FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — An Army military police captain accused of stalking a staff sergeant, assaulting a former intimate partner, tracking her without her knowledge and maintaining prohibited relationships with several enlisted Soldiers was dismissed from the service and sentenced to 82 days in confinement after pleading guilty to two offenses. Capt. Matthew Angelo…
Months after a decorated Fort Riley Military Police noncommissioned officer was arrested and accused of serious sexual offenses in Kansas, prosecutors dismissed the case and a judge later ordered the records of his arrest and prosecution expunged. Now, Staff Sgt. Roland Joseph Dore Jr.’s attorney says video evidence and changing accounts from the woman who…
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — Newly released Army court-martial records obtained by The Salty Soldier through the Freedom of Information Act reveal the extraordinary level of privacy Staff Sgt. Oscar F. Martinez’s hidden bathroom camera invaded — secretly recording relatives, friends and fellow Soldiers during some of their most private moments inside his on-post Hawaii home….
Newly obtained court records provide new details about the case against active-duty Airman Benton Christopher Fezer, who faces 22 felony child abuse charges involving his 5-year-old daughter. Editor’s Note: This story discusses allegations of child abuse. Some details contained in court records have been omitted from this report due to their graphic nature. An uncensored…
A retired Army military intelligence noncommissioned officer was recalled to active duty and court-martialed after admissions made during a National Security Agency polygraph helped unravel years of crimes involving children spanning multiple states and decades. Sgt. 1st Class Sean A. Loveridge, 54, pleaded guilty Aug. 13 at Fort Meade, Maryland, to three specifications of sexual…
A U.S. Army military police Soldier at Fort Leavenworth is facing murder and involuntary manslaughter charges after prosecutors allege he shot and killed his 7-month-old son with a rifle inside their on-post residence. Spc. Peyton D. Creel is assigned to the Combined Arms Command Law Enforcement Activity, Special Troops Battalion, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The…
A former U.S. Army Soldier convicted in a sprawling hacking and extortion scheme continued researching computer vulnerabilities after his arrest, using other inmates’ email accounts to obtain information from artificial intelligence about hacking techniques, improvised prison antennas and escaping custody, according to federal prosecutors. Cameron John Wagenius, 22, was sentenced Sept. 25 to 70 months…
An Army veteran running for U.S. Senate in Idaho has apparently created a political ad good enough to make people consider moving there. At least according to the comment section. Independent Senate candidate Todd Achilles released a campaign video Sept. 22 built around an intentionally simple lesson for politicians thinking about starting another war: don’t….
New military-themed adult content depicting an active-duty Fort Bragg sergeant has surfaced publicly months after the Army launched multiple investigations into her online activity. The photographs and videos reviewed by The Salty Soldier depict Sgt. Yessica Nunez-Melendez, whose online adult-content activity has been the subject of the publication’s reporting since January. The newly discovered social-media…
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — A Fort Campbell military police sergeant was sentenced to six months in confinement and a bad-conduct discharge after admitting he maltreated two junior Soldiers and assaulted one of them during incidents connected to their work as military police officers. Sgt. Kaden H. Zhang, assigned to the Fort Campbell Law Enforcement Company,…
