Rancid Cherry Theory Proven Once Again
La Marque former city manager J.B. Pritchett
Stolen Valor is another facet of the whole lowlife criminal package.
Ex-La Marque city manager accused of arson, fake Marine record and bogus degrees, court docs say
By John Wayne Ferguson
Two days after La Marque’s former city manager called police to report someone had spray-painted vulgar words on his home’s white picket fence and then tried to set it on fire, an arson investigator made a discovery: a can of yellow spray paint, lighter fluid and a lighter.
All three items were in a toolbox in then-city manager J.B. Pritchett’s garage, police said.
New charging documents released Tuesday added new details about the bizarre downfall of Pritchett, a former city spokesman who recently became the top administrator in the city, then quit amid accusations of stolen valor, lying on his résumé and setting his own property on fire.
Pritchett was arrested Saturday outside Dallas, where police claimed he traveled while knowing there were warrants out for his arrest in Galveston County.
Pritchett was charged with two felonies — arson and tampering with evidence — and three misdemeanors, according to court records.
One of the misdemeanors accused Pritchett of lying to police about the arson. The others are about claims made on his professional résumé that police said were false. One of the misdemeanor charges accuses Pritchett of claiming to have more degrees than he actually earned; the other of claiming to have served in the Marines when he did not.
Police were called to Pritchett’s home in La Marque on July 3, after he reported finding graffiti on his fence, along with a section that appeared to have been burned.
The graffiti read “F— YOU LOWRY RULES,” an apparent reference to La Marque City Councilman Joseph Lowry, a locally known provocateur who frequently makes claims of corruption against other city officials.
Lowry voted against Pritchett’s elevation to permanent city manager in May. Pritchett had been serving as interim city manager since January. He was hired by the city in 2021 as a communications manager.
A dispute between Pritchett and Lowry had apparently been simmering before the fence was set on fire. In June, Pritchett sent a cease-and-desist letter to Lowry and La Marque Police Chief Randall Aragon, demanding they stop harassing and defaming him, according to the Galveston County Daily News.
Police quickly put together a theory of the arson that didn’t involve Lowry, according to court records. Surveillance video obtained from near Pritchett’s house showed that a man about his height had set fire to the fence, and that the person who lit the fire could only have returned to the house, according to the complaint.
A police dog trained in arson investigation led police to the toolbox containing the paint and lighter fluid, according to the complaint.
Police alleged that Pritchett hid the items and lied to investigating officers to hide his role in the fire.
Separately, police also filed charges that Pritchett lied about his professional experience in multiple ways.
Pritchett allegedly told city officials he had degrees from UT Dallas, Indiana Wesleyan University and Oklahoma Wesleyan University, including a master’s degree in divinity, according to the complaint. Police said they subpoenaed his academic records and found only that Pritchett had a bachelor’s degree in criminology from UT Dallas.
Separately, Pritchett claimed to have been a Marine Corps officer and to have received a medical discharge, according to the complaint. Police said they found no record of his service and accused him of lying for his own professional gain.
Pritchett resigned his position on July 7, two days after police discovered the materials in his garage.
A real prince among men. Thanks to one of our Usual Suspects for the article.
Category: Stolen Valor
Dude went on the lam for a couple of weeks before getting netted at a traffic stop. Idiot.
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Think he tried.
J.B Pricthett will soon be manger of All-Points Logistics in Merritt Island, Florida.
“Phony” Phil Monkress (CEO of All-Points Logistics) cannot let this type of talent fall by the wayside.
“Police said they found no record of his service and accused him of lying for his own professional gain.”
Marine Corps: Who? Never heard of her.
Ok, I know the reference but who is Phil Monkress and All Points, Logistics?
I believe the saga of Phil Monkress begins here: https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=30777&cpage=38
All-Points Logistics is/was? his company. He had government contracts and all that, before the whistle was blown on his Stolen Valor here and over at Military Phony. Back in the 2010’s these guys would come here to fight the claims, often using sockpuppets, and have lawyers try to sue Jonn & Co., and Phildo was no different.
Damn, I miss the 2010’s around here. Some of the sockpuppets were hilarious.
We had a bunch of fun with the sockpuppets back then.
Thanks for the info explaining
“The Monkress” .
My understanding of who this douche bag is, has been expanded. And he Deserves all the exposure and continuous reminders.
You left out the Six Degrees of Phildo Monkress. Phil Monkress was not only a fake US Navy SEAL, he somehow convinced one of his mentally morally and financially challenged employees working out of the Reston Virginia branch of All Points Logistics to intimidate the Deplorable Garbage that frequents this page. It did not go as planned. That ill conceived maneuver led to dozens of additional threads, and hilarity ensued as his “fixer” kept digging the hole deeper, which caused him to lose his job, his home, his life savings, three personal bankruptcies (and counting), and numerous lawsuits filed against him failure to pay his debts. This story has more sequels than the Police Academy franchise.
“an arson investigator made a discovery: a can of yellow spray paint, lighter fluid and a lighter”
Thank God he didn’t find a box of crayons.
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That’s a HUGE shit sundae with some warm watery Reddi Whip running down the sides that the rancid cherry is sitting on top of.
A Masters of Divinity? Really?
And the whole crime scene was so badly set up even those Keystone Cops over at Army CID could have figured this one out while packing their lip with some Cope.
LaMarque, also famous for where an idiot drove a Bugatti Veyron into the swamp, and his buddy “just happened” to be there to film it. He was later busted for insurance fraud, snd I believe had to eat the cost of the car.
… B A degree huh? I’ve had to work with several who had them but couldn’t do squat! One even hung her ‘certificates’ and ‘patches’ from scouts: sewing, campfire cooking, reading…she was 40 y/o! She often left the office to ‘attend meetings’…which turned out to be shopping a sale across town. Her ‘degree wasn’t worth the ‘ parchment it was printed on. We helped her clean out her desk.
Once a fake Marine, always a fake Marine. There is no such thing as an ex-fake Marine.
He said his motto was ‘Unit, Corps, God, Country.’ Claimed he ran black ops so deep even he wasn’t cleared to remember them. Said his unit disbanded after the Geneva Conventions ‘couldn’t handle the paperwork.’ Corps was just the local gym’s CrossFit group but even they denied ever knowing him. God filed a restraining order, and the Country offered him a pension just to stay out of the news.
He’s the baddest man in the world.
After he signed his non-disclosure statement upon ETSing, they erased his memory with one of those “Men in Black” red lights
He needs to go back and get another flash of red light. He is so confused. Maybe they should try shoving that red light up his nose for a lobotomy this time.