Two and a half years after what could have been a bloodbath at European Village, Daniel Noble, who had brandished an assault rifle at patrons there, was facing eight to 35 years in prison when he appeared before a circuit judge in Flagler County court Friday.
He got seven years’ probation.
It is the most radical downward departure from a mandatory minimum sentence in recent memory. The sentence left one of Noble’s victims in disbelief.
“It’s completely ridiculous what he got after what he did,” Vassili Mironov said today. “But I’m not the judge, it’s not up to me.” Mironov, like Noble, is a military veteran. He said he doubts Noble would have been treated so leniently had he had a background and name that sounded Middle Eastern—or Russian, like Mironov’s. Mironov said he himself was treated differently from the way Noble was subsequent to the European Village attack, whether by local police or by the Veterans Administration. “Imagine if this guy was from the Middle East, he could have gotten whole complete different sentence.”
The night of March 15, 2014, Noble, then a 37-year-old Palm Coast resident, got into an argument with patrons at European Village’s Europa Lounge, went home, changed into fatigues, armed himself with two hunting knives and an Uzi-style assault weapon, and returned to European Village.
He entered the area through Mezzaluna’s kitchen—dressed like Rambo, witnesses would later say—told a kitchen attendant that he was going to “the next fucking room,” then appeared in front of Europa, where he pointed the weapon at Mironov and Roman Dubinschi, two of the three men Noble had words with earlier. They jumped him, trying to disarm him. He fired two shots and took out one of his knives, stabbing Mironov in the eye and both his hands, and injuring Dubinschi, before the two men, joined by a third friend—Joshua Auriemma—managed to disarm Noble.
Noble was arrested and initially charged with attempted first-degree murder. Mironov and his friends were never recognized in Palm Coast or Flagler County for possibly averting a bloodbath. Their own arrest the same week on dubious charges, soon dropped, may have tarnished their reputation, though Flagler Beach government agreed to settle a lawsuit for false arrest with Mironov, for $6,000, in March, and the International Peace and Film Festival in Orlando recognized the three men for their bravery last year.
Over time, Noble’s case evolved from a first-degree murder charge to charges of aggravated assault. His competence to stand trial became an issue. He is a veteran of the Iraq war, where he was wounded. He suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, is on 100 percent disability and was diagnosed an alcoholic and a victim of a “traumatic brain injury,” according to court papers. The court was lenient with him, allowing him in an unusual departure to seek treatment at a veterans’ facility in Indiana pending trial. Just before Christmas, he pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated battery and a count of aggravated assault.
When his criminal scoresheet was tallied, the result was plain: according to Florida’s sentencing rules, his minimum prison sentence was to have been eight years. He was facing a maximum of 35 years in prison.
“This is an exceptional case in which a sentence in accordance with the sentencing guidelines would destroy the life of an American hero and result in a grave injustice,” Tanner argued. “Considering the totality of the facts and circumstances in this case, Daniel Allen Noble prays that this Court will wisely exercise its judicial discretion and enter a sentence which is a substantial downward departure from the sentencing guidelines.”
On Friday, Circuit Judge Matthew Foxman did just that. Acknowledging that the incident could have gone “radically differently,” he sentenced Noble to seven years’ probation, and charged $150 for investigative costs. (Foxman, who is back in Volusia County court, had presided over much of Noble’s case when he was presiding over Flagler County’s criminal court, and had shown pronounced sympathies for the veteran along the way.)
“They glorified him as a war hero and all of that,” Mironov, who took part in the sentencing hearing from Louisiana by teleconference, said. “What this man did to me, it messed up a good part of my life. I still suffer from it every day, it affects people around me and my wife, my personal relationships, so I see he only got probation after what he did, it’s—I don’t know. It doesn’t seem fair. He changed me as a person. I used to be friendly, polite, now I’m irritable all the time, I can’t talk to people, I can’t concentrate at work.” Mironov, who was twice deployed in the Persian Gulf when he was in the Navy, is trying to pursue a career in law enforcement.
