You’ll recollect the tale of Navy Captain Lisa Nowak, commented here. Officials from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service last week took custody of the evidence in the case of former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak, a Navy captain. Florida Today reports. The report has an excellent time-line of the strange events in this case.
Continue reading ›I have commented before about suicides and military justice, Military Suicides. Marine Capt. Michael A. Webb has died of an apparent suicide in the brig at Quantico while awaiting court martial, a base public affairs officer said Tuesday. Inisde NoVa reports. Army investigators have charged a 22-year-old Fort Bragg soldier with two burglaries and a…
Continue reading ›You keep running really really hard and push off. And unlike most enlisted folks and a lot of officers you get —- 21 days of restriction and 100 demerits, according to the information provided to the newspaper. The Capital reports. I’m sure all our clients discharged with BCD’s, OTH’s, and general discharges will appreciate the…
Continue reading ›Moral: when you go AWOL you can’t keep running if you run out of gas. As I drive I-95 I often see military convoys. It had not occurred to me that one or more of the drivers was in the process of going AWOL. An Army private is in custody in Daytona Beach for being…
Continue reading ›I have often wondered about how sports players get breaks regular people don’t. This applies within the military just as much as in the civilian community. Hypocrisy rains in the name of sports. A Naval Academy football player is being permitted to continue as a midshipman even after testing positive for drug use, according to…
Continue reading ›I’m traveling to the USDB (and get to come home), so here are some hits. I follow fourthamendment.com blog every day. Here is part of his reference to Huntzinger, and CAAF’s pending oral argument. Don’t expect a decision in a while. I’ve always been intrigued by the quality of opinions from the CAAF, so I’m…
Continue reading ›Fort Lewis case of the soldier accused of causing the death of his 16 year old girlfriend with a drug overdose. A 20-year-old Fort Lewis soldier has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the overdose death of his 16-year-old girlfriend in his barracks. A military judge ruled Friday that Pvt. Timothy Bennitt was guilty…
Continue reading ›Here’s a catch-up on some recent news items. CAAF, ACCA, and CGCCA have issued some published opinions. Thanks CAAFLog for the following items on cases. United States v. Franklin, __ M.J. ___, No. ARMY 20090035 (A. Ct. Crim. App. Jan. 20, 2010) (per curiam). The opinion is available here. On 28 December, Master Sergeant Timothy…
Continue reading ›Army authorities are now claiming that Galesburg soldier Spc. Billy Miller had [AP] on his computer as well as alleged [CP] . Miller’s tour in Afghanistan has been involuntarily extended by the army while it investigates charges of possession of [CP] and failing to obey a general order. . . . But now military officials…
Continue reading ›USA Today reports the LTC shoplifting case: A U.S. Army lieutenant colonel facing court-martial on a shoplifting charge blames the Army for mistakenly reducing the medicine he takes to curb his urge to steal. Army Times reports: A former Fort Riley soldier who served 10 years in prison for a rape he didn’t commit will…
Continue reading ›
