Impersonators Orange County

An Indiana man who posed as a retired brigadier general and wore full Army regalia to win a $1.8-million contract from Taco Bell was sentenced Monday to three years' probation and ordered to keep his uniforms and medals at home. Guadalupe Gonzales, 60, wore a gray business suit as he repeatedly apologized for claiming to be the most decorated general still living and using that distinction to win the contract from the Irvine-based company and its parent corporation, PepsiCo.

An Indiana man who posed as a retired brigadier general and wore full Army regalia to win a $1.8-million contract from Taco Bell was sentenced Monday to three years' probation and ordered to keep his uniforms and medals at home. Guadalupe Gonzales, 60, wore a gray business suit as he repeatedly apologized for claiming to be the most decorated general still living and using that distinction to win the contract from the Irvine-based company and its parent corporation, PepsiCo.