Ironic that the Texas DPS trooper that pulled him over is the real deal. Derome West is a former ranger and is the director of a foundation that takes wounded vets. LEO's, firemen and other first responders on all-expense paid hunting trips.
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But it was a chance encounter with a former Army Ranger last year that led to Culp finally being exposed. Highway patrolman Derome West said he came upon Culp while patrolling U.S. 281 near Bulverde.
“A pickup with a Ranger tab and Purple Heart plates pulled into the Valero in front of me, so I pulled up beside him,” West recalled.
“He started telling me about how he was in the 3rd Ranger Battalion in Mogadishu, and we got to talking a little bit. There's a little bit of a vetting process,” he said of the Ranger fraternity.
But Culp's story didn't check out with other Rangers who were in the rescue mission made famous in the movie, “Black Hawk Down.” His references also failed him and there was no record of his being in Somalia.
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The following is a link to American Valor Outdoors, the foundation started by Trooper West:
http://americanvaloroutdoors.net/index.htm