Man gets year and day for impersonating federal officer
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A Florida man who lied about being a federal law enforcement agent and army sergeant who earned a Purple Heart medal has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel (http://goo.gl/r21l1x) reports 29-year-old Simon Emilio Zablah was sentenced Monday. He pleaded guilty last year to multiple counts, including impersonating a federal officer.
Zablah told the judge that he was deeply sorry for what he had done.
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Prosecutors say Zablah went AWOL from the U.S. Army about two weeks after he enlisted in January 2005.
Investigators say he told people he was a veteran, an agent for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and a member of the U.S. Department of Defense.
Court records show he often wore a military uniform that got him special treatment, including free meals.
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Information from: Sun Sentinel , http://www.sun-sentinel.com/