Robert Guidi sentenced for Stolen Valor thievery
About a year and a half ago, we busted Robert Guidi of Mine Hill, New Jersey when he pretended to be a special forces veteran of the Vietnam War. He also claimed that he was a POW of that war. It turned out that he had been a postal clerk and he wasn’t a POW.
Guidi had used his phony story to grift a couple of local businesses of some of their pricey wares- a custom-made bow and a $35,000 deck for his house. Well, because of our research, Guidi was arrested and charged under New Jersey’s new Stolen Valor law.
He was sentenced yesterday;
Superior Court Judge Michael Wright instead sentenced Guidi on Friday to five years of supervised probation by the Drug Court team. He will serve no prison time.
Wright conceded Guidi’s actions were “reprehensible,” but that in itself did not exclude him from drug court eligibility, which is reserved for addicts who are subjected to rigorous substance abuse programs and urine monitoring while in the program.
Guidi’s lawyer, William Ware, said his client long has battled a variety of substance abuse problems.
Guidi first applied for admission into the Drug Court program in 2016 before he admitted guilt, claiming a long-standing addition to painkillers. The Drug Court team recommended admission, but the Prosecutor’s Office recommended a three-year sentence.
In at a hearing in June, Superior Court Judge Paul Armstrong noted it was strange Guidi has been arrested 45 times but never for a drug crime.
So, basically, the court let him slide. He obviously doesn’t have a drug problem, but the judge sentenced him to supervision as a drug offender. It’s like a murderer being sentenced to driver school.
Good job, judge. We’ll probably have to bust him all over again.
Guidi returned the bow and agreed to repay the North American Deck and Railing Association for the house deck as part of his guilty plea.
Guidi also had admitted that he lied about receiving the Purple Heart and Combat Infantry Badge during his service as a private, creating elaborate stories of as a prisoner of war to receive the gifts. Between Sept. 1, 2014, and Oct. 2, 2014, he received $3,000 from a person by pretending to be a Purple Heart recipient in need of medical assistance.
Category: Stolen Valor Act
Slap on the wrist.
He’ll be back at it before the ink on his sentencing paperwork is dry.
Screw him. He didn’t have a drug problem until he was busted.
Bingo. “I have a drug problem” was an excuse of convenience, plain an simple.
This jerk richly deserved a year or more of hard time. As HMCS(FMF) ret states below, the judge is as big an ass as is Guidi. Fak’hem both.
All those “Let ’em loose Bruce” Judges on the Bench and yet folks wonder why we have so many repeat offenders.
We need Sheriff Joe back at it and him on the chain gang for a couple of years.
He should have gone for the low hanging fruit and claimed that he caught the PTSD while serving in Vietnam of The Nam.
He did claim that he was Agent Oranged while there as a Postal Clerk at Camp Eagle (101st Division Headquarters base camp) in 1971.
Hmmm, I don’t ever remember Hercs or Caribous ever swooping and spraying Eagle while I was there in 71.
Musta done the spraying while I was catching two hours of rack time between flight missions.
Fuck… and people wonder why the legal system is broken? The judge is as much of a shitstain as ROBERT GUIDI is.
No, not good enough. But, it is a small step in the right direction. Maybe we can get a little momentum going toward both guilty verdicts and appropriately severe sentences.
People, people, people…you can not hold a veteran accountable for their actions. The moment you do everyone will start screaming about 22 a day.
Its the Trump card everyone will run from, hold a veteran accountable an you could add to the daily average.
Sit back, relax, take it easy, just let these guys do whatever they want…its all good. You should all be happy that he has a chance to sober up and not become a 22.
If Robert Guidi was put in an Iron Maiden in the Mine Hill New, Jersey town square, I would gladly drive the three hours to see the Not-Ex-Special Forces Robert Guidi of Mine Hill, New Jersey in said device.
Robert Guidi of Mine Hill, New Jersey lied about being Special Forces, lied about being a POW and LIED about earning the prestigious Combat Infantryman Badge.
Robert Guidi of Mine Hill, New Jersey, shame on you.
Wow, arrested 45 times.
He’s been very naughty.
That seems to average to one arrest per year since his return from Vietnam of The Nam. He screws up five more times and he may be eligible for New Jersey’s 50 Strikes And You’re Out legislation.
But doesn’t “Drug Court” reset that number back to zero for him in Jersey?
Cocksucker.
This cocksucker is the lowest of the low!
Well at least that’s better than NOTHING.
/trying to look at the positive.
My QUESTION is WHAT IS THE PUNISHMENT IF HE FAILS OUT OF THE DRUG PROGRAM??????????
MAYBE a few more weeks of probation with some Community Service hours tacked on.
Same thing Hans Brix was going to give Kim Jong Il in Team America: a strongly worded letter.
Herrrrooooooo!
He should have stuck to driving trucks. Then he’d have had no need to con people out of decks and archery equipment.
Such a J-E-R-K personified. Nail him!
It’s interesting in the Daily Record file photo that Guidi apparently doesn’t wear his tiger-stripe camo when he rolls into court. There are also a couple of factoids missing from the story which would help give the reader better perspective:
Usually in cops and courts stories, it’s normal to note the accused’s recent employment. Somebody is, say, a carpenter, or car salesman, or part-time waitress, or whatever. So what’s up with Guidi? He left the Army in 1972 and hasn’t had a job since?
The same applies for Guidi’s arrest record. If he was arrested 45 times and it was not for drugs, then what was it for?
This kind of thing seems to be more common in journalism now than it used to be. Years ago, it was okay for reporters to not know the answer to a question, but they would get yelled at by editors for not being able to show they had at least tried to get an answer.
Maggot.
Anyone out there know which elite Spec. Op. group phonies are in the lead between Rangers, Special Forces and Seals???????????????????????
Right now I think that USN SEALs are in the lead right now.
GAAAAAAAADAMMIT, I need to proofread before hitting the “Post” button.
So his lawyer found him a loophole just like he probably does for all his other clients. Reminds me of Walk Hard, a Dewey Cox story. He keeps going to jail and his lawyer says, “Rehab.” and he goes to rehab.
What would he need painkillers for? Tennis Elbow? Carpal Tunnel Syndrome? Knee pain due to banging his knee on the corner of the desk all day?
You’d think the judge would look into his history and realize he is full of shit on the Drug thing FFS.
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