Veteran Told Charity Anything But the Truth

Veteran accused of lying, taking money, goods
ABC 13 News
Brian Farrell, 13News Now
July 16, 2015

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WVEC) -- A former Marine who claimed to be a wounded warrior is accused of taking money under false pretenses in at least two Hampton Roads cities.

13News Now first met Brent Henry in March when he planned to walk 216 miles from Virginia Beach to Arlington National Cemetery in order to raise awareness about veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the need to provide suicide prevention resources.

Henry was going to make the trip to Arlington with his service dog, Geneva.

Both worked with the non-profit group Wags for Warriors of Virginia, a no-kill animal shelter and training facility that helps veterans with disabilities and PTSD through the use of service dogs.

"He claimed that he was something he wasn't, said that he had been places that he hadn't been," said Adam Mayo, founder of Wags for Warriors of Virginia.

"He named this dog that he had after supposed service dog that he had -- a working dog -- in the military that apparently died working in the military," explained Mayo. "Come to find out the only place he was ever deployed was Japan. He never saw combat. He was never in the desert. He was never in a helicopter crash like he told us he was."

Mayo told 13News Now he found out about discrepancies in Henry's story when he started looking into the Marine's background. He said Henry would not provide a copy of his service record, including discharge information.
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