{"id":39491,"date":"2014-01-27T19:38:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39491"},"modified":"2014-01-27T19:38:55","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T00:38:55","slug":"timothy-flaherty-telling-tales-to-stay-out-of-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39491","title":{"rendered":"Timothy Flaherty; telling tales to stay out of jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chris sends us a article from the Pocono Record Writer<\/a> in which they tell the tale of Timothy Flaherty who was facing several counts of DUI and used a story of his injuries in Afghanistan as an excuse for his behavior. So the judge got a hold of his records to sort it all out. <\/p>\n

Flaherty told the court initially that he was the lone survivor of a 4-man vehicle crew which hit a roadside bomb. Flaherty tells quite frequently around town, according to the article, that he was dead until a helicopter-bourne medic revived him and he was evacuated. Well, the real story is a little different;<\/p>\n

In May 2006, Flaherty, then a staff sergeant, was on duty, standing guard outside a residence in which a U.S. Army colonel and a local Afghan official were meeting.<\/p>\n

He suddenly became ill and passed out.<\/p>\n

Flaherty’s tongue was blocking his breathing, so a medic and a physician’s assistant performed a tracheotomy on him to restore his breathing.<\/p>\n

Once he was stabilized, he was sent back to the United States.<\/p>\n

That is according to a signed affidavit from Mathew Novak, a 20-year veteran who held the rank of sergeant first class at the time, and was present when it happened.<\/p>\n

“The incident was non-hostile in nature, Mr. Flaherty was not in a Humvee, nor was he involved in any incident involving an I.E.D. at the time, nor were any fellow service members killed or hurt during the incident,” Novak wrote.<\/p>\n

Flaherty took a few months to recover and returned to Afghanistan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The article continues that Flaherty was reduced in rank from [either staff sergeant or sergeant depending on how you read the article] to private E-1 for alcohol- and cocaine-related offenses as well as AWOL and discipline offenses until he was finally honorably discharged. The record also says that he was screened for TBI and PTS and the doctors found nothing.<\/p>\n

So basically, he thought he could get away anything and then hide behind his spotty military record with some heart-wrenching phony stories. The judge had given him several chances to redeem himself, of which Flaherty didn’t take advantage. It looks like the Army gave him a couple chances, too, but he didn’t avail himself. So the next time a veteran is front of that judge, the ghost of Flaherty will be in the court room. Thanks, buddy, from all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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