Veteran Daniel Penny, Acquitted in NYC Subway Chokehold Trial, Will Join Trump's Suite at Football Game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Daniel Penny, a military veteran who choked an agitated New York subway rider and was acquitted of homicide this week, has been invited by Vice President-elect JD Vance to join Donald Trump’s suite at the Army–Navy football game on Saturday. The Marine veteran was cleared of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan Neely […]
Army Ranger Candidates Get a Trial by Fire in New Sci-Fi Action Thriller 'War Machine'
Imagine going through a difficult U.S. military special operations training school, such as the Army Ranger Assessment and Selection Program, for months on end. You endure sweat, fatigue and punishment to reach a skill level most soldiers could only dream of. Then just when you think it’s nearly over and time to graduate, those skills […]
Ex-Green Beret Behind Failed Venezuela Raid Released Pending Trial on Weapons Charges
TAMPA, Fla. — A federal judge ordered the release Wednesday of a former U.S. Green Beret indicted in connection with a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, rejecting arguments he would flee while awaiting trial on weapons smuggling charges. Jordan Goudreau was arrested in July after a four-year investigation into the amphibious […]
Russian Court Begins Trial of US Soldier Arrested on Theft Charges
MOSCOW — A court in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Thursday began the trial of an American soldier arrested earlier this year on charges of stealing. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, flew to Vladivostok, a Pacific port city, to see his girlfriend and was arrested after she accused him of stealing from her, […]
Still Held by Russia, US Soldier Gordon Black Files Appeal over Confinement Ahead of Trial
The U.S. Army soldier currently being held in police custody in Russia appealed his two-month pretrial detention, according to state media. Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, 34, was detained by Russian authorities in the port city of Vladivostok on May 2 on suspicion he stole money from his Russian girlfriend. Black, an infantryman, was stationed in […]
Army Officer Pepper-Sprayed During Traffic Stop Asks for New Trial in Lawsuit Against Police
RICHMOND, Va. — A U.S. Army lieutenant who was struck, pepper-sprayed and handcuffed during a traffic stop in Virginia asked a federal appeals court on Monday to overturn rulings by a trial judge after jurors found mostly in favor of the two police officers he sued. Video of the December 2020 encounter between Lt. Caron Nazario […]
Texas Judge Denies New Trial for Army Sergeant Convicted of Killing Air Force Veteran During 2020 Protest
A Texas judge rejected a motion Wednesday to grant Army Sgt. Daniel Perry a new trial after he was found guilty last month of killing a 28-year-old Air Force veteran, Garrett Foster, during an Austin Black Lives Matter protest in 2020. The decision comes as the Army is in the process of pushing Perry out […]