{"id":67713,"date":"2016-08-31T08:30:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T12:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67713"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:23","slug":"robert-e-brooks-sentenced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67713","title":{"rendered":"Robert E. Brooks sentenced for Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

We got the news<\/a> yesterday that Robert Brooks was sentenced in Davenport, Iowa. We’ve been following the case for more than a year, before he was arrested<\/a>, when we got a FOIA on him and his amazing collection of awards. <\/p>\n

Here’s his FOIA;<\/p>\n

\"Bob<\/a><\/p>\n

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

He was charged with stealing valor;<\/p>\n

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

According to WQAD<\/a>, this is what was wrong with those records;<\/p>\n

According to the sentencing documents, Brooks admitted to falsely reporting he had received the following awards and decorations:<\/p>\n

Silver Star Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, a Purple Heart with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters, and a Combat Infantry Badge. Brooks also admitted that his records falsely included the following: Distinguished Flying Cross with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Bronze Star Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, Airmen Medal with a 57, an Oak Leaf Cluster and \u201cV,\u201d Army Commendation Medal with \u201cV,\u201d Navy Good Conduct, Navy Pistol Expert, Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with star, Armed Forces Reserve Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign w\/ Bar, Republic of Vietnam Honor 1st Class, Army Reserve Components Achievement Medal, Navy Unit Commendation, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Presidential Unit Citation, (Army) Presidential Unit Citation, (Army) Meritorious Unit Citation, (Army) Valorous Unit Citation, Republic of Vietnam Combat Action Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, Republic of Vietnam Air Service, Vietnam Air Cross Gallantry w\/ Silver Wings, Army Overseas Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Army NCO Proficiency Development, Naval Parachutist Badge, Naval Aviator Badge, Navy Aircrew Member Wings, Army Parachutist Badge, Republic of Vietnam Parachutist Badge, and Pathfinder Badge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Brooks had also made up a story about being shot down in Vietnam and becoming a Prisoner of War which wasn’t true.<\/p>\n

It looks like Brooks added all of the extraneous BS while he was hand-carrying his record from station-to-station, but veterans in his local veterans’ group started asking questions which led to an investigation. Things got hot when the National Personnel Records Center got involved and discovered that their records were wrong.<\/p>\n

At first, Brooks denied that he’d made it all up, but when he couldn’t produce any proof for his awards, it all came tumbling down.<\/p>\n

From Quad City Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n

A Vietnam War veteran from Davenport who admitted that he purchased numerous military awards without authorization was sentenced Tuesday to five years of probation and a $5,000 fine.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry for my part in all this,\u201d Robert E. Brooks Jr. said in a short statement in U.S. District Court, Davenport. <\/p>\n

Brooks, 70, said he “didn’t mean to harm” other veterans or other veterans before Judge Stephanie Rose handed down the sentence. <\/p>\n

He pleaded guilty on March 28 to purchasing military awards and decorations without authorization, a misdemeanor that carries a potential sentence of up to a year in prison.<\/p>\n

Per the plea agreement, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of no more than five years’ probation. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His case was prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office for the Southern District of Iowa and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, so some prosecutors ain’t playin’, finally.<\/p>\n

Our sources tell us that the Veterans’ Affairs Office of the Inspector General have opened a case on him, too.<\/p>\n

These guy think that if they can get phony information on their DD214s, they’re golden. This case proves that’s not true.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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