Defense Attorney says airman only borrowed money from Air Force vault
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes November 14, 2008 YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The court-martial of a 374th Comptroller Squadron airman accused of stealing more than $9,000 in government funds from the unit’s vault began Wednesday. Tech. Sgt. Craig Camacho, 38, is charged with one count each of wrongful appropriation and larceny. He has […]
No court-martial for midshipman accused of rape
By BRIAN WITTE – 3 June 2008 Naval Academy midshipman found not guilty on sexual assault, other charges ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A U.S. Naval Academy midshipman won’t stand trial by court-martial on rape and other charges relating to an October encounter in a dorm after a night of drinking, the academy announced Tuesday. M.C. was […]
Winder GI exonerated of Iraqi murder
By MONI BASU The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 22, 2008 The Army granted clemency late Tuesday to a Georgia soldier convicted in the murder of an Iraqi detainee last year. In a February court-martial, Christopher Phillip Shore, 26, of Winder was exonerated of murder but found guilty of aggravated assault, a felony charge. But Tuesday’s decision […]
Charge, Sentence reduced for Soldier tried in Iraqi death
By Audrey McAvoy – The Associated Press Wednesday May 21, 2008 Ex-U.S. soldier gets life sentence for Iraq murders HONOLULU — The Army on Tuesday reduced the conviction and sentence of a Hawaii-based soldierr tried for murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed Iraqi last year. In a February court-martial, Spc. Christopher Shore was […]
Report Finds No Sexual Assault
Report Finds No Sexual Assault Investigator Doesn’t Back Court-Martial for Midshipman By Matt Zapotosky Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, May 20, 2008; B03 The U.S. Naval Academy junior accused of raping a female midshipman in her dorm room might have acted in a way unbecoming an officer, but what he did was not sexual assault, […]
Foster MP cleared of molestation charges
By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Friday, May 16, 2008 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Tears flowed for a Camp Foster staff sergeant and his wife when a jury announced Wednesday evening that he was not guilty of all charges associated with an allegation that he molested his teenage sister-in-law. The wife had testified […]
Camp Foster MP pleads not guilty to molesting teen
By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes Pacific edition, Thursday, May 15, 2008 Camp Foster MP pleads not guilty to molesting teen CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Camp Foster military policeman pleaded not guilty at a court-martial Tuesday to charges of carnal knowledge, sodomy and indecent acts with his then-15-year-old sister-in-law and possession child pornography. Prosecutor […]
Ga. soldier released while clemency weighed
By MONI BASU The Atlanta Journal-Constitution May 3, 2008 Georgia Soldier Released While Clemency Weighed Brian Shore woke up in his Lawrenceville home Friday to an e-mail his son sent from Honolulu in the middle of the night. “Hey, dad,” it said, “It was too late to call. I didn’t want to wake you but […]
Punished despite acquittal at military sexual assault court-martial
Stars and Stripes – April 30, 2008 Regarding “Jury finds soldier not guilty of sexual assault” (article, April 20, Korea edition): The report was half right. Spc. Jason Kelling was found not guilty. This doesn’t remove the charge from my son’s criminal record, which will be a stigma for the rest of his life and […]