Posts Tagged: Crime

Marines charged with rape of 12 year-old girl

http://www.starbulletin.com/news/20090724_marines_charged_in_rape_of_girl_12.html?page=1&c=y Marines charged in rape of girl, 12 By Star-Bulletin staff and the Lawton (Okla.) Constitution POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 24, 2009 A Kaneohe Marine and two other Marines on the mainland have been charged in Oklahoma with first-degree rape of a 12-year-old girl. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Pfc…. Read more »

Ex-Soldier sentenced to two life terms for murder

Updated at 2:50 p.m., Wednesday, July 1, 2009 ‘I wasn’t the guy,’ Griffin says before being sentenced to two life terms By Jim Dooley Advertiser Staff Writer Undone by DNA evidence but still protesting his innocence, convicted double murderer Darnell Griffin was sentenced this morning to consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole. Advertisement… Read more »

Hawai’i based soldier charged in death of fellow soldier

Thursday, June 18, 2009 Schofield soldier charged in death of comrade negotiating plea Associated Press BAGHDAD – A Schofield Barracks soldier charged with involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of a comrade in Iraq has entered plea negotiations instead of facing a hearing, the military said today. Sgt. Miguel A. Vegaquinones, 33, of Havelock, N.C.,… Read more »

Military mom sent to hospital for trying to kill daughter

Mother ordered to hospital A woman is found not guilty by reason of insanity of trying to kill her daughter By Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services Jun 06, 2009 Elly Rivera was found not guilty of attempted murder by reason of insanity yesterday of choking her 4-year-old daughter into unconsciousness last year. Elly Rivera has… Read more »

Two Hawai’i-based USS Greeneville sailors held for brutal beating

Updated at 1:15 p.m., Friday, June 5, 2009 Hawaii sailor still held on high bail in N.H. attack Associated Press PORTSMOUTH, N.H. – Two nuclear submarine sailors, including one assigned to help crewmates stay out of trouble, continue to be held on high bail, accused of brutally beating a man and leaving him near death… Read more »

Marine recruiter charged with pimping 14 year old girl

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090603/ap_on_re_us/us_recruiter_sex_charges Marine recruiter charged with pimping girl, 14 AP Tue Jun 2, 11:04 pm ET HEMET, Calif. – Police have arrested a U.S. Marine Corps recruiter on charges of felony pimping and kidnapping and are looking into whether he used sex with a 14-year-old girl to entice potential recruits. Staff Sgt. Bryan Damone Cunningham, 33,… Read more »

Pearl Harbor sailors arrested for beating in New Hampshire

2 in crew of Pearl sub held in N.H. By Star-Bulletin Staff and News Services POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, May 24, 2009 Authorities in New Hampshire arrested and charged two crew members of a Pearl Harbor-based nuclear submarine with beating a man unconscious and threatening a witness on a Portsmouth, N.H., street. The victim, a… Read more »

Another US Marine accused of raping Filipina Victim shows clear sign of sexual assault-lawyer

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakingnews/nation/view/20090514-204984/Another-US-Marine-accused-of-raping-Filipina Another US Marine accused of raping Filipina Victim shows clear sign of sexual assault-lawyer By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, Nikko Dizon Reporter INQUIRER.net Philippine Daily Inquirer Posted date: May 14, 2009 MANILA, Philippines-(UPDATE 5) Another United States Marine has been accused of raping another Filipino woman, this time a 22-year-old-university student, whose lawyer described her as… Read more »

Soldier kills five comrades at Baghdad base

washingtonpost.com Five U.S. Soldiers’ Deaths Came at Hands of Comrade, Military Says Gunman Opened Fire at Baghdad Base, Wounded Three Others By Ernesto Londoño Washington Post Foreign Service Monday, May 11, 2009 1:30 PM BAGHDAD, May 11 — An American soldier opened fire on comrades Monday on a large military base in Baghdad, killing five… Read more »