Dirt bag and coward
 

A Bronx soldier who hired a hit man to shoot him in the leg so he wouldn't have to go back to Iraq was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after admitting he lied about being in combat and witnessing atrocities.

For months, Jonathan Aponte detailed the horrors he'd seen in combat, talking of the smell of burning flesh, the sound of car bombs and the horror of "being shot at every day" by insurgents.

The 20-year-old's story garnered him sympathy nationwide and he was invited on the Star Jones show to pour out his heart.

In a stunning reversal, prosecutors said yesterday it was all made up: Aponte worked in a warehouse during his Iraq tour and never saw combat.



Jim

What a POS!

There's actually a Star Jones show ? :munchin

They should make him serve his year sentence handcuffed to the wheel of a Humvee. :mad:

I was on a domestic violence call the other day, and the suspect started talking about being prior military. Turns out he did a tour in Iraq, and was slated to go back (he was an active duty bradley gunner) when he decided that he wanted out. "F*ck that sh*t" were his exact words...

So he tried to get a medical for PTSD..... when that didn't work, he decided to try the "hearing loss" angle. He straight up said, "they put you in a booth and tells you to push a button when you be hearing something........ I just didn't push the mo'f*ckin' button." He was proud of it.

He got out, and apparently got a 20 percent disability rating for hearing loss.

He now works as a firefighter for our fine city, and had been fighting with his baby's mother over the fact that he had failed his EMT exam for the third time (new firefighters have 4 chances to pass it within their first year, or they are let go). Most pass it while still in the academy......

Piece of crap.

What a malignant piece of trash

I would prefer not to serve with his ilk...

Not very smart to admit his fraudulent claim for VA benefits. Not to mention that someone that badly needs and deserves them is still awaiting eligibility clearance.

Not to mention that he supposedly cannot hear, therefore making him a liability as an EMT and Firefighter.

Clearly a scumbag.

mdb23,
I make the assumption that you are a law enforcement officer of the highest caliber. Is there any way you could turn that sorry punk in to the VA? Because he is stealing money from you and me and all other taxpayers. He will continue to steal money until he dies. Thing is, he IS STEALING!!!! He did not earn those benefits, he is stealing them. This guy confessed to committing a crime to you and he is still committing the crime. I wonder if you could end it.

Take care! People in this country don't give you cops enough credit.

.............MDW

It's unfortunate and Un Patriotic
 

I'm quite sure that these two turds are just a couple of nuggets in a gold mine of Blue falcons, integrity challenged, and straight out yellow bellied weasels.




Just my .02

DW

I'm working on it.

Correct assumption AxeMan, I know mdb.

I also concur with your assessment of the POS in question, "he is STEALING"!

I know Mdb23 also. He's a stand up dude. You guys have been really busy lately at least what I saw on you tube!!!

I appreciate the kind words.

We have been really busy..... but I guess that is better than the alternative.

I'll let you know if I make any progress on the aforementioned situation.

You guys take care,
mdb23

I just spoke with the Lt of the our county PD who's doing some work on one of my AR15's. He too is a reservist with two tours in Iraq under his belt. I brought up the subject matter at hand and he was shocked, pissed might be the more appropriate word.

He told me exactly the procedures he would take if he had witnessed such a foolish confession of fraudiently making false claims for VA medical benefits.

I also took a hearing exam some years ago with VA medical center. It was in my end of service medical records taken at the time I was clearing for ETS that I had lossed 30% of my hearing in my right ear. However, I heard each "Ping" in the hearing booth and therefore pressed the buttom to exact a response.

There's enough guilt in life, even when you walk the straight and narrow, to keep you up some nights. I'd have an even bigger problem If I'd lied to the VA when some soldier is sitting behind me as a double amputee from the GWOT.

I'm not perfect, but that's just me.