A Fort Leonard Wood military jury found Army Spc. Wooster Rancy guilty of the premeditated murder of fellow Soldier Sgt. Sarah Roque, 23, during his trial at the Pulaski County Courthouse Feb. 4. Rancy, a 22-year-old combat engineer assigned to the 509th Engineer Company, 5th Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, was also found guilty of obstructing justice. On Feb. 6, the military judge sentenced him to life in prison without the...
A Soldier pleaded guilty to strangling his ex-girlfriend during his court-martial Jan. 21 at the Fort Bragg Courthouse.
Spc. Steven A. Villegas, 24, a Test, Measurement, Diagnostic, Equipment Maintenance Support Specialist assigned to 82nd Airborne Division Sustainment Brigade, was sentenced by the military judge to five and a half months in prison, reduction in rank to E-1, and a bad conduct discharge from the Army. Per the terms of the...
An Army Soldier who fled to Puerto Rico prior to his court-martial at Fort Stewart, Ga., pleaded guilty to domestic violence crimes during his court-martial at Fort Buchanan Jan. 9. Pvt. (PV2) Yadiel Dominguez-Nieves, 20, a military policeman assigned to 549th Military Police Company, 385th Military Police Battalion, 3rd Division Sustainment Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga., also pleaded guilty to damaging non-military...
A Soldier who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography was sentenced to 22 months in prison during his court-martial Dec. 19 at the Camp Humphreys courtroom. Pvt. Angel G. Vazquez, 20, an AH-64 Attack Helicopter Repairer, assigned to D Company, 4th Aerial Recon Battalion (Attack), 2nd Aviation Regiment, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, was also sentenced by the military judge to a bad conduct discharge.
An Army non-commissioned officer who pleaded guilty to rape of a child and indecent lewd acts with a child was sentenced by the military judge to 48 years in prison during his court-martial at the Fort Leonard Wood courtroom Dec. 9. Staff Sgt. Jason Rucker, 34, a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear specialist assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 84th Chemical Battalion, 3rd Chemical Brigade, was also sentenced by the...
A military judge convicted a Soldier of the rape and sexual assault of a child, sentencing him to 30 years in prison at the conclusion of his court-martial at the Rose Barracks Courthouse Dec. 18. Spc. Marcus Hampton, 27, a Signal Soldier assigned to the 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, 7th Army Training Command, also received a dishonorable discharge from the Army.
A non-commissioned officer who pleaded guilty to child pornography crimes was sentenced by the military judge to five and a half years in prison during his court-martial at the Fort Bragg Courtroom Dec. 18. Staff Sgt. Anthony Garcia, 30, a chaplainā€™s assistant assigned to the 525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade, XVIII Airborne Corps, pleaded guilty to the possession, receipt and distribution of child pornography.
During his court-martial Dec. 17 at the Lawrence Williams Judicial Center, Spc. Kip D. Holloway pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter which resulted in the death of Spc. Clarence J. White, 26. Holloway, 25, an M1 armor crewman, was sentenced by the military judge on Dec. 18 to be confined for nine years and dishonorably discharged from the Army. Both Soldiers were assigned to the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division.
