{"id":36600,"date":"2015-08-13T20:42:44","date_gmt":"2015-08-14T00:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=36600"},"modified":"2015-08-13T20:43:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-14T00:43:53","slug":"man-impersonating-naval-officer-arrested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/08\/man-impersonating-naval-officer-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Impersonating <br>Naval Officer Arrested"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36601\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36601\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36601 \" title=\"Brown\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Brown-300x251.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Brown-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Brown.png 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mr. Brown in Tampa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Man seen soliciting money outside a Tampa convenience store wearing a heavily-decorated\u00a0military uniform was arrested after he admitted he wasn\u2019t a veteran.<\/p>\n<p>Freemane Brown, 54, was arrested for unlawful use of military insignias.<\/p>\n<p>A concerned citizen notified deputies there was an individual wearing military uniform aggressively soliciting money for veterans at the Wawa Store located at 804 E Bearss Ave in Tampa.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Photos taken by Lehigh Acres Gazette take locally looks like the man that was in Lehigh Acres two weeks ago.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_36352\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36352\" style=\"width: 157px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-36352 \" title=\"IMG_3476\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3476-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3476-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/IMG_3476-765x1024.jpg 765w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from Lehigh Acres<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When deputies arrived on scene Tampa, they spotted Brown outside the store wearing a United States Navy uniform with a rank of Commander and 21 ribbons to include the Navy Cross and Silver Star, along with the Navy Seal Trident and Jump Wings.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies observed many of the items on the military uniform were not in compliance to standard military regulations.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies spoke with the manager of the Wawa store and she told them she gave permission to Brown two days earlier to stand outside the store since she believed Brown was a veteran.<\/p>\n<p>During questioning, Brown first made statements he was a former member of SEAL Team Six and traveled all over the world. After further questioning, deputies said Brown admitted he was never a Navy Officer and never served as a Navy Seal.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies learned Brown purchased all of his military insignias including the Navy uniform at a local Army\/Navy surplus store.\u00a0 Deputies also noted Brown had a name tag on the uniform, but his name was covered with a small piece of black tape.<\/p>\n<p>Brown voluntarily surrendered all of the military insignias at the scene. Brown was arrested at his home and booked into the Hillsborough County Jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man seen soliciting money outside a Tampa convenience store wearing a heavily-decorated\u00a0military uniform was arrested after he admitted he wasn\u2019t a veteran. 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