A missing 15-year-old Pennsylvania girl was found in the basement of a home rented by a 27-year-old active-duty airman after investigators tracked his cellphone to Dover Air Force Base, according to a federal criminal complaint obtained by The Salty Soldier. The girl later told investigators that Dylan Drake Williams sexually assaulted her, recorded multiple encounters…
An Air Force staff sergeant trusted to keep aircraft safe at Ramstein Air Base repeatedly tested positive for cocaine and stopped using the drug only after commanders restricted him to the installation, according to a sharply worded reprimand issued after his court-martial. Staff Sgt. (E-5) Jacob R. Van Pelt pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine and…
A McConnell Air Force Base airman accused of sexually abusing teenage boys he met through a local church was convicted at a general court-martial of possessing child pornography, multiple indecent-conduct offenses and obstruction of justice, but was acquitted of both sexual-abuse charges prosecutors brought against him. Senior Airman Randall Race Thomas Moore Jr., 26, assigned…
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…
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…
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…
On April 11, 2023, Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents met Senior Master Sgt. Shakib S. Rahman inside his first sergeant’s office at his workplace. The agents arrived prepared to seize electronic devices they believed could contain photographs, videos and other evidence connected to years of alleged sexual abuse involving Rahman’s stepdaughter. Investigators were…
Kurdish officials promoted the projects as carrying $110 billion in potential value. What they did not publicly disclose was how much would become corporate profit, how much would reach regional or federal governments, and how much would ultimately benefit the Iraqi people who legally own the resources. WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iraq’s oil and gas belong…
Newly obtained military court records provide the first detailed public account of the crimes that led to the court-martial and imprisonment of former U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Allen G. VanEtten, a former member of the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor Demonstration Team. The records, obtained by The Salty Soldier, reveal that VanEtten met a 15-year-old…
