So the civvies got him some benefits to help him through his period of homelessness from the Hope Fund. He told the social workers that the Army had tossed him aside because he couldn’t be an infantryman any longer. When he talked, with a Tim Poe stutter, spittle formed at the corners of his mouth and he could hardly stand<\/p>\n
Then the Times-Union did an article on the poor unfortunate fellow, and it is funny, but no one in his unit can remember the whole mine incident;<\/p>\n
Then the email came.<\/p>\n
A man who served with Bartlett-King in Charlie Co. 1st Battalion 27th Infantry Regiment of the 25th Infantry Division wrote the Times-Union expressing doubts about his story.<\/p>\n
After Times-Union staff began digging, the lie was uncovered. There was no landmine, and there were no injuries from one.<\/p>\n
Bartlett-King was kicked out of the Army with an other-than-honorable discharge due to drug abuse, according to a copy of his records obtained by the Times-Union.<\/p>\n
His official discharge papers, or DD 214, also show that he never served in Afghanistan, like he told Brangenberg for the original story.<\/p>\n
Not only did Bartlett-King not step on a landmine, his unit suffered no casualties due to enemy contact during the whole deployment, one of the unit\u2019s officers told the Times-Union. Three other members of his company confirmed the officer\u2019s casualty count.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course, being a sociopath, Leroy clings to the lie;<\/p>\n
When confronted with these facts by a Times-Union reporter, Bartlett-King sank down in his chair, crossed his arms and grimaced.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did get injured in Iraq,\u201d he said, sticking to his story. \u201cI did step on a landmine.<\/p>\n
\u201cI did.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So, when you go to get help from one of these well-meaning organizations and you have to give them a DNA sample, fingerprints and a hair sample, this dick is the reason why;<\/p>\n
\u201cIn 20 years, we\u2019ve only had something like this happen once before,\u201d Horvath said. \u201cWe do background checks on every recipient of Hope Fund money, and his came back clean.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, Horvath said they did not ask for military records from Bartlett-King.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I tend to think that this happens a lot more than anyone is willing to admit – it only happens to the ones who end up in the media and get called out by their mates. Thanks, Leroy, all of the legitimate homeless vets send their best. I’m sure twenty years from now, he’ll be on this blog as a Recon Green Beret Ranger Delta SEAL and someone will make a movie about him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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