{"id":85004,"date":"2019-02-14T07:54:35","date_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=85004"},"modified":"2019-02-14T07:56:48","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T11:56:48","slug":"green-beret-wants-murder-case-dropped-due-to-investigators-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=85004","title":{"rendered":"Green Beret Wants Murder Case Dropped Due to Investigator’s Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NBC News<\/a> is reporting that\u00a0Maj. Matt Golsteyn, the Green Beret accused of murdering a bomb maker in Afghanistan, has demanded that his murder case go straight to trial or that the charges be dismissed.<\/p>\n

A Green Beret accused of\u00a0murdering an unarmed Afghan man\u00a0wants charges dropped because an investigator assigned to his case faces his own charges of “stolen valor” \u2013 meaning he allegedly claimed medals and other honors he didn’t earn.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Among the reasons Golsteyn’s lawyer, Phil Stackhouse, cites for waiving the “Article 32” preliminary hearing and requesting dismissal is that Army Sgt. 1st Class Mark Delacruz, an Army Criminal Investigation Command agent assigned to Golsteyn’s case, has been charged with four specifications of “intent to deceive.” According to the charges against Delacruz, he claimed he earned a Purple Heart and falsely wore a Combat Action Badge and other awards. The charges state “such conduct [is] of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces.”<\/p>\n

In his memo to the U.S. Army Special Operations Command (USASOC), which will convene the military court for Golsteyn, Stackhouse alleges Delacruz “held himself out as a Special Forces soldier, infantryman, sniper, and bragged about killing people in combat.”<\/p>\n

“Ironically, he’s bragged about losing his Special Forces Tab for an alleged bad shoot in combat,” which is the same allegation made against Golsteyn, Stackhouse writes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In\u00a0December 2018, President Trump took an interest in the case and tweeted his support for Major Golsteyn.\u00a0 He has not responded to this latest twist in the case.<\/p>\n

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