Who is Jakobie Timblin? Richland Center man charged in stolen military vaolor case
Olivia House
Published Feb 04, 2026
Jakobie Timblin has been accused of taking military bravery after supposedly claiming to be a Marine
He was summoned in Washington Province Circuit Court for the two lawful offense counts
He is 34 years of age
Jakobie Timblin, Richland Center man has been accused of taking military boldness after purportedly professing to be a Marine and taking a huge number of dollars and telling his sweetheart he had been conveyed multiple times, Washington District Sheriff’s Office reports. He purchased a phony uniform and decorations on the web, and keeping in mind that he was conveyed, he was in prison.
Who is Jakobie Timblin? Jakobie Timblin was accused of furnishing bogus explanations about military help with aim to carry out a wrongdoing and robbery by misleading portrayal. He is 34 years of age. Last month, he was charged in Washington Area Circuit Court for the two crime counts.
Timblin began speaking with the casualty online in 2015, the sheriff said. In 2016, somebody professing to be Timblin’s mom approached to keep in touch with him abroad, where he was serving the Marines. The casualty then, at that point, spoke with Timblin by sending letters for the following two years.
As per the sheriff, they met face to face in 2019 and began dating. In 2019, the casualty was reached by somebody professing to be Timblin’s skipper, who is orchestrating a gift for him in view of the “courageous work he did abroad.”
Throughout his relationship with the victim, Jakobie Timblin claimed to have been deployed five times, once in Iraq and four times to Afghanistan. During that time, he was actually in prison.
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The individual requested a credit that would be repaid by the Division of Protection and the casualty marked a check for $5,000, the sheriff’s office said.
Timblin professed to have been conveyed once in Iraq and multiple times in Afghanistan all through their relationship. He was in jail during that time.
During an excursion to the family’s lodge, Timblin supposedly brought along his dress blues which had a few decorations and a purple heart joined. He let the casualty’s stepmother know that he gained of his mom’s end when he got back from arrangement and required cash for bequest arranging. The casualty’s mom thought of him a check for $6,500 however was rarely taken care of.
At the point when the casualty’s mom looked into Timblin’s mom’s eulogy and scholarly she just had one child named Jacob Elliot. Afterward, she observed that Elliot was on broadened discharge for a 2014 outfitted burglary. Subsequent to confirming with the Division of Rectifications picture, she discovered that Elliot is Timblin.
With the assistance of the Marines, it was found that Timblin never served in the military.
As per the sheriff’s office, Elliot changed his name to Jakobie Timblin after gathering the person in question. He was released from jail in late 2018. He will show up in court on May 25 for a supplication/condemning hearing in Washington Region Circuit Court.