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2007-12-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-03 08:45|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 (The main article posted is the background information. Here it today's follow-up)

A 71-year-old Port Angeles man who falsely posed as a decorated Korean War veteran has been sentenced to four months of electronically monitored home confinement.

In a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Roy J. Scott admitted he posed as a Marine major and used a bogus military discharge certificate to receive $21,960 worth of veteran's benefits.

Before his sentencing today, Scott broke down in tears before Magistrate Judge Mary Alice Theiler and asked that she allow him to continue his job on an oil platform off the coast of Africa. The judge, however, stuck to the recommendations of prosecutors by ordering the home confinement and two years' probation.

Several real veterans attended the sentencing in U.S. District Court in Seattle. One of them, Harry Findley -- who said his father was a Marine officer who died at Guadalcanal during World War II -- called the sentence a "travesty of justice" and said Scott should have had to do time behind bars.

Posted by Anonymoose 2007-12-03 08:49|| 2007-12-03 08:49|| Front Page Top

#2 HEROES OR VILLAINS ??
The listed individuals have been reported as having made statements about being captured, captured but never reporting it, held in captivity, tortured, escaping captivity, being rescued or the unique report noted below.

Based on the P.O.W. NETWORK's access to POW/MIA documentation, contact with former POWs, NAM-POWS Inc, American Ax-POWs, SEALS, Special Forces, MACVSOG, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots, Medal of Honor recipients and basing our work on the DPMO's list (PMSEA) -- NO documentation exists to back up their statements. In our FIFTEEN YEARS of working with the data - NOT ONE CASE has shown the PMSEA and the corroborating documents to be wrong. The names listed make up a combined list of individuals reported to the P.O.W. NETWORK. In some instances the individual was reported to one of the other above named organizations and sent to us for further investigation. For many, military records are IN HAND providing actual military service details that do NOT confirm alleged POW status.

Posted by anonymous5089 2007-12-03 08:56|| 2007-12-03 08:56|| Front Page Top

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