Tanner in his filings to the court included numerous images of Noble as a serviceman, in Iraq, in Kuwait, along with letters from family and friends of Noble’s, among them a letter from his brother, Bryan Noble, the town Marshal at the Odon Police Department in Indiana. “When he returned home from the war,” Bryan Noble wrote of his brother, referring to his sunny personality, “that light seemed to fade. You could tell by the look in his eyes and the change in his personality that he had seen and done things that tainted his inner glow, bringing it to a dim fade, if existing at all.”
Mironov said he’d seen Noble’s eyes “light up like fireworks” that night at European Village, before Noble had gone home to change into his Rambo outfit. The reason: Noble was told that Mironov and his friends were of Russian extraction, which got Noble agitated. He thought they were part of the Russian mafia, Mironov said, and Noble wanted to “exterminate” him and his friends.
Those speaking and writing on Noble’s behalf note, as his brother did, that “there are no excuses for what has happened.” Noble himself says he does not remember the night at European Village.
Will Awdry says
OK. Did they at least take his weapons away and make sure that he cannot purchase or own a firearm in the state of Florida in the future?
Wtf says
Wtf🤦♂️
Duncan says
“American Hero” or not, that is just wrong. I hope the Judge does not regret his decision in the future due to another incident.
Heading North says
As is the norm in Flagler County Judicial proceedings, another dangerous person, first charged with attempted murder, then dropped to aggravated assault, now gets NO prison time, and a mere probation sentence, which he will probably violate.
I’m sorry, but the judges and system, State Attorneys, are a laughing stock and a JOKE!
wishful thinking says
Disturbing ..does PTSD excuse violent behavior against innocent people? Did I miss something ? If the judge didn’t require mandatory rehab at a veteran center as well as prohibit ‘ the hero’ from ever owing any type of gun ,what is his excuse? Very disturbing indeed…
Vassili says
There you have it folks. AMERICAN HERO through and through….. maybe if the Victims were of higher social class then it would have been different. Because I am of Russian origin I am a minority in this country. Therefore in some people’s eyes a second class citizen. Besides the fact that I am an honorably discharged navy veteran and a “Disabled AMERICAN Veteran” this was nothing but a hate crime…… wouldn’t surprise me if the Mayor of Palm Coast and Governor Rick Scott comes down personally to congratulate Noble…. SMH. Disgusting….. and I will always have live with the damage that he did to me…..he changed me as a person….. I used to enjoy life…..
Wtf says
Living in palm coast has taken the light from my eyes.🖕
Kevin Stevenson says
It’s a requirement in every state.
Violet says
Absolutely unbelievable!!!! He leaves Europa, after an argument, goes home, changes, get his weapons and comes back to kill. And, he gets off with probation!! I don’t care if he was a hero…that does not negate this premeditated attack. He stabbed a guy in the eye!!! His own family says he came back from war as a different person. Unfortunately, these are the folks who flip out – he needs help but he sure doesn’t deserve to be on probation. Unbelievable!!!
Baffun Gool says
Foxman does it again………he’s a disgrace to his robes.
Freddy says
When someone uses a fire arm with the intention to kill or do bodily harm I do not care hero or not this sentence is too lenient. That is why we have so many criminals running around loose because of bleeding heart judges and we should remember them next election.
Lazaruis says
Wtf..
No mandatory counseling?
No house arrest with an ankle bracelet ?
This guy has serious problems and has just been released into the public domain .
What happens next time ? Longer probation ?
We have enough nutball walking around here already !!
Knightwatch says
We all have to understand that if you’re a white male in the south, you have a license to carry, to threaten, to shoot and to kill. Now, this guy got seven years of probation. If he shot and killed someone black or brown, he’d have gotten maybe 30 days of community service, like polishing statues of Confederate slaveholders.
Gotta love it.
