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**Team Sergeant** · 05-01-2009, 08:55

It's about time.
James Holland you are one hell of a bottom feeding scumbag.

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Sheriff cancels deputy's commission of bailiff at center of Stolen Valor stories
By Tabatha Hunter | Benton County Daily Record

Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009

BENTONVILLE — James Holland has been released from his duties as bailiff for Circuit Court Judge Doug Schrantz after Sheriff Keith Ferguson pulled his commission with the sheriff’s office Thursday.

Holland’s termination comes on the heals of a Daily Record report detailing his military career. In previous stories, Holland claimed to be an Army Ranger an a member of the Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets. Holland also stated he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star.
These claims proved to be false.
Before Holland was hired by the sheriff’s office, he submitted a type-written military biographical summary. In that summary, Holland claims to have been awarded the Silver Star, the Special Forces tab and the Ranger tab.
Holland, in fact, did not receive the Silver Star. He was not in the Special Forces and he was not a Ranger.
“I have never been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or the Silver Star,” Holland previously told a Daily Record reporter.
“You do not see me wearing a Green Beret or Ranger tab,” Holland said of the claims for the Special Forces tab and the Ranger tab listed in the military biography provided to the sheriff’s office by Holland.
Holland was relieved of his commission after discrepancies were discovered involving information given to the sheriff’s office, Chief Deputy Don Townsend said.
“With the military career he had, I do not know why anybody would want to embellish that. It should have been enough,” Townsend said. “When an individual comes along and claims the same type of medals (of valor), it dishonors those people who actually earned them.”
“It is something you just do not do,” Townsend said.
Circuit Court Judge Doug Schrantz could not comment on the matter because it is a personnel matter, he said.

http://nwanews.com/story_breakingnews.php?id=358

05-01-2009, 08:55	#16
Team Sergeant Quiet Professional Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 20,929	Sheriff cancels deputy's commission of bailiff at center of Stolen Valor stories It's about time. James Holland you are one hell of a bottom feeding scumbag. Team Sergeant Sheriff cancels deputy's commission of bailiff at center of Stolen Valor stories By Tabatha Hunter \| Benton County Daily Record Posted on Thursday, April 30, 2009 BENTONVILLE — James Holland has been released from his duties as bailiff for Circuit Court Judge Doug Schrantz after Sheriff Keith Ferguson pulled his commission with the sheriff’s office Thursday. Holland’s termination comes on the heals of a Daily Record report detailing his military career. In previous stories, Holland claimed to be an Army Ranger an a member of the Special Forces, commonly known as the Green Berets. Holland also stated he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star. These claims proved to be false. Before Holland was hired by the sheriff’s office, he submitted a type-written military biographical summary. In that summary, Holland claims to have been awarded the Silver Star, the Special Forces tab and the Ranger tab. Holland, in fact, did not receive the Silver Star. He was not in the Special Forces and he was not a Ranger. “I have never been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross or the Silver Star,” Holland previously told a Daily Record reporter. “You do not see me wearing a Green Beret or Ranger tab,” Holland said of the claims for the Special Forces tab and the Ranger tab listed in the military biography provided to the sheriff’s office by Holland. Holland was relieved of his commission after discrepancies were discovered involving information given to the sheriff’s office, Chief Deputy Don Townsend said. “With the military career he had, I do not know why anybody would want to embellish that. It should have been enough,” Townsend said. “When an individual comes along and claims the same type of medals (of valor), it dishonors those people who actually earned them.” “It is something you just do not do,” Townsend said. Circuit Court Judge Doug Schrantz could not comment on the matter because it is a personnel matter, he said. http://nwanews.com/story_breakingnews.php?id=358 __________________ "The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy, but where they are."
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