{"id":94763,"date":"2020-01-25T11:12:27","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T15:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=94763"},"modified":"2020-01-25T14:17:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T18:17:25","slug":"scranton-man-charged-with-stolen-valor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=94763","title":{"rendered":"Scranton Man Charged with Stolen Valor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chris Crawford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The news organization PAHomePage reports<\/a> that the District Attorney Mark Powell of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania announced Friday that charges were filed against 31-year-old Chris Crawford for misrepresenting himself as a member of the military.<\/p>\n

The new charges against Crawford of \u201cMisrepresentation of Military Service or Honors\u201d and \u201cMisrepresentation of Decoration or Medal.\u201d<\/p>\n

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…..<\/span><\/p>\n

The article says…<\/p>\n

In his statement, [District Attorney] Powell said, \u201cThe conduct alleged in this case \u2013 masquerading as a combat veteran in order to infiltrate and steal funds from an American Legion post \u2013 is breathtakingly brazen and unprecedented in my almost 30 years of practicing criminal law in Lackawanna County. It\u2019s an affront to every veteran who has defended our great nation.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Crawford joined Post 568 under the guise that he was a combat veteran.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After accessing Chris Crawford\u2019s military files, it was revealed that Crawford spent two months and twenty-five days in boot camp starting in April of 2007. Crawford went absent without leave (AWOL) from C Company 2-54th Infantry in Fort Benning, Georgia.<\/p>\n

Crawford was \u201cDischarged under Other Than Honorable Conditions\u201d in November 2007 and according to the DA’s office – is not considered to be a member of the military.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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