Rick Glen Strandlof, a former mental patient who posed as a
wounded Marine captain to found a statewide veterans group and
campaign for political candidates, is being prosecuted under the
Stolen Valor Act for making claims he received a Purple Heart.
A federal arrest warrant was issued Thursday evening for
Strandlof, who used the alias Rick Duncan when he was acting as
a spokesman for veterans issues.  Strandlof will be charged with
one count of making false claims about receipt of military
decorations or medals, a misdemeanor punishable by a year in
jail and a $250,000 fine.  Strandlof, 32, had not been arrested
as of Friday evening.  Jeffrey Dorschner, a spokesman for the
U.S. attorney's office in Colorado, would not say whether
authorities know his whereabouts. Dorschner said only that
Strandlof will be brought to Denver to appear before a federal
magistrate after he is arrested.  Strandlof is the first person
to be charged in Colorado under the Stolen Valor Act. The act,
passed in 2006, made it possible