Military Criminality-2
Army
IN THIS SECTION See Branch Menu/List Below*
Military Criminality-1 Air Force Military Criminality-2 (here) Army Military Criminality-3 Coast Guard, Navy, Military Schools
Military Criminality-4 Marines/Active Duty, cont. Military Criminality-5 Veterans
Military Criminality-6 Overall Crime, Books, Commentary Military Criminality-7 Summary of Internet Articles
*BRANCH MENU/LIST OF TOPICS IN EACH MILITARY BRANCH
ARMY
Drugs
Alaska-Anchorage see Guard below-2018 Anchorage Police botched investigations Guard Recruiting/Mexico drugs
Florida/GOULD AND ROYER/Decorated Green Beret/2018-2019-Cocaine//Colombia-Florida large scale smuggling, may
be part of bigger scheme (also listed in Military Criminality p. 2/Veterans)
Murder, High Crimes, Other Crimes
Alaska-for now, see New Mexico Police Names/Hebbe, Steve section for related info on Army and Army Guard connections to
crimes; although Hebbe is not proven to have been directly complicit, he was in and around the Army when several mysterious
criminalistic activities were present in Alaska, includes rapes and murders, signs of drug trafficking from Puerto Rico and
elsewhere; Hebbe left Alaska to take a leadership position in the Farmington, New Mexico police system
Colorado-Colorado Springs/Army-Fort Carson/THORPE, VIRGILL/NCO-Sergeant-Cavalry Scout/was being violent with a rifle/shot
and killed by police because he was aiming the weapon at them
Oklahoma/Army-Fort Sill/WILLIAMS, CONNELL and HOLLOWAY, CANDICE C./2013-article about Murder of 10 yr old boy from
punishment-based food deprivation
Sexual Crimes, Rapes
Colorado-near Colorado Springs/Army-Fort Carson Military Installation/MELGAREJO, LUIS/Chemical Weapons Specialist/2020-
Raped two girls repeatedly
Colorado-near Colorado Springs/Fort Carson/ACEVEDO-MERCADO, NOEL/2015-Rape-accused of Also Private 1st Class JOHN
DONOVAN
Montana/MEJIA JR, MARCIAL/Army Supply Sergeant/2018 article- 2012 Rape minor (14 yr old girl)
New Mexico-Albuquerque/Kirtland Air Force Base - General Information-2019 article about rape area near base
New York/Fort Drum/ESTES, MICHAEL A./Private/2019-general court-martial involving Rape of Child, Sexual Assault and Abuse,
Sodomy, Obstruction of Justice-convicted with Sgt. 1st Class MICHAEL A. ROBINSON
New York/ROBINSON, MICHAEL A. /New York/Fort Drum/2019-general court martial involving Rape Minor convicted with
MICHAEL A. ESTES
New York/Fort Drum/ROYBAL-MCINTOSH, RASHAD/Rape of Minor-Child, Indecent Exposure, died before sentencing finalization
of found-guilty status
North Carolina-Fayetteville/Delta Force elite member male name withheld because he was acquitted/2020 article- 2016 alleged
rape-Capt. Erin Scanlon/lawsuit-man found not guilty under military court
New York-Remsen/Army-Fort Drum/SPALDING Jr, PAUL W./Specialist/Rape-Minor (less than 16 yr old girl)
New York-Rome/Fort Drum/OMURIUKI, DENIS/Specialist/2015-Rape of minor (under age of 17)
Oklahoma-North Carolina/Fort Bragg/PERNELL, AARON/Break-in-Burglaries and Rapes
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/HOCKENBERRY, SCOTT/Sexual Assault Representative/Rape
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/GALLUP, JAMES D./2013-article-Minor (9-10 yr old girl)
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/Child-on-Child-Sexual-Abuse/2018-article
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/WEST, CASEY/Sexual Assault Response Representative/2017-article-Rape several times over course of year-
minor (age 12)
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/RIVERA, HAROLD/Master Sergeant/2016 article- Child Sex Abuse of Minor (under 16)-likely Drug sedation
preceded some of activity
Utah-Herriman-Tooele High School/DRAGON, BRIAN JOSEPH/Army Recruiter/Sex-Minor (17 yr old female)-2017 article-
Imprisoned
National Guard
Alaska-Anchorage
Arizona/Army National Guard/CASTILLO, DEMIAN F./Army National Guard Recruiter/2007-Prison for Drug smuggling
