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A U.S. Army paratrooper assigned to Fort Bragg was killed early Sunday morning in a single-vehicle crash in Harnett County, North Carolina, according to state authorities and Army officials. The North Carolina State Highway Patrol identified the deceased as Triston Amarion Pippins, 22, of Mount Pleasant, Texas. A spokesperson for Fort Bragg confirmed to local…
A U.S. Marine stationed in Hawaii has been sentenced to seven years in military prison and kicked out of the service after being convicted of sexually abusing a child and producing child sexual abuse material. Court-martial records show that Sgt. Eric Matthew Agitan was found guilty in October 2025 of sexually assaulting a child and…
Charges have now been formally filed against a Fort Riley–based U.S. Army Military Police noncommissioned officer accused of rape and sexual battery in Geary County, Kansas. Court records show Staff Sgt. Roland Joseph Dore Jr., 35, was formally charged on Jan. 2, 2026, with one count of rape and one count of sexual battery. The…
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…
OKLAHOMA CITY — A 20-year-old U.S. Navy sailor stationed at Tinker Air Force Base died Dec. 9 after jumping from a highway overpass near the Interstate 40 and Interstate 35 interchange, authorities said. The death was confirmed by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, which reported that a person died after jumping from the bridge, prompting a…
A U.S. Air Force airman believed to be assigned to Dyess Air Force Base was arrested on an assault charge in late December, weeks after resolving a separate drunken-driving case through a court-ordered probation program, according to public records reviewed by The Salty Soldier. The airman, Zeb Lee Howze V, was arrested by the Abilene…
A Fort Riley-based U.S. Army Military Police noncommissioned officer was arrested in Geary County, Kansas, on felony rape and misdemeanor sexual battery charges just months after being publicly recognized as one of the Military Police Corps’ top-performing NCOs. Staff Sgt. Roland Joseph Dore Jr., 35, was arrested shortly after midnight on Dec. 22, 2025, following…
