Phony General released from prison

Eggs sends us a link from Tucson, AZ about a phony Air Force general, Jefferey Lee Bennett, who was released after nine months in prison for pretending in his general’s stars and for forging documents to get access to Fort Huachuca twice;

Several years ago Bennett became involved with a woman in Sierra Vista (there is no need to name her.) He had been living with a different girlfriend back East, but he left her to be with “his new love in Arizona,” court filings say.

Hoping to impress his new love and her daughter, he created a fantasy, casting himself as a major general in the U.S. Air Force. He had legitimately served in the military after he was 18, but this bit of reality was not enough. He wanted his girlfriend and her daughter to view him as heroic. He wanted to show them a brighter, shinier version of himself. He reinvented himself as a two-star general in the U.S. Air Force.

“He wanted them to love him and accept him, but felt he had to pretend to be more important in order for them to care for him,” court documents say. “This was, of course, far more hurtful to them than honesty would have been, and Mr. Bennett understands now how wrong his actions were and is deeply remorseful for the harms he has caused.”

He entered Fort Huachuca two times. Once in March, and again in April, shopping at the fort’s commissary and post exchange and buying $62 worth of groceries.

On March 30, he entered the fort wearing a general’s uniform, driving a silver Volkswagen with a fraudulent Department of Defense seal. He presented a fraudulent ID card to gain access.

A real Valentine’s Day love story. man finds love in Arizona, then finds more love in his prison cell than he can handle.

Category: Phony soldiers