Judge Lowers Boom On Two Crooks Making Stolen Valor Claims

By Tom Knighton

While Bearing Arms is a Second Amendment-focused website, we do occasionally stray from that in a few occasions. Crime, for example, is a routine side-trip for us, which makes sense. If there were no criminals, there would be no need for self-defense against human predators. We also tend to stand with the military and veterans for what should be pretty obvious reasons.

So when I saw this story, I couldn’t help but snicker.

It seems a federal judge didn’t like it when a couple of crooks claimed to be veterans to get their cases sent to a special court for reduced sentences despite having never served. He disliked it so much that their punishment more than fits the crime.

Ryan Morris, 28, and Troy Nelson, 33, both claimed they were veterans as part of an effort to get their cases moved to a Veterans Court to receive lesser sentences.

The two were sentenced Friday in Cascade County Court. Morris got 10 years in prison for violating the terms of his probation for felony burglary, while Nelson got five years on a drug possession conviction. Judge Greg Pinski suspended three years of each defendant’s sentence.

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