Loki sends us a link to the Clarion-Ledger which tells the story of David Thomason of Canyon Lake, Texas, who claims that he was a Recon Marine who ran covert operations in Central America, and, of course, he was the lone survivor of his platoon.
Thomason said In that recently taped conversation obtained by the Clarion Ledger that he served in the Marine Force Reconnaissance in Colombia in the 1980s.
When the operation ended, “Oliver North pulled me out of formation and shook my hand,” he said. “He pulled me out of formation because I had lost six of my squad. We were one of the eight-man Lotus squads in Colombia. Me and my sergeant, Terry Brown, he shook both of our hands. He pulled us out of formation because we were the only two to survive that day.”
In a June 14 letter, the National Personnel Records Center said it conducted an “extensive search of every records source and alternate records” and found no military records on Thomason.
His first wife, Vicki, said he never served in the military.
Thomason also pretends to be a pastor who ministers to veterans suffering from PTSD. He bilked Bryan Todd Sympson out of $336,590 in donations, plus an RV park;
“I feel like a fool, but I’m an honest guy,” Sympson said. “I always try to find the good in people.”
After his accountant informed him that he couldn’t deduct his contributions because the charity wasn’t registered, he said he confronted Thomason, who has since registered the charity with the secretary of state’s office.
Sympson’s lawsuit alleges “Thomason does not run, nor has he run, a genuine Christian ministry. Thomason and (his wife) Sheila Thomason used the funds provided by Sympson for personal gain and personal expenses.”
After Sympson stopped donating, Thomason put a notice on Sympson’s door: “Hello, Brother in Christ, Brother in blood and a true brother as a friend. I am respectly (sic) asked (sic) that we sit down and break bread together and cast the Demon out that has fiercly (sic) tried to devide (sic) us.”
When Sympson wouldn’t meet with him, Thomason put up another notice: “You have 72 hours to vacate this property.” A follow-up notice claimed Sympson, who gave Thomason the RV Park, owed him $15,600.
When the Clarion Ledger called trying to contact Thomason for comment, his wife hung up the phone.
Thomason is also connected to a convicted serial killer, Felix Vail, who is serving a life sentence in Louisiana for killing three women. One of Thomason’s ex-wives is believed by the Clarion-Ledger to be a victim because she drowned under suspicious conditions.
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49 responses to “David Thomason; fake Marine, fake pastor”
Shitbag does not even cover this…
DAVID THOMASON gives shitbags a bad name…
This is 1 evil scum sucking dic head, may he and his co-conspirator wife rot in hell. Preacher my ass, Marine my ass, Human my ass.
Proves the old adage “stolen valor” is just the cherry on top of the cake. I hope he and his wife get to go too the gray bar hotel for a very long time and are forced to make restitution to their victims as well as they also get a ton of flesh taken from them in prison and afterwards.
Sorry, but that is the cherry on top of the shit sundae! Still a rotten cherry no matter how you say it!
This is one of those rare instances when the Stolen Valor is so far back from the rest of this guy’s sordid profile that it’s almost not worth mentioning.
I agree. There’s something about this guy. Hopefully the police will look into some of the things in his past. I bet this is just the tip of the iceberg.
100%. Something unsavory going on here.
Might be wiser to just nuke the site from orbit instead of going rummaging for scumbaggery which they’re sure to find.
Wow. Just wow.
The freaking stones on this jackass.
If someone walked away with my $336,590 they wouldn’t be walking for too much longer.
Aside: TAH charity partner, Triple S Group.
“Solving Service Members’ ulcers, one scoop at a time”
Not enough words in my dictionary to describe this crapweasel.
How many other peoples’ lives has he damaged? And he’s connected to a serial killer, too? Oh, that is a really choice relationship to have.
Would a sane person actually claim having a relationship with a serial killer???
No.
Wow, you really can’t make this shit up! Hopefully the authorities in Texas are onto him.
Boot to the head!
Scumbag first class
I’m just a dumb retired guy but what is an eight man Lotus squad? It doesn’t Google.
