TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. — A career Airman who pleaded for mercy after admitting marijuana use, describing a divorce-driven collapse marked by depression, heavy drinking and suicidal thoughts, later pleaded guilty to using marijuana during a new period and was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge. Staff Sgt. Kinyada J. Johnson, assigned to the 552nd…
Newly released Army Criminal Investigation Division records provide the clearest account yet of how Spc. Miguel Garcia Rivera was found dead at Wheeler Army Airfield in April 2025 and what investigators ultimately determined caused his death. Rivera, a 22-year-old Soldier assigned to D Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Combat Aviation Brigade, was found…
FORT KNOX, Ky. — The mother of a Fort Knox Soldier killed in an on-post motor-pool accident has publicly described the injuries her son suffered, saying steel brackets fell on him and crushed his torso. Staff Sgt. Deonte Lamar Davis died Sept. 1 after engineering equipment fell on him while he was working in a…
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A U.S. Army Green to Gold cadet publicly identified in a viral Dollar Tree video has been arrested and charged with eight felonies and misdemeanor stalking after a Fayetteville Police investigation uncovered allegations involving multiple juvenile shoppers. Musa Ajay Salagbi, 23, faces seven felony counts of indecent exposure in the presence of…
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…
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…
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…
UPDATE: This article was updated Sept. 9 to reflect that Prevatte’s 10-year prison sentence covers both Hillsborough County cases and includes credit for 643 days served. A longtime U.S. Army Reserve intelligence noncommissioned officer assigned to a unit supporting U.S. Special Operations Command was sentenced Aug. 28 to 10 years in Florida state prison, resolving…
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…
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…
