‘They’re Taking Shirly’: An Army Sergeant Thought His Family Was Safe. Then ICE Deported His Wife
This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public on military service. Subscribe to their newsletter. Army Sgt. Ayssac Correa had just started his day at the 103rd Quartermaster Company outside of Houston on the morning of March 13 when he got a phone call from his sister-in-law. She worked […]
US Soldier Gets 23 Years for Killing His Pregnant Wife with a Machete And Dumping Her in the Trash
WHEELER ARMY AIRFIELD, Hawaii — A Hawaii-based U.S. Army soldier was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in prison for killing his wife and unborn child last summer and attempting to cover up the crime by dismembering and disposing of her body in the trash. Pfc. Dewayne Johnson II pleaded guilty earlier in the week to […]
Hawaii Soldier Pleads Guilty to Killing Wife with Machete, Dismembering Body
The mystery of what happened to Mischa Mabeline Kaalohilani Johnson, a pregnant 19-year-old Army spouse who was reported missing by her 28-year-old soldier husband on Aug. 1, has finally been solved. The Army arrested her husband, Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson, at Schofield Barracks within weeks of him filing the report and charged him with her […]
US Army Wife Fights to Have Vote Counted in NC Supreme Court Race
When Carrie Conley learned that her vote in the 2024 election was at risk of being thrown out, the news did not come to her through the mail or from any official source. She was scrolling through social media when she came upon a post from the progressive advocacy group Carolina Forward. The post referred […]
Army Vet Accused of Slaying Wife, Her Father and a Neighbor Pleads Not Guilty
The Army veteran accused in the chilling murder of his wife, her father and a neighbor — as the couple’s 4-year-old daughter watched — made a brief appearance in court Friday morning and pleaded not guilty. Nathan Gingles, 43, dressed in gray-striped prison garb, didn’t utter a word during the hearing at the Broward County […]
Ex-National Guardsman Gets Jail Time for Shooting Pregnant Wife, Despite Her Pleas for Leniency
SAGINAW, MI — A former military man is to spend the next few months in jail for accidentally shooting his pregnant wife and himself in their Thomas Township home. While his wife pleaded for leniency, the judge felt incarceration was necessary, especially as it was not the first time the man had mishandled a gun […]
Hawaii Soldier Held After Wife Went Missing Is Charged with Child Porn, Obstruction of Justice, False Statements
The Army said Tuesday it has filed criminal charges against a junior enlisted soldier in Hawaii who was arrested earlier this month after his pregnant wife went missing. Pfc. Dewayne Arthur Johnson II, of Frederick, Maryland, was charged with 14 counts on three charges: providing false official statements; obstruction of justice; and production and distribution […]
Criminal Charges Dropped Against Fort Cavazos Colonel Accused of Touching, Kissing Wife of Subordinate Officer
The Army has dropped all criminal charges against an armor officer at Fort Cavazos, Texas, who was accused of sexually assaulting a subordinate officer’s wife in one of the service’s most high-profile and bizarre cases. Col. Jon Meredith was fired as commander of the 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, in October of […]
US Army Soldier Accused of Killing His Wife in Alaska Faces Court Hearing
JUNEAU, Alaska — A U.S. Army soldier accused of killing his wife in Alaska after a night out celebrating his 21st birthday is set to be back in court Thursday, according to court records. Zarrius Ray Hildabrand faces murder and evidence tampering charges in the death of his wife, Saria Hildabrand, of Utah, whose body […]
Alaska Soldier Charged with Murder of National Guard Wife Who Disappeared
A soldier in Alaska has been charged with murder after the body of his missing wife — also a member of the Army — was discovered in a storm drain in Anchorage near an apartment the two shared, according to local media reports. Zarrius Hildabrand, 21, was arrested Friday and charged with first- and second-degree […]