Posted on 08/11/2005 2:48:13 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
A U.S. Air Force colonel has been charged with painting obscenities on parked cars bearing pro-President Bush bumper stickers, police said on Wednesday.
Lt. Col. Alexis Fecteau, who supervises 41 full-time and part-time reservists at the National Security Space Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo., is suspected of vandalizing 12 cars at Denver International Airport over a six-month period, Denver police spokesman Sonny Jackson said.
"Lieutenant Colonel Fecteau has been charged with one count of felony mischief and six misdemeanor counts related to the vandalism," Jackson said.
Fecteau, who could not be reached for comment, is scheduled to be arraigned later this month.
Police said they received numerous complaints dating back to December 2004 from people with cars bearing Bush or Bush-Cheney campaign bumper stickers that their vehicles had been vandalized.
Police set up a bait car with a pro-Bush bumper sticker, parked it at the airport with a surveillance camera, and waited. On July 1, the camera recorded a man spray-painting over the bumper sticker with an expletive.
Investigators traced the license plate of the suspected vandal to Fecteau, 42, who turned himself into police last week and was released after posting a $5,000 bond.
Jackson would not comment on a possible motive for the vandalism, but said one victim had to spend $2,000 on repairs after it was spray-painted, which led to the felony charge.
Maj. Tina Barber-Matthew, spokeswoman for the U.S. Air Force Space Command, said the case was under investigation, but that it would be "premature" to discuss what discipline Fecteau would face if convicted.
"Until we can validate or invalidate the charges, he is still on full-duty status," she said.
Barber-Matthew said Fecteau has been in charge at the post since October 2004. The institute provides ongoing training to Air Force personnel to keep them current on space technology and its applications, she said
You must realize that there are laws for celebrities, people of rank, the rich and then there are laws for the common people.
Common people would be arrested and put in jail with charges being filed immediately.
ACLU going to jump on this one? After all, the poor Colonel was just expressing his free speech rights.... [/sarcasm off].
I like your idea - pay the victim for your crime.
I work with a SNCO in the USAF who is a rapid Democrat.... He definately hates George Bush.."because we at war in the desert"
He is Black.. He is a angry man at just about anything.... He thinks that Clinton was ok because he did have sex with another women in the office. He thinks anything investigated on 60 minutes is the absolute gospel. He claims that Dick Cheney makes too much money..
But to be fair.. he complains that Walmart makes too much money.. and He shops there.. He is too me a typical democratic sheep..
He use to work in the military organization that supports the president (White House Communications Agency)for two years under Bush.. He claims that the President and Vice-President "Still gets liquired up".. But I think he is just a blow hard who is pushing the party line.
The majority of the military are conservative or just don't care about politics.. But there are always exceptions like the Lt Col and the SNCO that I heard of seen.
Immediately! He should also be charged with treason! He is in the service...he is trashing his Commander in Chief!
Is there a picture of the perp?
He'll also have the pleasure of hunting for a job as a convicted felon.
Many companies don't distinguish between types of felonies.
If you're a felon, they won't hire you. >
Does any one else see how similar his last name is to feces. I wonder how many time he has been laughed at.
10 U.S.C. Section 888 (a part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice applicable to this individual) provides:
Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of a military department, the Secretary of Transportation, or the Governor or legislature of any State, Territory, Commonwealth, or possession in which he is on duty or present shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.
A later section of the same code also prohibits military officers from engaging in "conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." Looks like ther's plenty of basis for giving this DemonRat a dishonorable discharge, and it ought to be done.
Another walking advertisement for homeschooling!!
He looks like his name...Fecteau....I think that's French for "feces".
What a punk.
Gee, in the Marines, that was a job for a Second Lt. platoon commander.
Heh.
No problem. I don't speak French. I do like french fries sometimes however.
I didn't know she was "African American".
Hazel O'Leary sat at the Energy Dept. helm during the Clinton Adm. when Palo Alto National Lab had revolving doors and lost sensitive data. She traveled about as much as the Clintons and finally had to leave they couldn't keep her ineptness under wraps. I don't know her race - Irish, black, I don't care. I do know she's totally unsuited to serve in a national security capacity.
Sounds French to boot.......
Thanks. The guy is chump. I hope he's booted out of the Air Force.
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