No1 says
Vassilli …Don’t matter if you are Russian or not you claiming both! If you are an American then you are an American truth is all of you were drinking that night and this was not your first run in with law enforcement were you not the subject of a aggravated assault with a deadly weapon at the same location a year or so prior !??? Regardless if charges were dropped u were involved and did you not get the same justice weigh scale to fall in your favor …Don’t act like you were just an angel !!!!!
another vet says
PTSD should not be used as a get out of jail card. I’m a disabled vet and and it makes me sick to hear that used over and over for anti social behavior, and before all the questions start flying ,yes I saw bad shit too
RayD says
Since someone was seriously injured, probation is not appropriate. This could have been prosecuted as a hate crime. There seems to be a tendency to be light with first time offenders locally. There is a local realtor who was arrested for stealing narcotics and charged with a felony for possession and also petty theft while showing a home. She was allowed to do a pre trial diversion and to this day is showing homes. Mr Noble will walk free in the community. Everyone deserves a second chance but, what about the victims? It’s on this judge if Noble decides to go hunting for Russians again.
Kanonimo says
Seems extremely unfair. Lady Justice is blind, and no EXCUSE for this guys actions. I am with the Russians on this one.
Good thing says
Good thing the legislature passed that 10-20-life law to discourage gun violence.
Lazaruis says
Wait a minute
I just read an article in flagler live how the police chief said we have very little hate crimes ??
What’s to hate about a Russian in flagler beach .? This place is full of future potential victims …
RickG says
This is incredible. I wonder where the connection is that got him probation?
Parkfam42017 says
They better strip this dude of all his gun rights and rights of owning any type of weapon ecspecially a firearm!!!! He obviously ISNT mentally stable enough to own ANY FIREARMS OR WEAPONS WHATSOEVER!!! Theres so much wrong with this case. I do understand and get both sides and where they are coming from but this ‘Noble’ guy is completley in the wrong for what he did. If he felt threatened while in the situation is one thing, but he removed himself from his (soon to be)victims presence and retreated to his house where he armed himself and dressed to look like “Rambo”. The moment he decided to arm himself and step one foot out of his house with the intent and plan he was carrying out, is a direct violation of the conceal carry laws and the stand your ground laws that would have been in question had anyone been stuck by a discharged round from nobel’s firearm which there were two(2) of. And all hes getting is probation… Bullshit, because if it was anyone else and i mean anyone from a old man or woman with no record to a young guy or gal with no record, i feel they would have gotten a year and a day minimum as a sentence with probation to follow if it was anyone else. How much did this lawyer get paid and i hope if anyone else is ever in this position but for a legit reason they use this case to show their innocence. But only if they are in the right. If you break the rules and get caught you have to man up. Be a responsible adult and do whats right in this life. We only get one!
Ben Dover says
this judge should be removed from the bench..this is a disgrace..also folks, i believe, this sentence can be appealed..step up and call your senator!!!
Paul says
Thousands of men and women went to war. Do they all get a pass? I’m a disabled vet. Does that mean that I can do as I please? If Noble were African-American or of Middle Eastern descent, I know the sentence would not have been so obscenely lenient. They would have given the maximum punishment. Gotta love this covfefe country.
Capt says
What a pathetic excuse for a Justice system in this county. I’m a veteran of the later parts of Vietnam and the Iraq war. I really didn’t know PTSD could be used as a way to side step the laws of the Justice system.
Buy Local says
Judge Foxman how in the world could you let this man have another chance after bringing a firearm in public to kill? How??? Is this not your job to avoid a re- occurrence of this sort of thing.
Vassili, hang in there and be strong. Thank you for saving lives.
Anonymous says
And my kid did 3 years of prison for burglary of an unoccupied dwelling. This man should have got the 35 years. I no about PTSD. Its not an excuse. This is why Palm Coast sucks. Gee I wonder if id get away with that.
Bc. says
That’s bull that’s why palm coast is turning into a ghetto In some areas they keep letting the criminals walk our streets lock them the hell up they do the crime they should get the time in jail not a slap on the wrist
Yevgeniy says
As a Russian-born American citizen who has lived in this country since the age of three, I find this case to be particularly disturbing. I remember reading about the disheartening fashion in which Vassili was initially treated when this case first unfolded. He is the one who I consider to be an American Hero, not Daniel Noble. Hailing criminals as heroes while undermining the integrity of our legal system is a good way to erode away the last remnants of public faith in the criminal justice system.