Wisconsin/Army National Guard/3 different men one alleged female victim/2019 article, alleged rapes 2012-2018, alleged rape
victim Megan Plunkett, a Wisconsin newspaper provided her story as part of a 4-part series on rapes
ROTC
Wyoming/University of Wyoming’s Army Reserve Officer’s Training/2018 article-several victims/rapes, sexual misconduct, some
of it while victims are under the influence of substances like alcohol
MILITARY CRIMINALITY
In several cases, both rape and murder occur, but subjects broken down into Rape or Murder, with exceptions made
ARMY
See ROTC, National Guard at bottom of Army section; Alaska-Anchorage drug problems see National Guard below
Army/Drugs
Florida
Florida/GOULD AND ROYER/Decorated Green Beret/2018-2019-Cocaine//Colombia-Florida large scale smuggling, may be part of bigger
scheme
Army Times
2019/01/04 Two Army Green Berets plead guilty in plot to smuggle 90 pounds of cocaine from Colombia
2019/01/04/two-army-green-berets-plead-guilty-in-plot-to-smuggle-90-pounds-of-cocaine-from-colombia/
Business Insider
2018/08/29 A Special Forces soldier is being investigated for smuggling millions of dollars of drugs
— and it may be part of a much bigger scheme. By Christopher Woody
2018/08/29--https //www businessinsider com/army-soldier-investigated-for-drug-trafficking-may-
be-part-of-network-2018-8
Army/Sexual Crimes, Rapes
See ROTC at bottom of list
Wikipedia
https //en wikipedia org/wiki/Washington_and_Colorado_serial_rape_cases
Between 2008 and 2011, a series of rapes in the suburbs around Seattle and Denver were perpetrated by Marc
Patrick O'Leary,[1] an Army veteran who had previously been stationed near Tacoma.[2
2009
2009/01/12--https //abcnews go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6628131&page=1 Army Iraq Vet Nathan Ryan Smith
kidnapping rape
Jan. 13, 2009— -- Police in Washington state are searching for a Iraq war veteran accused of kidnapping and
torturing two women and raping one of them. Staff Sgt. Nathan Ryan Smith, 29, has been charged with
kidnapping, rape, arson and tampering with evidence.
Colorado
Colorado-Colorado Springs/Fort Carson/Soldier/MELGAREJO, LUIS/Special Forces-chemical weapons Specialist/2020-Rape repeatedly of
two girls
Gazette
2020/04/21 Fort Carson Special Forces soldier charged with rape, sexual assault of child. By Erin
Prater
2020/04/21--https //gazette com/military/fort-carson-special-forces-soldier-charged-with-rape-
sexual-assault-of-child/article_baf2e638-833c-11ea-b6a0-7bdd688b442f.html
KKTV
2017/01/5 Fort Carson sergeant faces rape charges in attacks on children. By Tom Roeder
https //www kktv com/content/news/Fort-Carson-sergeant-faces-rape-charges-for-attacks-on-
children--409827585.html
Excerpt: COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (The Gazette) - A Fort Carson sergeant will face trial next month
on rape charges alleging repeated attacks on children.Sgt. Luis Melgarejo, a chemical weapons
specialist from the post's 1st Brigade Combat Team, is charged with eight counts of sexual assault
dating as far back as 2012. Three of the charges allege an assault on a girl who was under the age of
12.The charges were detailed in court papers released to The Gazette on Thursday.Melgarejo, a
seven-year veteran, also faces two charges alleging that he violated orders not to contact victims in
the case and a charge of assault for pushing a victim against a wall at a Fort Carson residence, court
papers show.Melgarejo was jailed in July after the charges were first issued. One of the charges says
he used a phone to contact victims while locked up.The 32-year-old could face a maximum
punishment of life in prison if convicted on all counts.During his years in the Army, Melgarejo has
earned the Army Achievement Medal and the Good Conduct Medal. He's set for court-martial Feb. 22
at the post.
