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  • Investigator recommends trial in Afghan suicide

    March 12, 2012 8:31 PM

    FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - A military investigator is recommending a court-martial for an eighth soldier suspected of involvement in the suicide of a soldier in Afghanistan. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports 35-year-old Staff Sgt. Blaine Dugas of Port Arthur, Texas, is the last of eight Fort Wainwright soldiers recommended for... more »
  • Academy explains judicial process for accused cadets Play Video

    January 6, 2012 8:26 PM

    Military court proceedings will begin next Thursday for one of three US Air Force Academy cadets facing charges of sexual assault. There will be an Article 32 hearing on Thursday for Cadet Stephan Claxton on charges of unlawful sexual contact, underage drinking and assault involving a female cadet. On... more »
  • Soldier may plead guilty in court martial

    May 24, 2011 7:42 PM

    A court martial starts tomorrow at Fort Carson for a soldier accused of killing a Taliban prisoner he was guarding. Private 1st Class David Lawrence is charged with one count of murder. The death happened last year in Afghanistan. His attorney says Lawrence suffers from schizophrenia and PTSD and... more »
  • Fort Carson soldier accused of murdering Afghan man

    February 1, 2011 3:11 PM

    A Fort Carson Soldier deployed to Afghanistan will be court martialed on one count of premeditated murder in the death of an Afghan detainee. No date has been set for the court martial of Pfc. David Lawrence, assigned to 1st Battalion, 66th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th... more »
  • Two deaths prompt Fort Carson court martial

    January 27, 2011 9:18 AM

    A court martial is slated to begin at 9 am at Fort Carson. Spc. Jordan Peters is charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count of driving under the influence, one count of reckless endangerment and one count of assault. The charges stem from a vehicle crash last February... more »
  • Military doctor from Greeley convicted

    December 15, 2010 3:30 PM

    FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) - A military jury has convicted an Army doctor who disobeyed orders to deploy to Afghanistan because he questions President Barack Obama's eligibility for office. The jury on Wednesday found Lt. Col. Terrence Lakin of Greeley, guilty of missing a flight that would have gotten... more »
  • The Army's duty to soldiers

    December 5, 2010 10:35 PM

    Army Private First Class David Lawrence is in a Colorado mental health facility, waiting to see if he'll face a court martial for the shooting death of a Taliban commander. Lawrence was on guard duty in Afghanistan when the man was killed. Lawrence's Article 32 hearing (the military equivalent of... more »
  • Fort Carson soldier cleared of rape charge

    April 8, 2010 11:22 AM

    A Fort Carson soldier has been cleared in a court martial that accused him of sexually assaulting the wife of a man he had met while deployed in Iraq in 2008. Spc. Philip C. Vermeiren, 28, was found not guilty on all charges Wednesday after a two-day trial. ... more »
  • Court martial underway for Fort Carson soldier

    April 7, 2010 8:48 AM

    A Fort Carson soldier faces a court martial for an allegedly sexually assaulting the wife of a man he had met while deployed in Iraq in 2008. Twenty-eight-year-old Spc. Philip C. Vermeiren's court martial continues Wednesday. Defense attorneys say Vermeiren and the woman had a brief consensual sexual encounter Oct.... more »
  • US Air Force major faces court martial

    March 28, 2010 8:32 AM

    A U.S. Air Force major faces a court martial on allegations she kept a dose of a powerful narcotic painkiller for herself and tried to cover it up. Maj. Torre A. Donaldson, a nursing supervisor at the Air Force Academy's cadet clinic, faces court martial on June 1. According to... more »
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