Keith D. Chandler; Purple Heart jailbird
Chip and Erik send us a link to an update on Keith Chandler, the fellow who forged a DD214 discharge record so he could get some Purple Heart license plates that he hadn’t earned;
Keith D. Chandler, 35, of Kinsman Township, was sentenced to 90 days in the Trumbull County jail Wednesday with work-release privileges…Chandler will not be allowed to enter taverns, must pay $241 in restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles, pay a $500 fine, perform 250 hours of community service to a veterans organization and write a letter of apology to local veterans.
If he violates his five years of probation, he could be sentenced to six years in prison.
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Some of the questioning by Rich was aimed at convincing Judge Rice that despite Chandler not having been awarded a Purple Heart, he did suffer injuries while serving with the Marine Corps in the Middle East in 2003 that could have made him eligible for one.
I think they made the punishment fit the crime, good on Judge Ronald Rice.
Category: Phony soldiers
“Chandler will not be allowed to enter taverns”
Too bad .. if he had stopped by the VFW lounge we could have saved the price of 90 days of hots and a cot.
“About 30 military veterans attended the hearing, and Chandler turned from Judge Rice to the veterans at one point and apologized directly to them.”
I am quite certain that when the prosecutor saw a couple of dozen Veterans in that courtroom, he stood taller and did his best to suppress a smile. Damn good job.
“I should have gotten a Purple Heart”, “My command fucked me”, “Man, you don’t know”.
I hear that bullshit all of the time.
He suffered injuries while serving in the MidlexEast that “could have made him eligible for one (Purple Heart)”. What the fuck does that mean? If he was wounded and eligible for a Purple Heart, why wasn’t he awarded a Purple Heart? Could it be that his (alleged) injury did not meet the criteria? Maybe his medical records for this injury are archived in the same Panamanian hospital as Shane Ladner’s records. He should get his ass down to Merritt Island, because with this bullshit, he is definately All Points Logistics material.
He probably got his dick caught in the zipper while jacking off in his sleeping bag…
Stop it! You’re killing me! 😀
Hey, that shut ain’t funny! My best friend’s neighbor had a second cousin that knew a guy that knew a guy who heard that shit happened to a guy in his platoon the week before he checked.
Please change “shut” to read “shit”, and pencil in the word “in” at the end of the last sentence. Hack Stone Publishing regrets the error.
Well have him call and explain it to the judge, it’s probably the same guy.
That actually does happen. I qualified for one but was never put in for it. My TC was actually medevac’d full of shrapnell and our Brigade wouldn’t process his PH until we could PROVE that his wounds were from combat.
Whether it happens or not is not the issue. I am pretty sure we can all agree there are cases of members of the military being screwed over on awards. I should have got a… but I didn’t, so I don’t wear it. I damned sure won’t forge my DD-214 or any other paperwork to award it to myself. Those who go to that length, haven’t a leg to stand on.
Errors on dd-214’s happen, putting your corrections on it, is not the right way to fix it. Contact your county Veterans Rep or congressman to get it done right. Until that happens don’t make the claim until its complete…or else you become what’s despised here! Do it Right !
Remember me asking the our group if I should try to be awarded a PH from 1967 in Nam? Do anyone besides flight crew know how big the zippers on a flight suit are? Let’s put it this way. You Do Not Want To Have Any High Value personal parts caught in the zipper. Joe PS You do not want t know how said parts are removed from the zipper.
Word.
He should probably reach out to Forgin’ Frank Visconti for his documents.
Word has it that Forgin’ Frank Visconti can produce on a as needed basis….
Splash. Out.
Said another fellow, “Call me Your Honor. I could have been a judge, if only I had become a lawyer and been appointed or elected one.”
BZ to the judge for nailing Chandler.
Thank you Judge Rice!
Word.
Seems like Turd Boy could not present documentation of orders or a 15-6.
Wonder why?
A billboard with an apology and picture of this dude along a busy highway would be a nice gesture too.
Public shame for trying to steal some valor.
This Judge is on the right track!
250 hours to a Veteran Organization, now this judge knows how to punish someone correctly.
Well well, Guess who just got arrested on March 18th 2016 for 8 counts of tampering with records and 1 count of forgery? Hmmmm Guess…
Back to his old trucks again, I guess.
http://sheriff.co.trumbull.oh.us/sh_ijisinmates.html
Yeah, looks to be simply a misunderstood “nice guy”. Check out his first arrest record back in 2006.
Maybe he violated his parole? Looks like the same charges as last year.
Guess he loves the local poundhimintheass jail…must be the daily servings of cockmeat sammiches with extra manmayo and the tubesteak with nut butter served up by Thor, Bubba, Julio and Mr. “Tiny”. Or, he’s in need of an intense series of anal dilation therapy sessions?