Rebecca Lee former veteran official charged with theft of heirloom
Andy11M sends us a link to the story of Rebecca Lee, who was the director of the Pickaway County, Ohio Veterans Service office until she was fired in late 2014 for misusing her position and credit cards while she was being investigated for some domestic disputes with her husband. About five years before all of that, on the eve of his demise, Ernest “Snap” Ankrom, who had been a prisoner of war, captured by the Germans and kept in Poland, donated a Nazi flag to the office. The flag had been displayed in his prison, Oflag 64, and torn down by the allied prisoners when they were liberated. They had signed it an presented it to their commander, “Snap” Ankrom. Now the flag is missing;
After the death in 2009 of World War II veteran Earnest “Snap” Ankrom, Rebecca Lee promised to prominently display a Nazi flag that Ankrom took with him when the prisoner of war camp where he was held was liberated.
Now, Lee faces 10 years in prison after she was indicted Friday, accused of stealing the swastika flag from the Pickaway County Veterans Service office she had once directed.
Lee was indicted on seven counts, all involving allegations of her stealing from Pickaway County and its Veterans Service office. She will be served a summons and given a court appearance.
The flag had been missing for more than a year before Lee was canned;
Employees at the Veterans Service office…say that they came to work one day more than a year ago and found that the flag and case had been removed. They say that Lee told them it had offended too many people, so she took it down.
Lewis Jordan, a Vietnam-era Air Force veteran who works at the office, said employees have searched everywhere, and the flag isn’t there. He said it offended no one.
“The flag was a nasty symbol of a nasty war, and those men turned it into a tribute,” Jordan said. “The signatures of those men might as well have been written in blood for their sacrifices.”
The flag has been appraised for thousands of dollars, so it’s plausible that Lee sold it. If you’ve seen it or know where it is, tell someone in Pickaway County.
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Lee was fired from her job by the Pickaway County Veterans Service Commission. She was placed on administrative leave at first. An investigation was launched and THE NEXT MONTH she was shitcanned. “The investigation took 12 days to complete with consultants performing interviews and reviewing security footage, time records, PCVSC Board minutes, bank statements, computer files and expense statements.” (Circleville Herald, 18 December 2014) Other misconduct was discovered during the investigation. My point? No, this wasn’t the federal VA but it does demonstrate how fast things can move when people really want to clean house.
If they WANT to clean house.
So far at the federal level, I see no such inclination.
Precisely.
It would be nice. I’m still dreaming ?
IMHO there is a special place in hell reserved for shits like her, it’s right next to a place in a certain corner that has a sign saying “THIS PLACE RESERVED FOR “HANOI JANE” FONDA.
Bitch.
Word.
Fucking bitch.
Yep.
I imagine she will petition to get her job back.
If not, well then, All-Points Logistics is the place for her to be.
Soulless Thieving Thundercunt.
The news here should be that someone dealing with veterans was actually fired.
Hopefully they find it, that’s too important a piece of history to be lost.
Has anyone checked her home and/or any storage locations she may be renting?
May she ROT in HELL !!!!!!!
What an absolute cunt…
The epitome of cuntheadedness in the US let alone the world…
Company H 3rd Platoon is pretty distinctive.
committed to memory, if the flag ever crosses my path I’ll call the local sheriff that second.
The flag would have to ‘disappear’ into a collection, probably forever. If it ever reappears, which I doubt, it would have to be generations down the road. Even then, someone would know it was stolen and it would be confiscated. No way it will come up for auction any time soon, unless the seller is dumberndirt. That flag is a national treasure and should be prominently displayed to remind future generations of the bravery and honor of our men and women in uniform during WW2 and at other times.