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Military Wife Conspired with Two Men to Murder Navy Commander Alphonso Doss for One Million Dollar Life Insurance Policy, Yolinda Doss Awaiting Trial (2014)
Navy Commander Alphonso Doss was found dead in his Astoria Hotel room in Orange Park, Florida on February 12, 2014. Both the local civilian authorities and Naval Criminal Investigation Services (NCIS) investigated the circumstances surrounding the homicide. Authorities learned that Alphonso’s estranged wife Yolinda was the mastermind behind the plot to murder her husband. The motive was the one million dollar life insurance policy. Yolinda was having an affair with Anthony Washington, 29, and she manipulate him by using domestic abuse claims as a way to motivate Washington to kill the man who was ‘harming’ her. Washington assaulted, strangled, and stole from Commander Doss claiming he didn’t like the way he treated Yolinda. Washington tried to claim self defense at trial but the jury found him guilty of first degree murder, burglary, and assault. In November 2016, Washington was sentenced to life in prison. Yolinda Doss, 44, and Ronnie Wilson II, 33, do not have trial dates set.
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U.S. Navy Commander Alphonso Doss, 44, was slain at a hotel in Orange Park about two weeks ago. -Action News Jax
Navy PO 2nd Class Dmitry Chepusov Found Strangled to Death in Germany; Air Force SSgt Sean Oliver Found Guilty, Sentenced to Life (2013)
Petty Officer 2nd Class Dmitry Chepusov, US Navy
SSgt Sean Oliver, US Air Force
SSgt Sean Oliver, US Air Force, was found guilty of strangling Navy Petty Officer Dmitry Chepusov after a night of drinking on December 14th , 2013 in Kaiserslautern, Germany. The two were colleagues at the American Forces Network (AFN) at Ramstein Air Force Base. SSgt Oliver was charged with pre-meditated murder. The military prosecutors were considering the death penalty but the German authorities withheld evidence in an effort to get the death penalty off the table in this case. SSgt Oliver was found guilty of the murder of Dmitry Chepusov by the military courts and sentenced to life with parole. Military prosecutors believed the motive for the murder was to silence Dmitry Chepusov who found out about an affair that SSgt Oliver was having with his wife.
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Navy nominee seeks to clarify remark
Navy nominee seeks to clarify remark
The woman nominated to be the No. 2 civilian in the Navy is seeking to clarify a statement she made on sexual assault in the military that sparked outrage among victim advocacy groups.
Jo Ann Rooney, tapped by President Barack Obama to be the next undersecretary of the Navy, says she never meant to suggest military commanders shouldn’t weigh the evidence when deciding whether to prosecute allegations of sexual assault.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/jo-ann-rooney-navy-nominee-remark-98504.html
Command Influence to Figure in Navy Rape Case
Command Influence to Figure in Navy Rape Case
Congress didn’t waste any time weighing in on the case either. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., served notice that she will cite the Naval Academy sexual assault case in her efforts to legislate a major overhaul of the Uniform Code of Military Justice to take away commanders’ authority to refer charges and overrule decisions in courts-martial.
“It is time to move the sole decision-making power over whether serious crimes go to trial from the chain of command into the hands of non-biased, professionally trained military prosecutors — where it belongs,” Gillibrand said.
Two ex-Navy football players to go on trial in rape case despite judge’s recommendation
Two ex-Navy football players to go on trial in rape case despite judge’s recommendation
The superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy set aside the recommendation of a military judge Thursday and ordered two former Navy football players to face court-martial in the alleged sexual assault of a female midshipman, attorneys for the accused men said.
Joshua Tate, 21, of Nashville, will be tried on a charge of aggravated sexual assault, and Eric Graham, 21, of Eight Mile, Ala., will be tried on a charge of abusive sexual contact. Both are also charged with making false statements.
Not the man I used to be: Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan struggle with PTSD
Not the man I used to be: Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan struggle with PTSD
When Simon Bertholf, Matt Rose and Tony Phillips were sent overseas, they had no idea the events they experienced in the Middle East would haunt them a decade later.
While they appear normal to the casual observer, each has been forever changed by the death, atrocities and pain witnessed firsthand during their tours of duty.
Two ex-Naval Academy football players face trial for sex assault
Two ex-Naval Academy football players face trial for sex assault
Two former U.S. Naval Academy football players accused of sexually assaulting a female midshipman will be tried by general courts-martial, the school said on Thursday.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/10/us-usa-military-sexualassault-idUSBRE9990QL20131010
Navy nominee stirs sexual-assault controversy
Navy nominee stirs sexual-assault controversy
Jo Ann Rooney, selected by President Barack Obama to be the next undersecretary of the Navy, toed the Pentagon line Thursday in voicing deep skepticism about a proposal by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to remove the chain of command from decisions to prosecute allegations of sexual assault and other major crimes in the military.
Naval Academy superintendent doesn’t have to recuse himself from sexual assault case
Naval Academy superintendent doesn’t have to recuse himself from sexual assault case
A federal judge on Monday denied an attempt to force the superintendent of the Naval Academy to recuse himself from a case of alleged sexual assault by three former Navy football players.
The victim of the alleged assault — a 21-year-old female midshipman — had filed a federal lawsuit seeking an injunction that would require the academy’s superintendent, Vice Adm. Michael H. Miller, to give up authority over the case. Miller is responsible for deciding whether the three accused midshipmen should face courts-martial, the military equivalent of trials.
