Federal prosecutors say a man has been sentenced to more than a decade in prison for stealing the identity of an Army veteran.
Prosecutors say David P. Oswald lived in Vermont for six years as Bobby Lee Triplett, a veteran from North Carolina, so he could avoid registering as a sex offender.
Oswald had been convicted in Washington state of sexually assaulting a child.
Triplett's car was stolen in Washington with his military ID in it.
Authorities say Oswald got a non-driver's license photo identification card as Triplett and used it to get a passport. Prosecutors say he also obtained a voter registration card, bought guns, joined the Vermont State Guard, and got medical care as a veteran.
