Robert “PegLeg” Jones, Fake Wounded Warrior, Arrested For Firing Weapon At “Alleged” Shoplifter

Robert Jones Mugshot

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky – Several months ago we outed Robert “PegLeg” Jones for pretending to be a Ranger and Wounded Warrior and taking thousands of dollars from people who donated to him based on his lies. You can check that article and case here – Robert “PegLeg” Jones, Fake Ranger, Wounded Warrior.

It seems Robert wanted to play Hero again this week, he was outside Kmart on Outer Loop, near New Cut Road, just before 8 p.m. Thursday when he pulled a gun and fired at a guy he thought was a shoplifter.

According to the police;

Jones allegedly told the officers that an unidentified white man who was carrying merchandise used an emergency exit to get out of the store. Suspecting the man was a shoplifter, Jones said he confronted him from his truck, demanding a receipt. Who died and made Jones the uplifting law-abiding citizen, he steals from Patriots and confronts another man for stealing?

Jones did not work for the store, according to police.

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He told police that the man got into a van and “appeared to reach for a gun,” according to the arrest report. Jones further told police that he did pull a gun.

At that point, police say Jones told them he got out of his truck, shoved a loaded magazine into his own gun and chambered a round. He then allegedly fired two or three rounds at the white male because he, “looked like he was trying to squeeze off a round.”

Jones told officers the man drove his van northbound on New Cut Road — and that the van should have two bullet holes in the hood.

A witness at the scene told police that he never saw a gun in the unidentified white male’s vehicle — and that the man in the van was trying to get away from Jones, who was shooting at him.

Officers were able to locate the man in the van, who allegedly told them that, “he had to make an evasive maneuver in his vehicle and drive behind the building because the gun was pointed directly towards him facing New Cut Road,” adding that he was, “in extreme fear for his life at the time.”

The officer who wrote the report stated that since Jones had enough time to load and chamber a round before firing, and that he fired as the vehicle was leaving, that his actions, “manifested an extreme indifference to the value of human life,” and that, “the action may have ended in serious injury or death to the vic[tim] and anyone else in the parking lot.”

Police say they found three .40 caliber shell casings at the scene, and recovered a .40 caliber handgun from Jones.

Jones was arrested and charged with one count of first degree wanton endangerment.

In Kentucky, First Degree Wanton Endangerment is a Class D Felony:

508.060 Wanton endangerment in the first degree. (1) A person is guilty of wanton endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he wantonly engages in conduct that creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person. (2) Wanton endangerment in the first degree is a Class D felony.

Robert Claiming He Was An Army Ranger

Jones also thinks we have forgotten about the scam he pulled on so many people, taking thousands of dollars under false pretenses. If you were a victim of his scams using the false military persona and donated any money, or purchased items from him, email us your information. We are working with the FBI to get him prosecuted, and they are asking for anyone who was scammed to come forward.