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struggle4progress

(123,498 posts)
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:06 PM Jun 15

Food worker with fantasy of security career sought in political shootings

June 15, 20251:49 PM ET
Brian Mann

... In social media posts and websites, Boelter said he had extensive experience as a security professional with "training by both private security firms and by people in the U.S. Military."

NPR found little evidence to support Boelter's account. He appears to have worked most of his career in the food service industry and one long-time friend described parts of Boelter's narrative about his life as "fantasy" ...

On the website for a company called Praetorian Guard Security Services, LLC, Boelter described himself as part of the "leadership team."

NPR found no record of the firm having clients or providing any services. A call to the company's phone number connected to what appears to be a private phone line, not a business. The address listed in incorporation papers appeared to be that of a law firm specializing in divorce litigation.

Boelter himself appears to have no history working in law enforcement, the military or private security ...

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/15/nx-s1-5434227/food-worker-with-fantasy-of-security-career-sought-in-minnesota-political-shootings



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Food worker with fantasy of security career sought in political shootings (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 15 OP
Dang, you beat me by one minute RandomNumbers Jun 15 #1
The more the merrier struggle4progress Jun 15 #2
He lists all the places he evangelized in as if they were places of employment Bernardo de La Paz Jun 15 #3
WOW.............. Lovie777 Jun 15 #4

Bernardo de La Paz

(56,586 posts)
3. He lists all the places he evangelized in as if they were places of employment
Sun Jun 15, 2025, 03:27 PM
Jun 15

His Red Lion in the Congo was some kind of charity that went belly up a few months ago which is why he put out he was looking for work.

He says he worked for a Japanese company that owns convenience stores, hiding that would be 7-11, pretending he was a global management/security guy. It may be that he managed a store in the US for a bit.

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