Army Service, Then a Killing: Gilgo Beach Cold Case Leads to Arrest of Former Soldier
They met while serving in the U.S. Army, a shared military background that prosecutors now say sits at the center of a decades-old homicide tied to the Gilgo Beach investigation. Nassau County prosecutors in New York say Andrew Dykes, a former U.S. Army operating room technician, murdered fellow service member Tanya Denise Jackson in 1997, […]
Feds Arrest Soldier at Schofield Barracks for Jan. 6 Assault on Police – a Day After He Was Booted
An active-duty soldier — who was separated from the service a day before the FBI arrested him Tuesday at an Army base in Hawaii — was charged for repeatedly striking a police officer with a flag during the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, according to court records released this week. Alexander Cain Poplin, 31, […]
Feds Arrest Ex-US Green Beret in Connection to Failed 2020 Raid of Venezuela to Remove Maduro
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A former U.S. Green Beret who in 2020 organized a failed cross-border raid of Venezuelan army deserters to remove President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York on federal arms smuggling charges. A federal indictment unsealed this week in Tampa, Florida, accuses Jordan Goudreau and a Venezuelan partner, Yacsy Alvarez, […]
US Army Cut Off the Pay of Staff Sgt. Gordon Black After His Arrest in Russia, Officials Say
Army officials have confirmed that the service has stopped paying the salary of a U.S. enlisted soldier who traveled to Russia without permission before being arrested and sentenced to nearly four years in prison for theft. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was convicted of stealing and making threats of murder by a court in the […]