The CO Springs Gazette published this story and photo Wednesday, May 13:
The leader of a statewide veterans group who fought for homeless veterans in Colorado Springs was in the Denver County jail on Wednesday, unmasked as a former psychiatric patient who posed as a wounded Marine officer and 9/11 survivor.
Federal authorities are looking into whether Rick Duncan, whose real name is Richard Glen Strandlof, could have pilfered money he raised in the name of Colorado veterans, said Daniel Warvi of the Colorado Veterans Alliance (CVA), the group that Duncan founded.
“We were all taken aback,” Warvi said.
Strandlof, 31, who invented the name Duncan and claimed he was a former Marine captain and 1997 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, never served in the military and falsely claimed that he was in the Pentagon during the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the group said…
Searching Connexion’s user database only returns one Rick Duncan in Colorado. His user certification photo is below. According to his profile, he last visited the site on May 12th, one day before the arrest took place.
Rick was a frequent contributor to Connexion’s “Queer & Questioning” discussion forum known for his brash and irreverent comments.
