{"id":27874,"date":"2011-12-11T17:28:03","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T21:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=27874"},"modified":"2011-12-11T17:28:03","modified_gmt":"2011-12-11T21:28:03","slug":"another-toys-for-tots-phony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=27874","title":{"rendered":"Another Toys for Tots phony"},"content":{"rendered":"

Derek Walls told everyone he was a Marine Corps colonel for years while he ran his paintball range and volunteered in the local annual Toys for Tots drive. Then he was arrested for raping a 16-year-old employee at his tanning salon. The local prosecutor dropped the charges for a lack of evidence and Walls asked the Florida Today<\/a> newspaper to write about the good he’d done in his community and not the allegations against him.<\/p>\n

The Florida Today staff did what they were supposed to do and checked his military records. Turns out he spent a few months in the Marine Corps and was discharged a Private First Class back in 1988 – but that’s almost like a colonel, right?<\/p>\n

t. Col. Michael Powell, deputy director of the Marine Corps\u2019 Assistance & Investigations Division, told FLORIDA TODAY in an email that he \u201ccannot confirm or deny any other action on this case.\u201d<\/p>\n

In his interview with FLORIDA TODAY, Walls would not discuss whether lying during the past two decades was necessary to contribute to his community and would not delve further into his military record.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are certain things Marines don\u2019t want to discuss,\u201d he said when FLORIDA TODAY pressed for further explanation. \u201cSome things are better left not talked about.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, in a conversation on Facebook with his rape victim, he told her was dying within a few months of a “mutant strain of the Gulf War syndrome”. It looks like he should have clammed up long before the interview with some journalists who commendably did their jobs.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Brian for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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