Phony SF Major Schepansky sentenced
Peg McNichol, the Canton Patch editor emails to let us know that the Ray Schepansky saga has a conclusion. Schepansky, you might remember, was the Plymouth, Michigan teacher who was arrested for attempting to bring hand gun and ammunition in two loaded magazines on school property where he taught. He then mitigated his bad behavior by explaining to police that he was a special forces major with a harroing war-making past.
The fact that he drove a Kia made me suspcious of his tale and, as always, my suspicions were borne out.
Anyway, here’s what his punishment is, according to Peg;
As part of the 2-year probation, Judge Allen ordered Schepansky to attend anger-management training and undergo a psychological evaluation.
Also, Schepansky must:
Not own, possess or use weapons and ammunition.
Not visit Plymouth-Canton school property or contact school employees.
Pay more than $1,000 in costs:
$240 for the cost of probation supervision
$600 for court fees
$130 crime victim fee
$68 state-minimum court cost.
Apparently. according to Schepansky’s lawyer, TAH’s investigation into his military record hurt his case;
The court case shed light on claims Schepansky made that he was a U.S. Army Ranger and Special Forces member as well as inconsistencies on his job application to the district.
Convertino said in a phone interview Monday that news of Schepansky’s military fabrication hurt the case, calling it “all the more unfortunate” because his actual U.S. Army record was a good one.
I’ll add at this point that I made sure that the Wayne County prosecutor’s office knew about his phony claims so he couldn’t hide behind the “loony vet” stereotype.
Unfortunately, Schepansky can still teach in Michigan, although not at Plymouth High School Let’s see if he can get a job without faking his military recoed next time.
Past Schepansky links;
Raymond Schepansky, phony SF Major teacher
Phony SF major Schepansky fired
Schepansky resigns after being fired
Canton Patch: How to Verify Military Claims
Category: Phony soldiers
woops. Guess shoulda know better than to lie about your service
Anger management, psych eval, and those restrictions and fines… but he’s still allowed to dive the Kia?
There should be a much more significant punishment for faking a service record. Seems to me it would only have been a little better of a story had he been driving a Yugo. Loser!
I wonder what the “Free Schepansky” crowd is saying now?
“The fact that he drove a Kia made me suspcious of his tale….” That thar is gold.
You don’t suppose the HS kids called him Mr. Shitpantsky, do ya?
I think it is a crime that Plymouth Canton School Board has not notified the FBI and the US Army about his falsification of US Govt. documentation and his rank. I also think it is a crime that his teaching certificate has not been terminated and that nearby states have not been notified of all of the conditions of this case including his military record.
Here is a link to the Canton Patch Article:
http://canton-mi.patch.com/articles/schepansky-s-probation-includes-litany-of-conditions
The thing that really chaps my ass about this is that so many young people who were in his class are apparently saying, “So what?” to the fact that he lied about his military service.
We live south and west of Canton, but now I need to make sure my son’s school district does not hire this imposter…