MOORE COUNTY, N.C. — More than a year after an Army Soldier was arrested while attending a leadership school at Fort Bragg, a Moore County grand jury has indicted him on felony charges stemming from allegations involving a 14-year-old girl.
Dustin Ray Goodroe was indicted Aug. 3 on charges of first-degree kidnapping and soliciting a child by computer, according to indictments obtained by The Salty Soldier. The indictments move the cases into Moore County Superior Court after they remained pending for more than a year following Goodroe’s February 2025 arrest.
The new indictments also provide additional details about the allegations.
According to the first-degree kidnapping indictment, prosecutors allege Goodroe kidnapped a girl who was under 16 by unlawfully confining, restraining or moving her from one place to another without her parent’s consent. The indictment alleges the kidnapping was committed to facilitate a felony and states that the girl “was sexually assaulted.”
A separate indictment alleges Goodroe used a computer or electronic device to contact the girl through social media with the intent to commit statutory rape and a statutory sex offense.
Prosecutors allege the girl was 14 years old and at least five years younger than Goodroe, who was approximately 20 at the time. The indictment alleges Goodroe enticed her to meet him for the purpose of committing an unlawful sex act and that he actually appeared at the meeting location in the Woodlake Community.
Both indictments concern alleged conduct dating to approximately Oct. 1, 2024.
Goodroe was arrested Feb. 14, 2025, following an investigation that began after Aberdeen Police received a report of a missing juvenile in January 2025. The investigation involved Aberdeen Police, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office and Army Criminal Investigation Division.
An arrest record obtained by The Salty Soldier identified Goodroe’s occupation as “Soldier” and listed the place of his arrest as “BLC, Fort Bragg, NC.”
BLC, or the Basic Leader Course, is an Army professional military education school for developing junior enlisted leaders. The Army describes the 22-academic-day course as training sergeants, promotable specialists and corporals to lead team-sized elements and develop the skills needed to serve successfully as noncommissioned officers. It is not basic training or job-specific training; it is a formal leadership course in the Army’s noncommissioned officer education system.
Goodroe’s attendance at BLC therefore suggests he was at the junior enlisted or junior NCO level and was undergoing professional leadership development, but it does not by itself establish his exact rank at the time. Records obtained by The Salty Soldier have not established whether he was a specialist, corporal or sergeant.
His presence at Fort Bragg also did not necessarily mean he was assigned there.
The Fort Bragg NCO Academy provides professional military education not only for Fort Bragg units but also for Soldiers from elsewhere in the region. Soldiers can travel from their parent units to attend the course before returning to their regular duty stations.
Shortly after Goodroe’s arrest in 2025, then-XVIII Airborne Corps Director of Public Affairs Col. Mary Ricks confirmed to The Salty Soldier that Goodroe was not assigned to XVIII Airborne Corps at the time of his arrest.
That left an important unanswered question: where was Goodroe actually assigned when he went to Fort Bragg to attend BLC?
More than a year later, The Salty Soldier attempted to answer that question before reporting on his indictments.
The publication contacted U.S. Army Human Resources Command seeking Goodroe’s rank, military occupational specialty, unit and installation of assignment at the time of his arrest. HRC was also asked to identify his parent unit while attending BLC and confirm his current rank, unit, duty station and whether he remains on active duty.
Those questions were directed to HRC because the issue was no longer simply whether Goodroe belonged to a Fort Bragg organization. The information sought concerned his Army personnel and assignment history — specifically, which unit sent him to the leadership course and where he was assigned before and after his arrest.
Fort Bragg Public Affairs was also included in the inquiries.
Despite multiple attempts over more than a week, the Army did not respond to The Salty Soldier’s requests to identify Goodroe’s unit at the time of his arrest or confirm whether he remains on active duty.
The unanswered questions do not change what court records now establish about the criminal proceedings.
A Moore County grand jury indicted Goodroe on both charges Aug. 3, moving the cases into Superior Court. The charges remain pending, and Goodroe has not been convicted.
The Salty Soldier will update this report if the Army responds with information concerning Goodroe’s assignment or current military status.
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