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[September 25, 2007]  BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) -- A 23-year-old man who police say ran up $4,000 in bar bills after falsely claiming he was an Iraq war veteran faces arraignment on Cape Cod.

Management at Pufferbellies in Hyannis says Christopher Lee Proe was allowed to write personal checks over five nights in August after telling staff he wanted to celebrate his safe return from Iraq and honor the memory of fallen comrades.

The checks turned out to bogus. Proe was tracked down last Friday at a Yarmouth home.

Pufferbellies general manager Mike Travers says Proe took advantage of the club's policy of giving military personnel special treatment.

Barnstable Police Sergeant John Murphy says Proe has outstanding warrants from three states, including for impersonating a police officer in Ohio and failing to register as a sex offender in Indiana.

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Information from: Cape Cod Times, http://www.capecodonline.com/

[Associated Press]

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