Man Fakes His Own Death, Gets Seven Years

In 2009, two days before he was to be sentenced on a probation violation in Maryland, Larry Deffenbaugh’s brother reported him missing . The Coast guard spent fifteen hours searching for Deffenbaugh, to no avail.

Last year, Deffenbaugh was found living in Texas using a different name. During his sentencing on Monday, Deffenbaugh maintained that he was innocent and compared himself to a falsely accused Jesus.

Deffenbaugh received seven years in prison and has been ordered to pay more than $200,000 restitution to the Coast Guard.

See Maryland Man Who Faked Death Gets 7 Years in Prison, Fox News, Sep. 19, 2011.