Anonymous says
GOOD
Anonymous says
Good luck man u did it proud of u
Smarterthanmost says
I’m sure this judge would have ruled differently if he or one of his family members was attacked. The judicial system in this county-state-country is a disgrace.
Concerned citizens says
As many have already expressed that this sentencing is ludicrous. The fact that no one lost their lives by the hands of this “hero”is because the true hero reacted. This man premeditated his actions with full intent to commit a hate crime against people that were not like him…PERIOD. His military training left him in this moment and he acted as a low life animal. He acted as a TERRORIST. And of course is not treated, tried, or punished like one but yet a hero? Can was say double standard? I ask eevyone that disagrees with this verdict and sentencing to call your house representative and call for justice to be served. This judge and states attorney should be forced to resign, they just put every citizen in Flagler County at risk. Apparently public safety is disposable for a story of a “hero” who traded his hero status for a terroist in an instant.
IvanShmakov says
Regarding Vassili. Trust me he understands the whole Veteran Issue with Noble since he’s a Disabled Veeran himself. But really what is he supposed to do? Feel compassion for somebody who tried to kill him because he was born in a different country????? This was definitely a Hate Crime and I’m surprised it wasn’t treated as one.
VoiceofReason says
Are you a Detective or an LEO to be making allegations like this? I’ve read Vassili’s report in this matter. He was not even arrested in this matter. Nor does it say he was there at all. The report consists of two drunken individuals accusing him of something he supposedly did. Sounds very familiar. Almost like when he got arrested at Flagler. Oh and didn’t he sue and win in that case as well. It all sums up that he doesn’t seem to be the guy he’s accused of being. But I guess that goes hand in hand when you have a Russian name in Palm Coast.
Hope says
He did an awful thing but he didn’t stab the guy “in the eye” find the original story. I’ve been around this guy(long before this happened) and he is definitely a troubled soul. That being said hopefully he has gotten treatment for his PTSD. Anyone that thinks it isn’t real hasn’t had something traumatic happen to them; let alone all of the things he probably had to do/witness during his service.
Daniel Allen Noble says
I’m European. Scottish, as a mater of fact I’m of Picti Naitive Tribal descent.. My actual ethnicity is only 3% Caucasian.. I speak several languages, and have a daughter that’s half Russian! My first wife who is obviously Russian, left me after returning from my time actually fighting in real combat in the elite of Special Operations.. I have no problems with any culture, creed, race because my people have been oppressed from our beginning.. I AM an American hero!!.. I NEVER fired any shots, and I obviously have no problem with people of Russia.. I do however, have a problem with a group of cowards that threatened my life, and backed down like cowards when I wouldn’t.. Your friends flashed guns at me, I returned to “stand my ground” under the law.. It took a while to remember due to the fact I’ve got brain damage, but after I took all of you on, in a fair fight, and was winning, you smashed bottles, chairs, everything on my head to knock me out, because that’s what lying cowards do!! Vassillii was in the gulf, on a ship, and never saw a day of combat! That’s not a veteran.. You hauled our grear for US to fight!!.. (you’re a glorified “luggage boy!”).. I’m Danny Noble!! And I’ll tell the truth, unlike all these cowards whining like children trying to use their ethnicity as an excuse for their own acts of stupidity!! Don’t threaten people you don’t know.. They may have issues, and experience, and training to act exactly as they’re trained to do.. Definitely don’t go doing it repeatedly, and getting arrested to the point the people who protect you, wash their hands of you because you lie, and play the victim, when in fact you’re just a bad person that’s completely full of it..
Daniel Noble says
Would you stick up for yourself if it were over 20 men against you?.. no?.. That’s why you’re a coward, like everyone else there trying me that night, and I’m just a good man, that doesn’t back down from anything!
Daniel Noble says
I’m not dangerous.. im just not tolerant of cowards!
Daniel Noble says
Actually, yes! When you’re congressionally awarded for being 100% permanently, and totally disabled because you did so much for this country besides die, you become an active duty DOD member for life, your ptsd along with tbi, makes a psychological disorder, neurological, of which you have absolutely no control over how you’ll respond when your life is threatened, and are not legally responsible for your actions!!.. I think going through hell, for your freedom to end up that disabled constitutes my excuse when 20 plus people threaten my life thinking I’ll back down..
