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\nSgt. 1st Class Mark A. Delacruz has pleaded guilty to wearing a Purple Heart he didn’t earn, and other charges (Defense Department)<\/p>\n
\nSgt. 1st Class Mark A. Delacruz has pleaded guilty to wearing a Purple Heart he didn’t earn, and other charges (Defense Department)<\/p>\n
HMCS(FMF) ret. sends us an incriminating article about the Army Criminal Investigation Command agent assigned to Maj. Mathew Golsteyn’s murder case has pled guilty for wearing unearned awards and qualifications. <\/p>\n
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
By: Todd South<\/strong><\/p>\n In a statement, Criminal Investigation Command (CID) confirmed that Delacruz, a special agent assigned to the Fort Bragg CID Office, had been charged with “the unauthorized wear” of four awards and falsifying promotion files. “He has been suspended from duty since the allegations came to light in late 2018,” said the statement.<\/p>\n Delacruz admitted he had falsely submitted a Purple Heart in his official military file and then certified that file was correct when sending it to the official promotion board for E-7 and above.<\/p>\n He also admitted that he wore the Air Assault Badge, Pathfinder Badge and Purple Heart he did not earn and wore them in an official Army photo that was also submitted in his official file.<\/p>\n Delacruz was reduced in rank from sergeant first class, E-7, to specialist, E-4. No information was immediately available as to whether he would face other consequences.<\/p>\n He could not be reached for comment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Golsteyn was accused of fatally shooting a suspected ISIS bomb-maker in Marjah, Afghanistan. He was subsequently charged by the U.S. military with premeditated murder. President Trump has ended the decade-long case of Maj. Matthew Golsteyn by ordering a murder charge against the former Green Beret dismissed with a full pardon.<\/p>\n Thanks, Senior Chief. The entire article may be found here:<\/p>\n Army Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"