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Feds: Man tried to impress a woman by chartering a helicopter for a fake military mission
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A man pretending to be a three-star U.S. Army general wanted to impress a woman when he unexpectedly landed in a chartered helicopter at the headquarters of a North Carolina technology company last year, a federal agent testified Monday.
Details about the strange case of Christian Desgroux emerged at a hearing before a federal magistrate, who ordered that the defendant remain in jail pending his upcoming arraignment. The 57-year-old is charged with pretending to be a military officer, which carries a maximum of three years in prison.
It was around sunset on Nov. 6 when the pilot of the helicopter chartered by Desgroux landed on a soccer field at the sprawling corporate campus of SAS Institute in Cary.
As security officers approached, Desgroux stepped out wearing a "full military battle dress uniform" and displaying three stars that implied a rank of lieutenant general, Homeland Security Special Agent Tony Bell testified.
He saluted the security officers, and they actually saluted him back," Bell said.
A suspicious security supervisor confronted Desgroux, who told him he was there to pick up a female employee to take her to Fort Bragg for a classified briefing that had been authorized by President Donald Trump.
But none of it was true: Desgroux later acknowledged to federal agents that he had never served in the U.S. military, Bell said.
The woman, a longtime acquaintance of Desgroux, expected him to arrive in a car for a visit. Instead they went on a 30-minute helicopter ride around Raleigh, Bell said.
"She had no idea that he was flying a helicopter to pick her up," Bell said. Bell testified that Desgroux wanted to pursue a romantic relationship, but the woman is married.
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@taniwharugby awesome!!
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This thread might be the oldest thread on the fern still in service! 9 Years old!
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@dogmeat said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
@hooroo aren't you a number cruncher?
18-10=?
clue it ain't nine!
Yes you are correct with that math, however, the thread started in 2009 and we are in 2018 and that math tells me it is 9 years old. 9 years and 11 days...
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Tim ‎29‎ ‎Apr‎ ‎2010‎ ‎12‎:‎53 
Long overdue thread.
Post the spectacularly awful/absolutely awesome shit you stumble across on the internet.
I'll kick it off with one old and one new (but lets keep it current).
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@hooroo said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
This thread might be the oldest thread on the fern still in service! 9 Years old!
This is the oldest thread. Not active though..
Certain sub forums never had archiving turned on (we haven't archived for over 2 years and probably won't start again)
That thread was started by 'Crusader Corey' I think he went on t post a few millions times over at planet rugby under a different name
Was 'Death' the guy who joined then immediately tried to convince a people to join him on a hiking trip through the Brecon Beacons?
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@dogmeat said in Awesome stuff you see on the internet:
Tim ‎29‎ ‎Apr‎ ‎2010‎ ‎12‎:‎53 
Long overdue thread.
Post the spectacularly awful/absolutely awesome shit you stumble across on the internet.
I'll kick it off with one old and one new (but lets keep it current).
This is bizarre! I see this
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Re: Movie review thread...
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