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\nGorzoch<\/p>\n
\nGorzoch<\/p>\n
AnotherPat was kind enough to send us this story about Joseph E. Gorzoch, who seems to have a problem with drinking and driving. <\/p>\n
The DUI convictions were his fourth and fifth such violations since 2002, according to Deputy District Attorney Robert James. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n
To ice the cake, as it were, he claimed military service, suffering from the PST of the D, with nightmares and flashbacks, as a Navy Sergeant. *cough* Since I have nothing more to say, here’s the article:<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say a Bensalem man lied about serving in the U.S. Navy and being wounded in Afghanistan in order to receive a lesser jail sentence on DUI charges.<\/p>\n
Prosecutors say a Bensalem man \u201cspun a web of lies\u201d in falsely claiming to be a U.S. Navy veteran injured by an explosion while serving in Afghanistan, in order to receive a lesser jail sentence for two DUI offenses.<\/p>\n
Joseph E. Gorzoch, 41, was sentenced Thursday to serve four to eight years in state prison on charges stemming from two separate 2017 DUIs, and two years probation for a retail theft charge, court records show.<\/p>\n
The sentence was handed down by Bucks County President Judge Wallace H. Bateman, who also supervises the county\u2019s Veterans Treatment Program.<\/p>\n
The DUI convictions were his fourth and fifth such violations since 2002, according to Deputy District Attorney Robert James.<\/p>\n
James became suspicious of Gorzoch\u2019s claims of military service while reviewing a presentencing report, where the defendant told a court-appointed psychologist last year he left the Navy after attaining the rank of sergeant and that he suffered from \u201cservice-related PTSD\u201d and had nightmares and flashbacks. Gorzoch was looking to enter the veterans program and lessen his sentence, officials said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem with that is, there is no sergeant (rank) in the Navy,\u201d James said.<\/p>\n
James, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, began the veterans program in 2013 in an effort to direct returning military servicemen and women to benefits and support services.<\/p>\n
He says Gorzoch also represented himself as a veteran to the county\u2019s Drug and Alcohol Commission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Surprising no one, after running Gorzoch\u2019s name, date of birth and SSN through three separate veterans databases, James said he could not find any record of service.<\/p>\n
But wait there’s more.<\/p>\n
His military service wasn\u2019t his only deception, authorities said. In an attempt to push back a scheduled district court hearing stemming from a 2017 DUI in New Hope, James said Gorzoch told court staff his mother had recently died and emailed the court a fake death certificate.<\/p>\n
According to James, court staff did a web search for \u201cforged death certificate\u201d and the same document used by Gorzoch, including the doctor\u2019s name listed on it, was the first one to pop up.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defendant appeared in court days later,\u201d said James. \u201cHis mother was alive and well as she drove him to court … and was present in the lobby.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The rest of this sad sack’s article may be read here: Buck’s County Courier Times<\/a><\/p>\n
I was in for 17 years and never made Sergeant. Tip of the hat to AnotherPat for the link. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"