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http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/apr/15/ramona-man-gets-probation-posing-general/
FEDERAL COURT — A Ramona man who posed as a phony Marine general was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service.
David V. Weber, 69, pleaded guilty in federal court in January to a misdemeanor charge of making false claims about military decorations or medals.
He admitted he dressed up as a Marine general, donned phony medals he never earned including the Purple Heart, and went to a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Ramona on Nov. 7.
Weber was a Marine who served in Vietnam and reached the rank of staff sergeant and earned several medals, but not the ones he displayed at the event. Court records show Weber suffers from several medical ailments and has been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder for the past decade.
The San Diego Country Estates resident apologized to U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruben Brooks and told him: “It was stupid.”
Brooks levied a longer probation term than requested by Weber’s lawyer and prosecutors, who had agreed to a one-year probationary sentence in the negotiated plea deal.
The judge also fined Weber $500.
“This case involves a matter of deception,” Brooks said. “It was not an inadvertent act.”
FEDERAL COURT — A Ramona man who posed as a phony Marine general was sentenced Thursday to three years of probation and ordered to perform 240 hours of community service.
David V. Weber, 69, pleaded guilty in federal court in January to a misdemeanor charge of making false claims about military decorations or medals.
He admitted he dressed up as a Marine general, donned phony medals he never earned including the Purple Heart, and went to a Veterans of Foreign Wars event in Ramona on Nov. 7.
Weber was a Marine who served in Vietnam and reached the rank of staff sergeant and earned several medals, but not the ones he displayed at the event. Court records show Weber suffers from several medical ailments and has been treated for post-traumatic stress disorder for the past decade.
The San Diego Country Estates resident apologized to U.S. Magistrate Judge Ruben Brooks and told him: “It was stupid.”
Brooks levied a longer probation term than requested by Weber’s lawyer and prosecutors, who had agreed to a one-year probationary sentence in the negotiated plea deal.
The judge also fined Weber $500.
“This case involves a matter of deception,” Brooks said. “It was not an inadvertent act.”