2017/01/05--https //www kktv com/content/news/Fort-Carson-sergeant-faces-rape-charges-for-
attacks-on-children--409827585.html
Colorado-near Colorado Springs/Fort Carson/ACEVEDO-MERCADO, NOEL/2015-Rape-accused of Also Private 1st Class JOHN DONOVAN
KKTV
2015/04/23 Two Fort Carson soldiers accused of rape. Author unknown.
2015/04/23--https /www kktv com/home/headlines/Two-Ft-Carson-Soldiers-Accused-of-Rape-
301022081 html
Excerpt: Two soldiers are accused of raping a Colorado Springs high school student at a party last
fall. If convicted, both men could face years behind bars. According to the arrest affidavit obtained
this week by our partners at The Gazette, a group of teens were hanging out at a spot along Gold
Camp Road west of the Springs on the night of Oct. 4. That's where investigators say the 17-year-old
victim first met Spc. Noel Acevedo-Mercado and Pvt. 1st Class John Donathan.At some point, the
party moved to the victim's house. As the night wore on, investigators say the victim started feeling
sick from drinking half a bottle of whiskey and went upstairs. The soldiers allegedly followed her.
According to the affidavit, the men took turns sexually assaulting her. The victim told investigators
that after several unsuccessful attempts at stopping the rape, she was finally able to get away after
convincing them she needed to check on the house. The affidavit states that another guest found
the victim collapsed in tears in a hallway.
2015/04/23--https /www kktv com/home/headlines/Two-Ft-Carson-Soldiers-Accused-of-Rape-
301022081 html
Montana
Montana/MEJIA JR, MARCIAL/Army Supply Sergeant/2018 article- 2012 Rape minor (14 yr old girl)
https://billingsgazette.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/teen-reported-her-rape-to-protect-others-
attorney-says-at-army-supply-sergeants-trial/article_68898692-2d5c-52cb-ae2c-9bc7da5d4149.html
New York
New York/Fort Drum/ESTES JR, MICHAEL/Rape Minor (16 year old)
Local Syr
2018/09/26
2018/09/26--https //www localsyr com/news/local-news/fort-drum-man-facing-rape-charges/
Excerpt: A 21-year-old Fort Drum man is under arrest after New York State Police say he was
involved in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old on Fort Drum. Michale Estes, Jr. is charged with
Rape 3rd degree, Criminal Sexual Act 3rd degree and Endangering the Welfare of a Child. Estes was
arraigned in the Town of LeRay court and sent to the Jefferson County Public Safety Building in lieu
of $1,000 cash bail
2018/09/26--https //www localsyr com/news/local-news/fort-drum-man-facing-rape-charges/
New York-Rome/Fort Drum/OMURIUKI, DENIS/Specialist/2015-Rape of minor (under age of 17)
Army Times
2015/03/13 Fort Drum soldier accused of raping underage person
2015/03/13--https //www armytimes com/news/your-army/2015/03/13/fort-drum-soldier-accused-of-
raping-underage-person/
Excerpt: Police in central New York say a 26-year-old Fort Drum soldier has been charged with rape.
The Oneida County Sheriff's Office says Spc. Denis Omuriuki was arraigned Friday on a charge of
third-degree rape. He's accused of having sexual relations with a person under the age of 17 in Rome
between May and September of 2014.
