Fort Wainwright Soldier Gets 32 Years for Child Exploitation Crimes
A U.S. Army soldier based at Fort Wainwright, Alaska, will spend more than three decades in federal prison after admitting he produced child sexual abuse material, amassed thousands of explicit files and assaulted a young victim, federal prosecutors announced Friday. David Andres Mayoral, 21, received the 32-year prison term at a federal courthouse in Fairbanks, […]
Veterans in Oath Keepers, Proud Boys Convicted for Jan. 6 Crimes Have Sentences Commuted by Trump
Stewart Rhodes, Army veteran and leader of the right-wing militia known as the Oath Keepers, was released from prison Tuesday after President Donald Trump issued sweeping pardons or commutations to more than 1,500 people accused of crimes for their involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot, including those who were convicted of assaulting […]
Army Whistleblower who Exposed Alleged Australian War Crimes in Afghanistan Is Sentenced to Prison
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian judge sentenced a former army lawyer to almost six years in prison on Tuesday for leaking to the media classified information that exposed allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan. David McBride, 60, was sentenced in a court in the capital, Canberra, to five years and eight months in prison […]
Murdered or Missing: The Army Stands Up a Cold Case Unit to Tackle Unsolved Crimes
The Army labeled Pvt. Gregory Wedel-Morales a deserter when he went missing in 2020. His remains were found a year later, buried in a grassy field near a grocery store outside of Fort Hood, Texas. When Pvt. Amanda Gonzales was 19 years old, pregnant and serving in Germany as an Army cook in 2001, she […]