More Stolen Valor chicanery in Canada

Someone sent us a link to yet another article from our northern cousins about some Stolen Valor thieves they have busted recently;

Police say a member of the military questioned Eric Janssens as he marched at a laying-of-the-wreaths ceremony in Orono on Nov. 9. The soldier became suspicious after Janssens’ answers about his service weren’t consistent with his medals, police said.

An investigation revealed Janssens also took part in a similar ceremony in nearby Newtonville on Nov. 8 and at the Bowmanville Remembrance Day ceremony on Nov. 11, police said.

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In January, David Dodd, former co-sergeant-at-arms of the Peterborough, Ontario legion, made false claims on the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Association Facebook group. He claimed to be a former member of the regiment and said a female soldier died in his arms during combat overseas and that he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

But Dodd was never a member of the regiment, never served overseas and wasn’t entitled to wear the military medals he’d been photographed with at local legion events.

Since it was the police who told the reporter about Janssens, I have to assume that he’s facing charges, but Dodd apologized to his legion commander and they let it go. He’ll probably back at it. The Canadians have those great stolen valor laws, they should use them.

Category: Stolen Valor Act