Daniel Noble says
I am an American hero.. That’s why I actually fought in every battle of the 7 campaigns that took place, and awarded for it, while you sat on a boat.. You’re a coward, im not!.. You, and all your friends backed down from me once I got in your face, but none of you cowards could leave well enough alone, and threatened my life.. I don’t take that lightly, and under the law I had every right to stand my ground, you’re just a coward that can’t stand I marked you as one right above your eye for all the world to see, for life!!. Don’t threaten a man’s life, that’s not afraid to react!
Daniel Noble says
I was in my pajamas.. I woke up in a pharmaceutical blackout, but im sure I came back to finish what those cowards started!
Daniel Noble says
Stand your ground, is a get outta jail free card.. And that’s all I did..
Daniel Noble says
You have to prove intent 1st genius.. But, not if you’re abiding by the stand your ground law..
Daniel Noble says
There was no connection, I never broke any laws..
LegalEagle says
What a psycho. Just admitted to everything that he did and is now doubling down after getting away with a literal attempted mass shooting/ terrorist attack. There is footage of everything he did. There were no 20 men who provoked him. It was the owner of the bar who told him to leave or otherwise cops would be called. STAND YOUR GROUND? Are you demented? Oh yes you are a PSYCHO. Brings a gun and starts pointing it at people in a crowded public area is terrorist activity and not stand your ground.
Using classic GOP – Gaslight, Obstruct, Project tactics. American Hero my butt. Actually this is also lying under oath. The Prosecution should see his comments on this thread. Complete psycho who should be locked away in a mental institution and never see the light of day. PSYCHO. He will do something like this again. DHS hello? FBI hello? NSA hello? He is a threat to national security.
Daniel Allen Noble says
You’ve obviously not read the depositions.. I broke no laws, you’re not only ignorant, you’re a bad person for calling a disabled veteran, a psycho… The case is over, my record is clear, case closed
FloridaVet says
You’re either not too bright, a sociopath, or both. I would say the last one. You were found guilty on all counts except the attempted murder. You just didn’t end up going to prison because certain people in power pitied you. That’s all. You’re a convicted felon who is prohibited from owning any firearms. What part of you being found guilty don’t you understand? Are you really that dense? And please for the sake of other Vets stop calling yourself a Hero. Going to a for profit war mongering campaign doesn’t absolve you of any wrongdoings. Didn’t you know there’s good and bad Vets? Like there’s good and evil in all walks of life. You don’t get a pass. You’re a domestic terrorist. Just shut up and sit in your little corner for the rest of your meaningless life.
Noble Daniel says
You don’t know me.. You were t there that night, nor did you ever fight by my side.. Who are you to pass judgement? Are you a judge? NO!! So you shut up, and stay in your lane.. My life is far from miserable, and I don’t show up in any data base as a convicted criminal! Why? Because I’m NOT a criminal!!
FlaglerLive says
Mr. Noble is incorrect. He is a convicted felon, adjudicated guilty on three felony counts in a plea agreement in which the state agreed to drop the most serious charge, attempted first degree murder. He still faced a minimum mandatory prison sentence. The judge agreed to a significant downward departure, sparing him prison but imposing probation, in exchange for his commitment to a Veterans Court program, therapy and monitored medication. His probation was terminated last year.
US VETERAN says
Not bad amuright? If somehow you, Pierre were in Daniel Noble’s situation you’d have the book thrown at you and locked away for all eternity cause of your skin color and middle eastern background. Wouldn’t you agree? But good ole Danny doesn’t fit that profile. To me it seems like this was almost all orchestrated by some bad agents in another attempt at taking away gun rights of US citizens and they used a smooth brain like Danny Boy to do it. He seems to be the exact type of person feds would use for this. Feeble minded, easily manipulated and grandiosely deluded. Danny Boy keeps lying and lying. As if he’s reading from a script….. Someone needs to take a closer look at Danny Boy… Something about this whole case stinks. The stink is on Danny Boy and it’s a bad smell. He faces 35 to life but gets probation?? Are you effing kidding me?? And the house he lives in now looks like a mansion. Does it belong to him? Or is that a pay off from the feds? I swear as a Veteran myself I’ve seen it all. Including dangerous sociopaths like Danny Boi here. He’s got no character, Morals, let alone a soul judging by all the comments he made here. He even makes fun of the guy who stopped him by saying that he carved him up and marked him for life.