2015/03/13--https //www armytimes com/news/your-army/2015/03/13/fort-drum-soldier-accused-of-
raping-underage-person/
New York-Remsen/Army-Fort Drum/SPALDING Jr, W. PAUL/Specialist/Rape-Minor (less than 16 yr old girl)
Rome Sentinel
2018/04/14 Fort Drum soldier faces rape charge
2018/04/14--https //romesentinel com/stories/fort-drum-soldier-faces-rape-charge,6807
Excerpt: Fort Drum soldier is accused of having sex with a teenage girl in Remsen. Paul W. Spalding Jr., 21,
visited the girl on multiple occasions over the past three months, eventually having sex with her at least
once, according to Detective Edwin A. D’Alessandro of the county Child Advocacy Center. The girl is less
than 16-years-old. Authorities said Spalding is a U.S. Army specialist stationed at Fort Drum. Spalding was
taken into custody on Thursday on one count of felony third-degree rape, authorities stated. He was
arraigned in court and was sent to county jail in lieu of $5,000 cash bail
2018/04/14--https //romesentinel com/stories/fort-drum-soldier-faces-rape-charge,6807
New York/Fort Drum/ESTES, MICHAEL A./Private/2019-general court-martial involving Rape of Child, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sodomy,
Obstruction of Justice-convicted with Sgt. 1st Class Michael A. Robinson
Tarrant dot tx
2019/05/29 TWO FORT DRUM SOLDIERS CONVICTED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT IN SEPARATE COURTS-
MARTIAL
Watertown Daily Times
2019/05/29--https://tarrant.tx.networkofcare.org/dv/news-article-detail.aspx?id=104646
Excerpt: On Feb. 26 at a general court-martial, Pvt. Michael A. Estes Jr. pleaded guilty to one charge
of sexual assault. He was reduced in rank to E-1, forfeited all pay and was sentenced to five years
confinement and a dishonorable discharge. On March 29 at a general court-martial, Sgt. 1st Class
Michael A. Robinson was convicted by a military panel of three counts of rape of a child, one count of
sexual assault of a child, four counts of sexual abuse of a child, one count each of sodomy and
obstruction of justice. He was found not guilty of one count of indecent conduct and three counts of
committing a lewd act on a child.
2019/05/29--https://tarrant.tx.networkofcare.org/dv/news-article-detail.aspx?id=104646
New York/Fort Drum/ROYBAL-MCINTOSH, RASHAD/Rape of Minor-Child, Indecent Exposure, died before sentencing finalization of found-
guilty status
Tully Legal
2018/05/04 Fort Drum soldier dies before child-rape sentence; victim’s family upset by dropped
charges
2018/05/04--https //www tullylegal com/our-firm/news/fort-drum-soldier-dies-before-child-rape-
sentence-victims-family-upset-by-dropped-charges/
Excerpt: FORT DRUM — The death of a soldier the day before his sentencing for child sex crimes is
under investigation by the Army, and has left the victim’s family frustrated about what they see as a
lack of justice. Pvt. Rashad Roybal-McIntosh had been found guilty in an Army court martial of rape
of a child and indecent exposure, according to the victim’s father, but was found dead on March
26.Since the private had not yet been sentenced, the charges against him will be withdrawn. “I
don’t want people to think he was a good guy,” said the victim’s father, in a phone call with the
Times. “He wasn’t a good guy. He was a predator.”
2018/05/04--https //www tullylegal com/our-firm/news/fort-drum-soldier-dies-before-child-rape-
sentence-victims-family-upset-by-dropped-charges/
Oklahoma
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/HOCKENBERRY, SCOTT/Captain/2018-Rape
Army Times
2018/12/18 Alleged victim testifies in rape case against Army sexual assault prosecutor. By Meghann
Myers.
https //www armytimes com/news/your-army/2018/12/18/alleged-victim-testifies-in-rape-case-against-
army-sexual-assault-prosecutor/
Excerpt: Capt. Scott Hockenberry is scheduled to go to court-martial for three counts of forcible
intercourse and three counts of sexual assault consummated by a battery against the woman, also an
Army judge advocate, while they were both stationed at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in 2016.
