{"id":77518,"date":"2018-02-04T15:06:17","date_gmt":"2018-02-04T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77518"},"modified":"2018-02-04T15:06:17","modified_gmt":"2018-02-04T20:06:17","slug":"antonio-colmenares-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77518","title":{"rendered":"Antonio Colmenares arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Daily Caller<\/a> reports that Antonio Colmenares, a retired Marine lieutenant colonel, was arrested for lining his pockets with the money he made from selling things meant for homeless veterans in the Miami area. He was the volunteer director of the Miami branch of Florida Veterans Foundation and named the 2017 Military Service Person of the Year by the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce;<\/p>\n

Prosecutors say that Colmenares sold off $300,000 of meals, blankets, sleeping bags, cots and backpacks that were donated to the Florida Veterans Foundation in 2015. They allege that Colmenares deposited $46,800 in a personal bank account, Task & Purpose reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese donated items should have gone to help feed and warm veterans struggling to get back on their feet \u2014 instead they were sold to fatten the pockets of those charged with preying on the good intentions of others,\u201d Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi lamented.<\/p>\n

Colmenares was arrested and booked in a Miami-Dade jail on Wednesday, charged with felony first-degree grand theft. Another Florida Veterans Foundation volunteer, 60-year-old Antonio Sabatier, was also arrested and faces the same charge.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From a local interview<\/a> a few months ago;<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019ve got going here is truly an attempt to help our veterans get off the streets,\u201d said Lt. Col. Antonio Colmenares, the Director of Veteran Services in the City of Miami.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s helping me out considerably as far as me getting my act together and a lot of things I don\u2019t have due to the fact that I\u2019m homeless,\u201d said veteran Arthur Woods.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Nice.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Tim for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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