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THERE IS JUSTICE: "I STOLE FROM VETERANS" T-SHIRT

SAYS IT ALL -- Judge orders Michigan man to scrub

veterans memorial with toothbrush after raising

funds for vets then spending the money.

 

 

Perfect justice.  Except, he should have been made to wear the T-shirt for a year!

We have two brief stories.

First story here... http://www.foxnews.
com/story/0,2933,292538,00.html

Story below:

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Judge Orders Michigan Man to Scrub Veterans Memorial With Toothbrush

AP/Saginaw News

 

A Michigan man scrubbed a monument to U.S. troops with a toothbrush Tuesday while wearing a T-shirt that read "I Stole From Veterans" as part of a punishment for a scam to solicit scrap yards for metal, the Saginaw News reports.

A judge ordered Philip Kolinski, 73, of Carrollton Township, Mich., to wash the veterans monument outside the Saginaw County Governmental Center after he was found guilty of soliciting metal donations for a sculpture dedicated to Iraq War veterans that was never built, the Saginaw News said.

Instead of using the metal for a monument, he sold it and kept the money, the paper reports.

Saginaw County District Judge A.T. Frank also ordered Kolinski to to pay $9,000 in restitution and $2,095 in fees and fines.

A second man, James M. Arnst, 45, is awaiting trial for his alleged role in the scam.

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Second story here... http://blog.mlive.com/
saginawnews/2007/08/con_man_scru
bs_monument_with_t.html

Story below:

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Con Man Scrubs Monument With Toothbrush

Saginaw News

 

Wearing a T-shirt bearing the phrase "I Stole From Veterans," Philip Kolinski wielded a toothbrush to scrub the veteran's monument outside the Saginaw County Governmental Center.

Saginaw County District Judge A.T. Frank sentenced the 73-year-old Carrollton Township man to the task for his part in soliciting metal donations for a sculpture dedicated to Iraq War veterans.

Detectives said Kolinski and James M. Arnst, 45, sold the metal and kept the money. Arnst is awaiting trial.

Frank also ordered Kolinski, 4735 N. Michigan, to pay $9,000 in restitution and $2,095 in fees and fines.

Kolinski cleaned the monument for about 20 minutes in the pouring rain outside the courthouse, Michigan at Court in Saginaw.

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Larry Scott  --