2018/12/18--https //www armytimes com/news/your-army/2018/12/18/alleged-victim-testifies-in-rape-case-
against-army-sexual-assault-prosecutor/
Oklahoma and North Carolina/Fort Bragg/PERNELL, AARON/Break-in-Burglaries and Rapes
Fay Observer
2013/02/19 Serial rapist Aaron Pernell gets more than 160 years in prison for seven attacks. By
Caitlin Dineen
2013/02/19--https //www fayobserver com/article/20130219/news/302199792
Excerpt: RAEFORD - The former Fort Bragg soldier who attacked eight women in the Fayetteville
area over a period of months took responsibility Monday for his assaults and will spend the rest of
his life in prison.
Aaron Pernell, 25, was sentenced to at least 167 years in prison after pleading guilty in a Hoke County
courtroom. “You don’t share any of the guilt,” Pernell said, speaking to the victims of his Hoke
County attacks. “The blame is all mine.” Pernell wore a jail-issued white jumpsuit and was shackled
with his wrists attached to this waist. Three women, two of whom were sexually assaulted, told
Pernell that he ruined their lives.
“Aaron Pernell stole stuff from all of us that you can’t pick up at Walmart,” one victim said.
She said the victims lost a sense of security, self-worth and a sense of humanity.
The sentence is on top of 50 years Pernell already is serving in a federal prison for one o
2013/02/19--https //www fayobserver com/article/20130219/news/302199792
Public Radio Tulsa
no date for article
https://www.publicradiotulsa.org/post/tulsa-soldier-facing-charges-rape-and-burglary
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/Child-on-Child-Sexual-Abuse/2018-article
Tulsa World
2018/05/07 Six kid on kid sex assault cases investigated at Fort Sill
2018/05/07--https //www tulsaworld com/news/state-and-regional/six-kid-on-kid-sex-assault-cases-
investigated-at-fort-sill-army-base-in-oklahoma/article_ba41b579-531b-56e1-85e2-1e62e78ae9b8.html
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/GALLUP, JAMES D./2013-article-Minor (9-10 yr old girl)
Oklahoman
2013/02/06 Fort Sill soldier is convicted of child sex abuse. By Phillip O’Connor
2013/02/06--https //oklahoman com/article/3752257/fort-sill-soldier-is-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse
Excerpt: Month after month, year after year, Sgt. 1st Class James D. Gallup repeatedly molested a
preteen girl, military prosecutors alleged. Friday, Gallup became the second of four Fort Sill soldiers
facing recent but unrelated cases of sexual misconduct with a child to be convicted at court-martial.
Less than four dozen such prosecutions occurred Armywide last year. The charge against Gallup
involved abuse that occurred between January 2009 and December 2011 when the girl was about 9 or
10 years old, according to testimony during the two-day trial. The Oklahoman not identifying sexual
assault victims.
2013/02/06--https //oklahoman com/article/3752257/fort-sill-soldier-is-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/WEST, CASEY/Sexual Assault Response Representative/2017-article-Rape several times over course of year-minor
(age 12)
2017/05/10--https //oklahoman com/article/5548595/fort-sill-soldier-gets-prison-term-for-rape-he-
had-served-as-a-sexual-assault-response-representative
Oklahoma/Fort Sills/RIVERA, HAROLD/Master Sergeant/2016 article- Child Sex Abuse of Minor (under 16)-likely Drug sedation preceded
some of activity
2016/03/12--https //www kswo com/story/31452481/sill-soldier-convicted-of-child-sex-abuse/
Utah
Utah-Herriman-Tooele High School/DRAGON, BRIAN JOSEPH/Army Recruiter/Sex-Minor (17 yr old female)-2017 article-
Imprisoned
2017/09/15--https //www sltrib com/news/2017/09/15/utah-army-recruiter-sentenced-to-jail-
for-having-sex-with-minor/
General Information - War Zone - Iraq location - 2010-2011 Initiation Ritual in 9th Cavalry Regiment 1st Squadron C
Troop
Defense
2012/04/29 [Hazing-Initation Ritual] Crazy Troop; NCOs court-martialed after initiation ritual in Iraq went too far,
Army victims say. By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Note from RG/PF: There are numbers in this article, not sure why
2012/04/29--https //defence pk/pdf/threads/criminal-hazing-raped-by-his-fellow-soldiers 176640/
Excerpt: The attack lasted about a minute. But Wright was not the first, nor the last, soldier in C Troop, 1st
Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, to endure this kind of assault….The cases against the soldiers in 1st
Squadron stem from incidents that happened during a one-year deployment in Iraq from September 2010
to August 2011. After the attacks were reported, four soldiers were charged with crimes ranging from
aggravated sexual contact to hazing, maltreatment and breaking and entering. Three of the soldiers ; Sgt.
