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Army Officer Gropes 16-Year-Old on Flight, Then Assaults Another Passenger, Feds Say

Alaska Airlines jet sits on a runway

A former U.S. Army officer will serve prison time after he was convicted of groping a 16-year-old — and then an 18-year-old — on separate flights to Seattle last year, federal prosecutors said. James Benecke, 42, was a chief warrant officer stationed in Alaska when he sexually assaulted the teen in April 2023 and then […]