buddies, as you will see. Nathan is new to Cocke County having moved here in early 2017. That route was from Oregon via Florida.

Yet he has a local connection. His wife, the former Lydia Laws, is from Cocke County. Both she and Nathan have something beside the service dog, Ayla, in common. They are disabled military veterans. He was in the Marines and she the Navy. I am not sure if she has been with Nathan longer than Ayla, age six, has and that’s been five years.

By the way, Lydia is the daughter of Randy Laws and her mother is Susan Webb. They have a daughter, Bonnie, age 8, so I guess that answers my question that Lydia and Nathan have been together longer than Ayla has been with Nathan.

Ayla is an EOD dog: Explosive Ordinance Disposal dog, at least she was before the tragic incident in Afghanistan. Nathan was based in North Carolina in the Marsoc Unit. He received the dog that had been fully trained in Germany. I’m guessing she was at least a year old when she joined up with Nathan.

Nathan was part of the training process when he received Ayla in 2012 to continue her EOD training. He said the Department of Defense handled all the transportation for Ayla to get her to combat in Afghanistan.

The tragic day happened when they were riding in a full daytime convey. The Humvee in which Nathan and Ayla were riding struck a pressure-plate-triggered explosive.

The powerful explosion blew the frontend off the heavily armored Humvee. The force damaged his right leg and right side of his body and also injured Ayla. “We were both able to fully recover,” he said. And both are fully retired from the Marines.

The Marine Corps, when asked about Dornacher’s service replied “Who?”

In an article from Florida, Nate had a telephone blow up in his SUV, so I guess that’s like an IED ambush;

Our partners at Military Phonies send us their work on this Peter Schlenker fellow who claims that he was a wounded and highly decorated Vietnam veteran.

Here is his shadow box;

He claims that he is special forces qualified, that he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Silver Star Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Purple Heart Medal, as well as some Vietnam Service awards. According to the National Personnel Records Center, none of that is true;

He enlisted in the Army 7 months after Saigon fell to the communists and more than a year after the issue of the National Defense Service Medal was discontinued for the Vietnam War era. So he’s even lying about the NDSM.

Schlenker spent three years on active duty and he was discharged as a Private E-1, not the Sergeant First Class (E-7) that he claims. He was an infantryman in the 3/187th Infantry, of the 101st Airborne Division (it was Airborne only in name at the time) he earned the Air Assault Badge and that’s it. I remember the 101st wore a cute little royal blue beret in those days, but there were no special forces units on Fort Campbell at the time he was there.

The folks at Guardians of the Green Beret share their work on Romeo Antonio Noel Papica III, aka Ran Papica who claims to have been a special forces soldier and wounded in combat – he says that his missing leg was lost due to combat wounds.

Our local assets in the area have uncovered many stories about the “mysterious” and “cryptic” RAN. We can confirmed with rock solid sources the following claims made by this individual:

Bushido Master, Samurai Warrior, United States Navy SEAL, C.I.A. Operative, PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT, United States Army Officer (Major and a Captain at the same time) in the Rangers, Airborne Jump Master, Delta Operator and Special Forces. Mr. Papica claims his amputated leg happened while on a Special Forces secret mission.

Interestingly, Mr. Papica has told various people (who we have talked to) that his leg injury was caused by an IED, RPG, or from an automobile accident, depending on who he was talking to. It was none of the above. It was because he stepped on a rusty nail and the resulting complications associated with diabetes and infection because he never sought medical care. This was confirmed by his pastor to us over the phone. His pastor also confirmed that Ran Papica claimed to be in Special Forces for 14 years.

Guardians of the Green Beret claim that there hasn’t been a Papica in the Army since the Korean War era. Ran, here, claims that he was in the Filipino Special Forces, but that is doubtful, too.

Ran has the history of asking people in places he is a member of for money, this has been confirmed by multiple people that would like to stay off the record. He’s been asked to leave those places because of his actions.

The Sarasota Sky Bar and Cafe held a fundraiser for Ran Papica based on his claims. They were holding a second, yet Ran got wind of our investigation and they canceled it.

He’s just a grifter.

Back in July, we wrote about Jesus Albert Esquivel when the UK’s Daily Mail reported that he shot to death a Triple-A technician when he was too slow showing up for Jesus’ service call. The Daily Mail had reported that Esquivel was a Navy SEAL. Our sources refuted that information.

The folks at Military Phonies went ahead and got Mr Esquivel’s military records. Not surprisingly, he wasn’t a Navy SEAL. It looks like he had enlisted service for three years, then he went to Navy ROTC at Purdue University, then he did two more years as a Navy Ensign, but no SEAL Training;

Now, there’s no quote from Esquivel specifically mentioning that he claimed to be a SEAL, only the reporter’s word so it might not be his fault.

According to Local 10 News, Esquivel was in court last month and learned that his trial is scheduled for October 23rd.

Once again, our partners at Military Phonies share their work with us on this fellow, David Hinyup who, of course, claims to be a Navy SEAL. He joined a social media group – big mistake;

The internet is replete with his claims in bios and resumes;

…and on his hats and car;

The Navy disagrees with him. He did attend BUD/S briefly, but he left the Navy as an E-1;

The folks at Military Phonies summarize his career;

David’s summary sheet shows he was on active duty in the Navy for approximately 3 years and 15 days and got out as an E-1, yes that is correct, an E-1. Records show that David did check into BUD/S. I contacted the NSW Center and they have no record of him classing up with 127. I also contacted two SEALs from Class 127 and one instructor for that class, yes that all laughed when I mentioned the “HELLWEEK ICEMAN-IRONMAN Award” because they knew it was B.S. and they never heard of the name David Charles Hinyup.

Adios, muchacho.

The Columbus Dispatch tells the story of Edward I. Campbell, an investment advisor who told his prospective clients that he was a Navy SEAL;

The Reynoldsburg man boasted to his clients that he was a former Navy [SEAL] who had international business expertise and he could deliver huge returns on their investments.

But federal investigators discovered another story. Edward I. Campbell, 41, never had been a Navy Seal or international businessman. Through his investment firm, Rosewood Consulting LLC in Baltimore, Ohio, Campbell had overseen a $1.4 million investment-fraud scheme with at least 44 victims.

Campbell yesterday in U.S. District Court, pleaded guilty to federal charges of money laundering and wire fraud in connection with the scam.

Campbell signed on 44 clients who he ripped off – he agreed in court to pay restitution… $1,408,854. The article says that he faces 30 years in the gray bar hotel.

From Warning Blog;

First example, on February 12, 2013 we talked to a victim/investor (Rob) who was brought into one of Edward I. Campbell’s programs in March 2012 under the same structure as when we came in on July 31, 2012.

Both of our programs were structured the same way. In 10 business days after money was wired to Edward I. Campbell’s account both victim/investor (Rob) and ourselves were promised to receive an enormous return on our initial investment.

In victim/investor (Rob’s) case, he invested Forty Five Thousand Dollars ($45,000) and in 10 days he was promised to receive a minimum of Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000).

In our case, we invested One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000) and were promised in 10 business days to receive Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000).

In both cases Edward I. Campbell failed to pay the sum promised.

Yeah, well, you can’t cheat an honest man. If it sounds too good to be true, it is.