{"id":67966,"date":"2016-09-15T10:26:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-15T14:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=67966"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:23","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:23","slug":"roy-lee-ross-jr-deserter-bonds-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=67966","title":{"rendered":"Roy Lee Ross, Jr., deserter bonds out"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We talked about Roy Lee Ross last week<\/a> when he was arrested for defrauding the Veterans’ Affairs Department. According to the Justice Department<\/a>, he fraudulently manufactured the identity of a Special Forces Vietnam veteran in order to make himself a small fortune;<\/p>\n

While in the Army, the defendant was stationed in the United States and in West Germany, but never served in Vietnam or Korea, was not in the Special Forces, and never sustained any service-connected injuries. The indictment alleges that while stationed in Hawaii in 1978, the defendant was determined to be Absent Without Leave (AWOL), and a \u201cDeserter Verification\u201d was issued for him. Ross was later apprehended and eventually requested to be discharged rather than undergo a court-martial.<\/p>\n

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According to allegations contained in the indictment, at least by June 2007, Ross began to falsely represent himself to the Charles George VA Medical Center (the VAMC) in Asheville, as a U.S. Army veteran named \u201cDaniel Alfred Sullivan, Jr.\u201d The indictment alleges that the defendant claimed that he had served in the Special Forces, that he had been wounded in combat, and that he had been honorably discharged from the Army. The indictment further alleges that Ross claimed he was suffering from nightmares caused by his wartime service and his combat-related injuries. As a result of his misrepresentations, in 2007, Ross was diagnosed with suffering from service related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and began receiving health benefits from the VA. <\/p>\n

The indictment alleges that in 2012, based on the PTSD diagnosis and other multiple false statements regarding his military service, including his fictitious injuries, honors and medals received, Ross filed for, and was granted, disability-based compensation at a rate of 60%, he was given a retroactive lump sum of $18,349 and began receiving a monthly tax-free compensation of $1,026. Then, in 2014, the defendant filed a second claim for \u201cincreased evaluation\u201d seeking additional disability-based compensation. The indictment alleges that Ross, still using the name Sullivan, claimed he had been shot in the neck during combat, and that he was suffering from physical pain due to his service-connected injury. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the Morganton News Herald<\/a>, Ross bonded out this week;<\/p>\n

Roy Lee Ross Jr., a.k.a. Daniel Alfred Sullivan Jr., 64, of Morganton, received a $25,000 unsecured bond during his initial appearance and arraignment in federal court in Asheville. He pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and he asked for and was granted a court-appointed attorney, Fredilyn Sison. <\/p>\n

Magistrate Judge Dennis Howell set conditions on Ross\u2019 release but those conditions have been sealed by the court, according to federal documents. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I don’t know what the judge was thinking, I mean, how can we expect a guy who went AWOL in Hawaii to show up for his trial facing five years in prison and a $250,000 fine? Anyway, Ross\u2019 next court date is set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 31, we’ll see if he makes that one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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