Josue A. Nunez-Byers, Sgt. Brian S. Cornell and Sgt. Shane M. Newitt; have already been to court-martial. A
fourth trial, for Spc. Benjamin Hill, is pending….Meanwhile, the 1st Cavalry Division, the soldiers’
parent division, has launched a “thorough 15-6 investigation into these incidents, including actions
taken or not taken by the chain of command,” Fort Hood officials said. “
2012/04/29--https //defence pk/pdf/threads/criminal-hazing-raped-by-his-fellow-soldiers 176640
Army/Murder, High Crimes, Other Crimes
Colorado
Colorado-Colorado Springs/Army-Fort Carson/THORPE, VIRGILL/NCO-Sergeant-Cavalry Scout/was being violent with a rifle/shot
and killed by police because he was aiming the weapon at them
Military dot com
2020/05/01 Fort Carson NCO Shot and Killed by Police in Colorado Springs. By Rose L
Thayer
https //www military com/daily-news/2020/05/01/fort-carson-nco-shot-and-killed-police-
colorado-springs html
Excerpt: Police in Colorado Springs, Colo., shot and killed a Fort Carson noncommissioned
officer almost two weeks ago after the soldier pointed a rifle at police through the
basement window of his off-base home during a domestic disturbance call. Sgt. Virgill
Thorpe, a 28-year-old cavalry scout from Canton, Mass., was killed April 19 after police were
called to his home in the 3200 block of Oak Creek Drive East in Colorado Springs at about
9:57 p.m. by a female caller who told them that the soldier was armed with a rifle, said Lt.
James Sokolik, the public information officer for the Colorado Springs Police Department.
The home is located about five miles from Fort Carson.
2020/05/01--https //www military com/daily-news/2020/05/01/fort-carson-nco-shot-and-
killed-police-colorado-s
Oklahoma
Oklahoma/Army-Fort Sill/WILLIAMS, CONNELL and HOLLOWAY, CANDICE C./2013-article about Murder of 10 yr old boy from
punishment-based food deprivation
Army Private And Mother Sentenced For First Degree Child Abuse Murder Of Ten-Year-Old Boy At
Fort Sill Army Post
2013/06/12--https //www justice gov/usao-wdok/pr/army-private-and-mother-sentenced-first-
degree-child-abuse-murder-ten-year-old-boy-fort
Excerpt: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma – Today, United States District Judge Stephen P. Friot
sentenced CONNELL C. WILLIAMS, 33, from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, to life imprisonment without the
possibility of parole, and CANDICE C. HOLLOWAY, 32, from Norfolk, Virginia, to 30 years
imprisonment for their roles in the first degree child abuse murder of Holloway’s ten-year-old son
on Fort Sill Army Post, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States Attorney for the Western
District of Oklahoma. According to court records, Williams, an enlisted member of the United
States Army, was assigned to Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma, in August 2010. In
September 2010, Holloway and her children moved into Fort Sill military housing with Williams.
