GA man can’t get over his discharge – phonys up
I know how Anthony Todd Saxon feels – there are times I wish I was still in the Army. But ya know what I don’t do? I don’t put on a uniform, march onto the nearest Army base and talk the wienies there out of Claymore mines and night vision scopes;
After the Army discharged him 15 years ago for a heart condition, Anthony Todd Saxon so desperately wanted to keep serving that he bought an combat uniform and fooled troops at Fort Gordon and his family into believing he remained in the ranks.
Saxon, 36, insisted Monday he meant no harm when he went to the base last year and posed as a master sergeant, saying he was driven by a lifelong desire to serve his country that got cut short after just three years when the Florida National Guard dismissed him in 1994.
Inman noted authorities suspect Saxon may have had a live anti-personnel mine at the time of his arrest, though a bomb squad blew it up before investigators could get a close look. Explosives charges were dropped as part of his plea deal, along with counts of theft of government property, theft of a firearm, illegal possession of a rifle with a shortened barrel.
Nice bomb squad – blowing up evidence before it’s identified. You can’t take pictures of it before you blow it up? No one recognized a Claymore? It probably scared them when they read “front towards enemy” and it was pointed right at them.
Yeah, this had nothing to do with his patriotism and his desire to serve in themilitary. He stole from the Army, he had an arrest record which prevented him from owning weapons, yet he owned weapons.
Saxon’s wife, Rhonda Saxon, said she had forgiven her husband. When Saxon was arrested, prosecutors said, she and other family members believed Saxon was about to deploy overseas to Afghanistan.
“He’s a good person,” she told the judge. “His love for the military is absolutely crazy. That’s all he dreams about and thinks about every day.”
His love of the military made him steal practice grenades and claymores? She’s right, though…he is absolutely crazy.
Thanks to Rick for the link.
Category: Phony soldiers
Because we don’t have enough crazies w/o this POS. I’m not surprised that he was able to fool the troops at Fobbit Central…I mean FT Gordon. Come on down the road to Fortress Stewart. The Marne express heads downrange three times per year minimum. I’m sure that they could have have him downrange before you could spell “katyusha”.
“During one visit, according to court records, he convinced a soldier to give him a laser-targeting sight for a rifle.”
Seems like FT Gordon needs to take a look at their Command Supply Discipline Program.
“Absolutely Crazy”, is that one or two levels saner than “Batshit Crazy”?
How do we know he’s really dead? I mean, what’s the source? The link isn’t working, the FBP isn’t talking, and this has all the makings of a Super Secret Squirrel Op.
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