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Army confirms Fort Bragg sergeant is still on active duty as she says she’s being promoted
Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez remains on active duty at Fort Bragg after months of Army scrutiny over her online adult-content activity, the Army confirmed this week — while declining to answer whether its latest investigation has ended, whether any action was taken or whether the soldier is now headed for promotion. The confirmation came after Nunez-Melendez…
Marine caught in online predator sting takes court-martial plea deal
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A Marine whose encounter with an online predator-hunting group sparked an NCIS investigation earlier this year has pleaded guilty at a general court-martial to distributing child pornography and was sentenced to 40 months in confinement and a bad-conduct discharge, according to newly available military court records. Abdiel J. Cortesdiaz, who was…
Army Specialist faces charges involving a sleeping soldier as trial remains delayed
A U.S. Army specialist stationed in Germany is facing three sexual assault allegations involving another Soldier, according to a charge sheet obtained by The Salty Soldier. SPC Jonathan E. Feil, an E-4 assigned to the 51st Composite Truck Company, 18th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 16th Sustainment Brigade, is accused of misconduct that prosecutors say occurred…
Army reserve master sergeant sentenced for sex abuse of student while working as teacher, massive CSAM case
A longtime U.S. Army Reserve intelligence noncommissioned officer assigned to a unit supporting U.S. Special Operations Command was sentenced Friday to 10 years in Florida state prison, bringing a major Hillsborough County prosecution that began with allegations involving a high school student and later expanded after investigators discovered an extensive cache of child sexual abuse…
USAF NCO admitted interest in minors after investigators found secret recordings of child
An active-duty Airman stationed at Minot Air Force Base admitted to investigators that he secretly recorded a 13-year-old family or household member inside his on-base home, according to newly obtained North Dakota court records. Those recordings became part of a much larger investigation into Cory James Mulrain, a technical sergeant assigned to Minot AFB. Federal…
Air Force NCO who vanished to Dominican Republic now faces desertion court martial
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. — A U.S. Air Force noncommissioned officer whose disappearance triggered a months long search before investigators revealed he had traveled to the Dominican Republic is now scheduled to face a Special Court Martial on a charge of desertion. Staff Sgt. Isaiah Morningstar, assigned to Holloman Air Force Base, is scheduled to go on…
Soldier found dead in barracks parking lot identified more than a year later
More than a year after a Soldier was found dead inside a vehicle at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii, newly released Army records have identified him as Spc. Miguel Garcia Rivera. Rivera was a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, according to a…
New records reveal what led to Fort Sill drill sergeant’s conviction
When Fort Sill drill sergeant Staff Sgt. George L. Singleton was convicted earlier this year, the Army’s publicly available court information offered little explanation for what had actually landed him before a general court-martial. The record showed that Singleton had been convicted of two specifications of sexual harassment, acquitted of several other allegations and sentenced…
Airman said she didn’t know police were trying to stop her despite repeated tire spikes
An active-duty Airman assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base allegedly continued driving the wrong way down a divided Missouri highway even after deputies successfully spiked her tires, nearly striking several motorists before she was taken into custody, according to newly filed court records. Airman First Class Melissa Depaz, 22, is now facing a felony charge…
Army Captain receives no punishment after being convicted of drunken van incident with a subordinate
A prior-enlisted Army captain with more than a decade in uniform pulled a subordinate second lieutenant from the driver’s seat of a van, left him on the side of the road and drove away during a November 2025 incident near Fort Lee, Virginia. Capt. Cody D. Herr later admitted he was operating the vehicle with…