Williams and Holloway were not married and Williams is not the biological father of the two
children. From early 2011 through May of 2011, Williams and Holloway intentionally committed
child abuse murder by depriving Holloway’s ten-year-old son of food as a form of punishment,
which ultimately resulted in his starvation death on May 5, 2011. Holloway pled guilty to first
degree murder and agreed to serve 30 years in a federal prison, followed by five years of
supervised release, in exchange for her cooperation and testimony against Williams, who was
facing a possible death sentence
2013/06/12--https //www justice gov/usao-wdok/pr/army-private-and-mother-sentenced-first-
degree-child-abuse-murder-ten-year-old-boy-fort
Army/National Guard
Alaska
ADN
2018/10/17
2018/10/18 Secret report says Anchorage police botched investigation into drug dealing by Alaska
National Guard recruiters. By Kyle Hopkins
2018/10/18--https //www adn com/alaska-news/2018/10/17/secret-report-says-anchorage-police-
botched-investigation-into-drug-dealing-by-alaska-national-guard-recruiters/
Excerpt: An Army National Guard recruiter told police he served as "the main contact" into a
Mexican drug ring operating in Alaska's largest city. He said he transported cocaine and marijuana
using National Guard vehicles and sold them while on duty. But Anchorage police mishandled the
resulting investigation into accusations of drug sales and sexual assaults by National Guard
members, according to a secret, city-funded investigation that became public for the first time this
week.
2018/10/18--https //www adn com/alaska-news/2018/10/17/secret-report-says-anchorage-police-
botched-investigation-into-drug-dealing-by-alaska-national-guard-recruiters/
Arizona
Arizona/Army National Guard/CASTILLO, DEMIAN F./Army National Guard Recruiter/2007-Prison for Drug smuggling
Arizona Daily Sun
2007/07/27 Former soldiers sent to prison in drug case
https //azdailysun com/news/local/former-soldiers-sent-to-prison-in-drug-case/article_2c2f3365-1df3-
52d1-93d5-95a460dca6dd html
Excerpt: TUCSON (AP) — A former Arizona Army National Guard recruiter who smuggled 110 pounds
of cocaine while in uniform has been sentenced to serve 2 years in federal prison, but says he
someday hopes to be able to rejoin the military. "I was a good soldier who made a couple bad
decisions," Demian F. Castillo, a former sergeant first class and recruiter at a Tucson Guard armory,
said at his sentencing hearing. "Time will tell if, one day, I can get back in." Castillo, 35, made two
drug runs in 2002 in exchange for a $14,000 payoff from what he thought was a Mexican cartel. But
Castillo was actually snared by the FBI's Operation Lively Green, an undercover probe that netted
dozens of military personnel and other public officials. At least 69 members of the military, prison
guards, law enforcement employees and other public employees have been convicted of accepting
bribes to help smuggle cocaine as a result of the probe.
2007/07/27--https //azdailysun com/news/local/former-soldiers-sent-to-prison-in-drug-
case/article_2c2f3365-1df3-52d1-93d5-95a460dca6ddhtml
Wisconsin
Wisconsin/Army National Guard/3 different men one alleged female victim/2019 article, alleged rapes 2012-2018, alleged rape
victim Megan Plunkett, a Wisconsin newspaper provided her story as part of a 4-part series on rapes
2019/05/07--https //madison com/ct/news/local/govt-and-politics/it-was-rape-wisconsin-army-
national-guard-officer-megan-plunkett/article_9e4d3b84-85ed-5931-8141-373f41011170.html
ROTC
Wyoming
Wyoming/University of Wyoming’s Army Reserve Officer’s Training/2018 article-several victims/rapes, sexual misconduct, some
of it while victims are under the influence of substances like alcohol
Wyoming Public Media
2018/03/09
2018/03/09--https //www wyomingpublicmedia org/post/survivors-want-uw-tighten-cracks-
sexual-assault-response#stream/0
Updates 2020/05/15 numerous additions; 2020/05/14 the sections were re-organized; several articles added to Air Force section; 2020/05/09 Krause case added;
2020/05/08 the Gangs In Military/Graffiti material was moved from Notes to here-War Zone/Military Rapes section; 2020/05/07 War Zone Military Rapes and
Abuse section moved from River Gold to Police Factor; 2020/01/27 Defense-2012/04/29 and NY Times-2019/09/10 articles added;