{"id":68192,"date":"2016-09-28T12:56:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68192"},"modified":"2022-01-23T23:30:21","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T04:30:21","slug":"new-jersey-politics-and-valor-thieves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68192","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey politics and valor thieves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

An article <\/a>has been circulating on social media about Democrat Frederick John Lavergne who is running for a seat in New Jersey’s 3rd Congressional District. Lavergne and his brother think that if he wins the seat in Congress it will relieve some of his debts, I suppose. But the stolen valor aspect cropped up when someone looked into the background of his veteran healthcare advisor, William Devereaux, who was appointed director of veterans programs for the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs by Gov. Jim McGreevey several years ago. <\/p>\n

It was discovered that Devereaux falsified his military records and used those records to get himself some VA benefits, according to Philly.com<\/a> back in 2011, he avoided prison because he told the judge that his wartime experiences in Vietnam made him falsify his military records and get seven years of tax breaks as a phony 100% disabled veteran, saving himself $54,132 in taxes;<\/p>\n

At his sentencing, the Vietnam War veteran acknowledged it was a “horrible mistake” to embellish his service record, but insisted that his war experiences left him 100 percent disabled.<\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

Although Devereaux claimed he was 100 percent disabled, the military said he was only temporarily disabled.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Devereaux also lied about being in combat and receiving combat medals, including a Purple Heart, the Soldiers Medal, and the Bronze Star with “V” device.<\/p>\n

Devereaux claimed he was a paratrooper and artilleryman, exchanged fire with enemy combatants, was involved in a friendly fire incident, and was injured multiple times, authorities said.<\/p>\n

Investigators found that Devereaux was never a paratrooper or artilleryman. He served as a finance clerk in South Vietnam for four months and 11 days in 1968. Authorities said they found no record of combat medals or combat injuries.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, he didn’t need to be a wounded veteran for his job helping veterans, but he couldn’t resist. So that makes it only natural that he’d be a good veteran advisor for a congressman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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