It’s the equivalent of an Army Daffodil squad. The team all piles in to a Gamma Goat, that is then heavy dropped out the ass end of a C5 Galaxy.
Ha!!
Sports car team?
“he was the lone survivor of his platoon”
Of course he is. Nobody would know the true story if it were not for the lone survivor.
History is not written by the dead. Duh!
Force Recon Marine.
Lone survivor of his platoon.
Covert operations in Central America.
— sigh —
How is it that (supposedly) educated people are continually taken in by this kind of bullshit and then allow themselves to be exploited by these phonies?
A quick ‘Google’ search would expose most of this phony shit for what it is.
Wasn’t that a plot point of a Tom Clancy movie?
Yup.
However, in the Tom Clancy film, the U.S. military personnel operating in Central America were U.S. Army soldiers, not Force Recon Marines.
So it looks like ol’ Dave here took some artistic license when he modified the story while crafting his own amazing tales of derring-do.
Yeah, but those were Soldiers, not Marines in the Clancy book.
Talk about “all hat, no cattle.” Good grief, Charlie Brown.
He reminds me of Lance Armstrong, remember that asshat? The one that sued everyone and anyone that spoke out about him doping, he won the cases bankrupting more than one person…and it turned out in the end that they were all telling the truth, except Lance of course. People like these have no conscience, no soul, no morals or ethics and will stop at nothing to attain whatever they want at the expense of anyone that steps in their way. They need prison time and bath time with Bubba.
You can say all that in one word, ‘sociopath’.
Inbreeding sucks.
…but relatives are still ok for practice, right?
The Lemon Party needs a sub.
Sounds like a Tom Clancy fan. Stolen from Clear and Present Danger.
This shit is so deep, My old FD hip boots would not do the job.
Crazy….. was talking to a ole battle the other day he’s from Amarillo, Texas
He’s was talking about some nut case that was going around ripping people
Off claiming to be a marine this must be the story
“Lotus squads”
You trying to kill me over here, John? ?
And the Fake Marines are back on the scoreboard! Not only that but we get a fake minister who bilked someone for over 300K!
Thieves, liars, con men, shysters, defrauders, crooks, cheats, swindlers etc. all share common bonds. One of them being they can’t spell for shit. Hope Bubba and Thor talk sweet to him and distract him with an in-cell remedial spelling conversation while they pack his chocolate factory.
OMMFG!! LOOK AT THIS LOW RENT JOHN GOODMAN LOOKING LIKE NERD! I’M GETTING TIRED OF THESE SOCIAL DEGENERATES RUINING MY STATE!
What a soulless cocksucking con man!!!
A scumbag like this [and his hosebag wife] need to have their heads mounted on a pike out at the closest interstate point.
Not their heads. Just do a complete impalement.
Karma is a bitch, and she’s in heat.
I wonder if their are more conservative phonies or liberal phonies?
You would probably be the only one who wonders.
File that under, “Who gives a rat fuck?”
One can become a pastor through the mail for a mere $100. He probably thought the same was true to become a Marine.
In this country .. if you say you are a pastor .. you are one … no proof required .. something about the 1st Amendment…
30.06. Bolt action. Adjust for distance, breeze and temperature. Extract brass at home, tumble, reload, go hog hunting and then BBQ.
Now Homer Simpson never had a confrontational bone in his body. But if this understandably P. O. donor has slightly changed his name to hide being a relative, Marge has been known to be a straight razor totin’, mean and spiteful, “make an alligator look nice” kind of bytch. Can’t wait for the episode where she guts David Thomason from ear to ear as if he were a 40 lb. carp. Pass the popcorn please.
Yet again we see a common characteristic shared by all con men. They can’t spell for shit. Bernie Madoff probably could not spell dog. This Thomason dude probably needed to keep all his words written to Simpson in three letters or fewer. Befroe all is done, I’m pretty certain he will repint.
Charles David Thomason please note that you’re days are numbered the truth will come out you know what you did just be a man about it and fess up you and Vail,if you’re a Marine then why are you leaving a man behind Vail is doing his time go join your comrade and face your fate.