Charges sought against Leominster man who allegedly forged military documents

LEOMINSTER » A city man was summonsed to court on Monday on charges related to him allegedly forging military documents in an attempt to obtain a Veterans Administration home loan, according to police and court documents.

Police said that on July 29 an agent with the Department of Veterans Affairs met with a department officer about Anthony C. McCauliff, 32, of Franklin Street, allegedly forging his office military separation documents in attempt to secure a home loan, the reporting officer said.

The agent told the officer that McCauliff was originally separated from military service on April 2, 2009, however, he went online and changed the separate date to Nov. 27, 2016, which would have made him eligible for the loan.

On one of the separation documents when describing “character of service,” McCauliff altered it from “bad conduct” to “honorable” and he altered another one of the documents as to the reason of his military separation from “court martial” to “completion of required active service,” the officer reported.

While the officer made contact with McCauliff in an attempt to speak to him about the circumstances, she wasn’t able to have him come to the station for an interview and as a result filed charges of forgery of document, utter false writing, and stolen valor by fraudulently representing himself as a military service member or veteran, according to court documents.

McCauliff was not formally charged Monday after asking for a continuance until March 8, according to court documents.