Man Charged for Wearing Uniform in Court

[Champ]

ROCKPORT, Texas - Andrew Isbell wore an Army sergeant's uniform, two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart during his drug possession trial in August. Now authorities are citing military records that show he worked in food service, never was in the infantry, never attained a rank above private and didn't receive the medals he wore, the Corpus Christi Caller-Times reported in its Wednesday editions.



Isbell, 23, told jurors in August that he was an infantryman who had patrolled Baghdad streets in search of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. He was on leave, he said, after suffering a gunshot wound.


Isbell was acquitted of the drug charge. But he has since been charged with aggravated perjury in Aransas County.


Military records mention nothing about him being wounded, nor did he receive a Bronze Stars or Purple Heart, according to an affidavit.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=5&u=/ap/20041027/ap_on_fe_st/perjury_charge

[getoffmytrain]

1. ugh..

being a military poseur is amongst the lower things one can do.

[pretzel4gore]

2. tell ollie north that

mind you, ollie served etc, but i've heard a few vets over the years say they'd punch north in nose for using his marine uniform as shield while testifying before congress.....

[getoffmytrain]

5. My brother

has one purple heart and a bronze star (from the current war) and never wears his uni anywhere... he feels that things like that should not be worn on one's sleeve and that it's personal and private, etc.

Some people need a lot of affirmation, others don't I guess.

[MrScorpio]

3. Idiot

I hope they burn his ass

You know where I'm coming from

[Streetdoc270]

4. Anyone wanna guess

This idiot's political affiliation :)

[kodi]

6. come on guys, the dude has balls as big as church bells for pulling this

you have to admire the gall.

he ought to try tv preaching, now that's where the bucks are.