{"id":35073,"date":"2013-04-12T16:57:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T20:57:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35073"},"modified":"2013-04-12T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T20:57:31","slug":"phony-fire-fighter-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35073","title":{"rendered":"Phony fire fighter released"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Robert<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

CavScoutCoastie sends us a link from Tampa<\/a> about Robert Spalla<\/a>, a 23 year-old who was tooling around in a local fire department shirt scamming people out of free food and stuff. But, the prosecutor decided that it wasn’t illegal;<\/p>\n

In other words, getting free gift cards and meals isn’t the duty of a firefighter, so the statute does not apply.<\/p>\n

Spalla, who has never been a firefighter in the state of Florida, had faced a third-degree felony.<\/p>\n

Police said for six months, Spalla got free meals from businesses around Pinellas County when he wore a T-shirt that featured an official fire department logo. Police said he admitted to telling people he was a firefighter.<\/p>\n

Spalla denied that, and told the Tampa Bay Times there were “several things that went wrong.” He said he collects shirts, and that around Christmas a friend gave him one from the fire department. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, well, someone sent me some coffee once, but I don’t go around pretending I’m Juan Valdez. <\/p>\n

From MySunCoast<\/a>;<\/p>\n

Police say Spalla represented himself to employees at All Children’s Hospital as a firefighter who has been with the St. Pete Fire Department for the past 5 years.<\/p>\n

Hospital employees say he would ask for special privileges, such as food vouchers or gas cards.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Everyone wants the perks of being heroes without eating the shit sandwich heroes have to eat everyday. There’s something seriously wrong with our culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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