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<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n37-year-old Eric Smith, a former NY National Guardsman and a police officer of the New York Police Department was arrested for giving false documents to his landlord claiming that he was stationed on Long Island as a member of the Joint Task Force Empire Shield<\/a>. Smith was a member of the task force from 2011 to 2014, but after his time was up, he liked the perk about lower rent too much, according to Newsday<\/a>;<\/p>\n From 2015 through 2017, Smith gave his landlord, Balfour Beatty LLC, forged military orders to continue paying reduced rent at Mitchel Homes in East Meadow, she said.<\/p>\n He is charged with grand larceny in third degree, among other felonies, Singas said in a statement.<\/p>\n \u201cThis benefit exists to help armed services members while they are deployed in defense of our county, but this defendant allegedly filed multiple fake orders and stole more than $34,000 in the process,\u201d Singas said.<\/p>\n Smith\u2019s lawyer was not immediately available for comment.<\/p>\n Prosecutors said he could be sentenced to 2 1\/3 to 7 years in prison if found guilty of these felonies: grand larceny, criminal possession of a forged instrument and falsifying business records.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Thanks to Raymond for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"