Keith Chandler back in the news

Last year we wrote about this Keith Chandler fellow who had forged his military documents in order to get Purple Heart license plates that he didn’t earn during his brief and tumultuous career in the Army. Well, he finished his 90 days in jail, I guess, but now he faces having his five years of probation vacated, so he’s looking at six years as a guest of the state;

Chandler, who was working for a roofing company, approached the Crossroads Community Church and told them they needed a new roof.

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When the church pastor told Chandler their insurance company would not accept the $20,000 claim, police said Chandler called the insurance company claiming to be a maintenance man for the church and submitted the claim himself. Police said Chandler also signed the pastor’s name on the contract in order to perform the work.

“He actually forged a piece of paperwork and he was making a claim on his own, acting on behalf of them and he had no business doing that,” Madison Towship Police Det. Elizabeth Kirk said.

The pastor helped police set up a sting to catch Chandler in action and police arrested Chandler when he showed up to do some work on the roof.

Stolen Valor doesn’t happen in a vacuum. They’re always guilty of something else besides a forged document or undeserved medals – it’s all part of the pathology.

Category: Phony soldiers