NobleDaniel NobleDan says
I never made any jokes.. This was a horrible incident, and it’s in the past.. If you honestly think this was anything more than a horrible fight that went south, , and a conspiracy, I’d recommend you need more psychological help than I needed.. So, because I have a nice house, I’m suspect? I can’t just be good with my money? The only thing that “stinks”, is that you can’t let it go.. Things happen, sometimes awful things that nobody plans on, they just happen.. My case is over, I have to live with that everyday, and everyday, I let go, and move on.. If I can do that, as a 100% permanent, and totally disabled combat veteran with brain damage, and realize that’s the logical, and positive way to move on, why can’t you???.. Nobody was remotely seriously injured.. Maybe a few people s pride, but that’s it.. To this day, and forever, I won’t say I’m guilty, or broke any laws, I was only defending myself, and the lives of family members people threatened with guns, and violence, and have been arrested several times before me for it, and after I reacted however I did.. In the end, you’re not a judge, and as a person, you can’t judge me, nobody can.. I’m not racist, I can’t even imagine that kind of ignorance, and I’m not bad man..Under the law, I stood my ground.. that’s it.. The judge had EVERYTHING, to make his decision, and he did what He felt was just under the law..
PalmCoaster says
“I won’t say I’m guilty, or broke any laws, I was only defending myself, and the lives of family members people threatened with guns, and violence.”
You’re probably the most narcissistic person with highest levels of grandiose delusions I ever seen. I was a patron there that night at the Irish pub across from Europa. You were trying to intimidate everyone there with violence after a girl whom you were buying drinks for there turned down your drunken and chauvinistic pig advances. When you tried to get aggressive with her, her friends asked you to leave her alone. You are a lying asshole when you say that people threatened you. You went berserk and threatened people with violence and yelled at everyone to follow you into the parking lot which nobody did. Nobody threatened or laid a finger on you. It’s all corroborated from police reports and security footage, NOBODY threatened you so stop your lying. I read your pathetic letter to the judge begging for mercy and saying that you were there to get rid of the Russian mafia because the people you injured were from Russian origin. This is most likely because you harbor violent feelings towards your ex wife who is of Russian decent like you said. You’re not fooling anyone you total psycho.
You are the one who went home and came back with a fully loaded rifle aiming it at crowds of people. You lied under oath when saying
” Noble himself says he does not remember the night at European Village.” You clearly do remember everything according to your comments here.
You are most likely a war criminal who must have massacred civilians in the middle east while in service. That’s why you thought you had the right to shoot people in a public place.
You are guilty of everything you did. You got lucky this happened in a good ole boy town ripe with corruption in its police and local government. You are a piece of shit who should have all his VA disability benefits revoked which is standard practice if you are a convicted felon which you are. Good thing you are not allowed to own any guns for the rest of your miserable life to terrorize unarmed people. You have zero clue what stand your ground means. I have a legal degree and you’re completely clueless about what the law says.
I pray that one day you realize your guilt and ask for forgiveness from the people whose lives you ruined that night.
What a total immoral and soulless POS.
