{"id":75458,"date":"2017-10-19T08:34:47","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75458"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:47:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:47:25","slug":"john-hemphill-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=75458","title":{"rendered":"John Hemphill charged"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Last year<\/a>, we talked a bit about John Hemphill, the man in West Allis, Wisconsin who has been pretending to be a former Marine lieutenant and that he lost his leg rescuing a child in Afghanistan. <\/p>\n

It has taken almost a year, but the locals have charged him with violating Wisconsin’s Stolen Valor law, according to Fox6<\/a>;<\/p>\n

He’s accused of receiving military discounts and a life insurance policy from the American Legion while falsely claiming to be a retired veteran. This case all started with a FOX6 investigation.<\/p>\n

47-year-old John Hemphill’s wife came to the FOX6 Investigators when she discovered this whole thing was a lie. The West Allis man faces three counts of false statement regarding military service. He’s the second to be charged under Wisconsin’s two-year-old “stolen valor law,” and he could be the first to be convicted.<\/p>\n

“People have died for this country, they have served. He hasn’t done anything,” Sheila Hemphill said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hemphill’s sister and his mother both ratted him out to the wife who then reported the man to police;<\/p>\n

Hemphill’s mother told investigators he never served in the military, and said he lost his leg while working at a restaurant, the complaint says. This, despite the fact that he allegedly told a neighbor “he was a retired Marine, and that he lost his leg trying to save a child from a bomb explosion in Iraq or Afghanistan.” The neighbor reported Hemphill had a military veteran license plate on his vehicle.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

His application for membership in the American Legion will also serve as evidence against him when he goes to court later this month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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