Man Charged With Being Fake Army Ranger, Larceny
June 21, 2011
Connecticut Post
A Greenwich man picked to speak at a Memorial Day event in town about his four tours of duty in Afghanistan turned out to be a fraud, police said.
Jesus M. Garcia, 20, wore a military uniform in public. He claimed he had been wounded while in the Middle East. And he asked friends, family and the public for money to help pay for medical services and other costs.
But Garcia was never actually in the U.S. Army as he had claimed, police said.
Garcia didn't get a chance to speak at the Memorial Day event, and now, he finds himself in a lot of legal trouble.
On Thursday, Greenwich police arrested Garcia, on a warrant for larceny charges and for impersonating a member of the military, according to police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray.
Man Charged With Being Fake Army Ranger, Larceny
June 21, 2011
Connecticut Post
A Greenwich man picked to speak at a Memorial Day event in town about his four tours of duty in Afghanistan turned out to be a fraud, police said.
Jesus M. Garcia, 20, wore a military uniform in public. He claimed he had been wounded while in the Middle East. And he asked friends, family and the public for money to help pay for medical services and other costs.
But Garcia was never actually in the U.S. Army as he had claimed, police said.
Garcia didn't get a chance to speak at the Memorial Day event, and now, he finds himself in a lot of legal trouble.
On Thursday, Greenwich police arrested Garcia, on a warrant for larceny charges and for impersonating a member of the military, according to police spokesman Lt. Kraig Gray.
Man Charged With Being Fake Army Ranger, Larceny