Daniel Noble says
You can think whatever you want.. First of all, there was no video footage! The prosecution conveniently lost it somehow! I suspect because every word I say, and will continue you say is true.. Second of all I only have vague memories, and that’s because while recovering treatment, I underwent ECT, and EMDR to gain back what I could remember, and it’s taken me years, and it’s still muddled.. What I do remember now, is accurate, and had you read the depositions, you’d see you’re completely wrong.. I’ve never said anything about anyone being gang related, I was however told by several, that the people that did threaten me with guns, and the lives of my family, were gang related.. I personally don’t care if anyone is gang related or not, me being disabled or not.. If I wasn’t severely disabled, I know me, and no matter what, if anyone threatens me with guns, and the lives of my family, I’m going to respond in accordance to the severity of that threat.. You’re also wrong about whatever girl you’re talking about, because the only girl that talked to me, and my combat brother with me the entire night, when we threatened, and before so, was the girl who owned the bar where the threats took place, and we tried leaving, and met with resistance, and threatened with fighting, because that girl was on camera flashing her rear end, and panties at my friend, and myself, and offering us free drinks to try to get me to play music in her bar, of which, once she was giving me her number, and all over my friend, and myself, whoever the group of guys that made all the threats were, were apparently also in some kind of relationship with her, and that’s also in all the court records, and interviews, and probably why there’s conveniently no video footage ever presented in court the prosecution conveniently lost.. So, if you know the law so well, and all these completely false details, there’d be record of that in the case, of which, there’s none, so I don’t have to remember all the details even if I could to know you’re completely wrong, and mistaken, because of you weren’t, you’d be charged with withholding evidence the state had against me, but you weren’t, because what you’re saying is completely false, and there’s no record of anyone in any depositions that say anything remotely close to the false allegations you stated.. As far as what I did in combat, and who I was with, we had rules of engagement, our orders were simple.. “anyone with a weapon was an enemy” I don’t make the rules, I just followed orders.. The “parking lot incident” clearly shows in all court documents, and depositions, that it took place when my friend, and combat brother were trying to leave the place I was threatened, and the people threatening us were trying to fight us, when we were trying to leave an escalating idiotic situation met with very serious threats, and (I don’t remember much of this, bits and pieces) but recall is having to basically force our way out to leave to avoid any fights, and then were followed after pushing our way out, and met with more continuous threats.. I do remember vividly stating to everyone making threats to take it to the parking lot we were walking to, and not one single person threatening us out of a huge group of people yelling continuous threats at my brother and myself (of which would be on camera footage that conveniently was lost) would follow, but DID once again flash guns, and threatened to kill my family, and myself.. That part, I do indeed vividly remember, the rest, is just what came in flashes over the years to follow after a lot of treatments to not just remember that, but things far worse my teams and I had experienced in combat.. So since all court documents literally disprove almost everything you just stated, and I don’t recall everything, but what I do recall, does match exactly what the last rounds of depositions clearly show, and paint a perfect picture of what really happened, of which happened 5 times before that night by the same individuals, and were taken into custody for doing exactly what was done to me, and my brother, and arrested less than a week later again for the same thing.. I have no prior involvement with any kind of violence ever in my life before that night, but the paries involved that made the threats they made have several!! So if you’re some legal expert, how’d that get by you genius??.. The fact is, you just want me to be something I’m not!! You can’t accept that even the judges, and attorneys involved know by evidence, that I’m not to blame for whatever happened.. As far as my VA disability goes, who do think treated me after that night?? And if I know nothing of the law, then tell me this how did I even get charged after being found incompetent to stand trial twice, then proven that nobody took account the severity of my TBIs sustained in combat, and in court proved “they just saw I suffered TBIs (which is brain damage, of which there’s cure for, or way to fix it), and IF you’re so well versed with your law degree, then you’d know under Florida state law, a person with any kind of serious TBI, is classified legally as mentally retarted, and can’t legally be held accountable for anything related to those specific disabilities in any court in any state, let alone the state of Florida!! I had to spend years, and
