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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\nLast week<\/a> we talked about Christian , a 57-year-old Chilean native who pretended to be a Lieutenant General of the Army variety. As a phony general, he directed the pilot of a rented helicopter to land at a secure facility. It turns out that he was trying to impress a married woman, according to the Army Times<\/a>;<\/p>\n It was around sunset on Nov. 6 when the pilot of the helicopter chartered by Desgroux landed on a soccer field at the sprawling corporate campus of SAS Institute in Cary.<\/p>\n As security officers approached, Desgroux stepped out wearing a \u201cfull military battle dress uniform\u201d and displaying three stars that implied a rank of lieutenant general, Homeland Security Special Agent Tony Bell testified.<\/p>\n \u201cHe saluted the security officers, and they actually saluted him back,\u201d Bell said.<\/p>\n A suspicious security supervisor confronted Desgroux, who told him he was there to pick up a female employee to take her to Fort Bragg for a classified briefing that had been authorized by President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n But none of it was true: Desgroux later acknowledged to federal agents that he had never served in the U.S. military, Bell said.<\/p>\n The woman, a longtime acquaintance of Desgroux, expected him to arrive in a car for a visit. Instead they went on a 30-minute helicopter ride around Raleigh, Bell said.<\/p>\n \u201cShe had no idea that he was flying a helicopter to pick her up,\u201d Bell said. Bell testified that Desgroux wanted to pursue a romantic relationship, but the woman is married.<\/p>\n She and the pilot, who has not been charged, appear to have been swept up in Desgroux\u2019s strange behavior.<\/p>\n \u201cShe didn\u2019t know what to make of it,\u201d Bell told the judge. \u201cShe just went along with it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n