Woman convicted of stolen valor gets 70 months in prison

tonight the East Greenwich

woman

who posed as a wounded Marine to receive donations and veterans benefits will go to

prison

a federal judge recently sentenced Sarah Kavanaugh before learning her punishment told the court she was ashamed of what he did 12 news reporter Alexandra Leslie was in court for the sentencing hearing and is joining us live with what Alex went through before a judge handed down the maximum sentence federal prosecutors requested of just under six years. We also heard Sarah Kavanaugh's victims in court talking about how they don't, how she doesn't. She not only stole their money, but also her trust and respect, and we also heard from Kavanaugh herself.

Prosecutors argued that while Sarah Kavanaugh tried to gain acceptance and respect, she could have done so without stealing from others, the bottom line is that she is simply atrocious for the 32-year-old

woman

. was sentenced to 70

months

in

prison

and to pay just under three hundred thousand dollars in restitution to more than a dozen victims three spoke inside a federal court where cameras are not allowed, including a cancer patient from whom Kavanaugh stole medical records and agreed donations to pay for fictitious treatments from his own US attorney Zachary Cunha calls Kavanaugh's actions morally repugnant This is a defendant who convinced his friends at the gym to bend over and tie his shoelaces because he claimed he couldn't do it this is a defendant who got herself a service puppy to deal with alleged battlefield trauma which of course she never experienced because she never served in the military let alone on a battlefield and then convinced her friends to to bend down and lift the dog's waist because she claimed she couldn't do that.

The commander of North Kingstown VFW 152 spoke in court about how her actions have resulted in a loss of trust and support for the local VFW. A VFW member told us more about it outside the courthouse. The credibility factor was damaged, it damaged us and we have seen it as The publication, Commander Dave Ainsley, said it's like you know there are things that we are trying to get out and support and we don't have as many resources, we don't have as much money, we don't We have the volunteers who are there. part of the post so I mean you know you can't put a dollar figure on Kavanaugh's lawyer had requested a much lighter sentence of 24

months

in one day saying she already paid a significant price by losing her job and its reputation for 32 years.

Old also spoke in court saying that she was sorry but that she wanted to have a chance to rebuild her life now in court. Kavanaugh's defense attorney requested that she be allowed to attend an appointment with her psychiatrist tonight, but the judge immediately reminded him that she was in U.S. Marshals custody and she was led out of court in handcuffs reporting live in Providence Alexandra Leslie 12News