UPDATE: This article reflects the status of the case at the time it was originally published. The charges against Roland Joseph Dore Jr. were later dismissed without prejudice at the State’s request, and the records of his arrest and prosecution were subsequently expunged by court order. Dore’s attorney now says video evidence and inconsistencies in…
An Army staff sergeant was reduced in rank following a special court-martial at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland, after pleading guilty to charges involving extramarital sexual conduct and indecent conduct under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. According to official court-martial results, Staff Sgt. Nicholas Heskett was convicted on Dec. 16, 2025, at a special…
An Army non-commissioned officer was sentenced to more than five years in military confinement after pleading guilty to secretly recording family members, guests, and fellow Soldiers inside his on-post home in Hawaii, according to court-martial records and an Army release. On Nov. 6, 2025, a military judge sitting as a general court-martial at Wheeler Army…
Newly filed court records show that retired U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Clinton James Bonnell had virtually no money remaining in his personal bank accounts by the time his estate was inventoried—months after he went missing and weeks after his remains were formally identified. Probate documents filed in Cumberland County Superior Court list zero balances…
A Texas National Guard soldier was arrested in Hidalgo County after McAllen police obtained a warrant alleging continuous sexual abuse of a child under the age of 14, according to police and court records. Juan Salas-Sandoval was taken into custody by the McAllen Police Department on December 16, 2025, following the issuance of an arrest…
An Army human resources specialist stationed at Fort Benning has been sentenced to confinement and discharged from the service following a fatal hit-and-run case that moved through both civilian and military justice systems. Specialist Adonis S. Cooley was convicted Dec. 16, 2025, at a general court-martial convened at Fort Benning, Georgia. According to military court…
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Friends, family members, and fellow soldiers are mourning the loss of a young U.S. Army paratrooper who was killed Friday afternoon in a motorcycle crash near Fort Bragg. Army officials and local police identified the soldier as Spc. Aaron Isaiah Aguero, 20, who was assigned to the 3rd Brigade Combat Team,…
FORT STEWART, Ga. — An Army supply sergeant accused of opening fire on his own unit at Fort Stewart last summer appeared Friday before a military judge as his case formally moved forward under the Army’s most serious level of court-martial. Sgt. Quornelius Radford, 28, was arraigned on December 19 at Fort Stewart following the…
A senior enlisted U.S. Army Reserve noncommissioned officer arrested last year for sexually abusing a high school student while working as a substitute teacher in Florida has now pleaded guilty in one case, as court records show investigators uncovered dozens of additional felony offenses involving child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and illegal animal sexual exploitation…
Updated on January 29, 2026 A U.S. Army sergeant assigned to the 89th Military Police Brigade at Fort Hood, Texas, appeared to insult a commissioned officer, engage in a monetized TikTok livestream, and use profane language while on duty and in uniform, according to a video livestreamed Monday afternoon. The livestream, which aired on Monday,…