still have to spend time with mental health professionals trying to understand, and all of them complaining that even charging me with a crime is the most atrocious thing they’ve ever seen, or heard of in all their years combined!!.. I may not have a law degree, but I know exactly what the laws are about that, and it’s actually illegal to have even had me in courtroom.. I ruined nobodys life! My life was affected most by the threats and actions of others claiming to take my life, and lives of my family, and been arrested for doing so at least 6 time prior to the incident involving me, and a week after involving yet another person.. What’s sad, is you have a law degree, and by all my points stated, and actual facts of the law, you know as well as everyone that knows the law, that I should’ve never even legally went to court, and being tried was illegal.. If someone threeghtens your life (at that time under the states statutes of STANDING YOUR GROUND) by law you can do a lot worse that whatever you think I did, but nobody can prove because there are no video footage to back what you say, because what you say is false!! Every single person in the last round of depositions clearly states I never pointed a weapon at at anyone, and I know me! I wouldn’t point a weapon ever at anyone unless they’re pointing one at me! I never pointed a weapon! I wouldn’t do that, it’s proven I didn’t, and even the alleged video that never made to court, and was “lost” stated I didn’t!.. You have a law degree.. WOW! Are you a judge? I didn’t think so.. Next time you want to try to point that finger of blame at me, I suggest you talk to the judge that sentenced me to probation (CASE CLOSED!), and ask him about the actual facts of the case, and then see where to point your finger!! I broke no laws, I’ll never admit I’m guilty to something I’m not guilty of!.. The judge saw All evidence, and made his decision as he saw fit, as all the defense evidence provided, and could not be disputed!! And as a judge, who remains impartial to anything but exactly what the law says, sentenced me to probation, it was terminated early, the end.. I never pled guilty, I pled no contest! That’s not an admission of guilt, because I still refuse to say I’m guilty of something I didn’t do, or remember much of at that time!.. No contest, as you’re aware with your law degree, means “I’m not admitting I’m guilty, because I didn’t remember, and I didn’t believe I would do what I was accused of allegedly doing” I remember more now after years of treatments to help me, and I know now that I didn’t do what I was accused of doing!! I don’t remember everything, nor everything in finite details, but I remember enough now to know the reality of what happened, and that all I did was stand my ground.. My ex wife is a good woman, and good person, please don’t talk about something, or someone you don’t know.. She didn’t divorce me for any other reason than the fact, I did not come back from combat the same man I was before I left, and what I did in combat, weather it was a “for profit war” or anything else that people want to call it.. For the actual people that fight every day in it to save lives of the people fighting it on both sides, against the actual oppressors, and real enemy, know war is hell, there’s no glory in it, but for however many “bad guys” have to lose their lives, for myself, and everyone else that did what they did to save the good guys fighting for freedom, and for this country, are heros!!.. In mine and so very many others that fall under the reality of the “22 a day” reality, so you can attempt to call me some kind of psycho, with the freedom to be so cruel to talk so bad about a man you don’t know, an incident you weren’t at, and a case closed.. You’re welcome!! I did my job! I sacrificed everything so you can be cruel, and say horrible things, with the freedom to do it.. The only thing I regret about what I have to deal with about all I suffer psychologically, neurologically, and physically.. Is that disrespectful, truly mean spirited people like yourself, will never have to experience what men like myself went through for you to have the freedom to think you’re different, special, or better than anyone else, especially guys like me, and the men I served with not because you don’t have to, but because you couldn’t do it if tried!! I hope it feels good, I hope it was worth your time (as someone with a law degree, I’d think you’d have better things to do than spit a bunch of lies, and nasty things to say over a case almost a decade old, that’s been closed a long time) to waste it being wrong! And if you’re so right, then go ask the judge what he thinks, but you won’t do that.. You’re just another pathetic coward, with a false sense of entertainment, and a life so boring, you have nothing better to than make false claims, complete lies, and prove nothing to back what you wish was true up, where I can, and repeatedly have proved what I thought, and am now sure what I know is true, just to state your piece over something that doesn’t even matter.. The case closed, has been for a long time, and you wanna kick a dead horse? I recommend a hobby, and some therapy for all that misdirected hostility.. I’d recommend go fighting along side the soldiers of this country that understand what real sacrifice is, but we both know you don’t have what it takes for that, and somehow I’m delusional? Well, if I am, I’d sure as rather be me, than you any day of the week.. Thanks for your epic comment and opinion though!! It was life changing.. I heard your complete ignorance, and am now enlightened!.. The case is closed, and over.. Move on, get over it! If I can, and you can’t, you have more problems than me, and if true (fairly certain it is) good luck with law degree, and all those in your field that choose NOT to work with you.. If you REALLY want to learn something about the law, talk to the judge, and my lawyer about my long closed case to learn how wrong you are, I’ll bet my life on the fact you won’t!!