By The Camp Casey First Sergeant that was charged with rape has been convicted of a lesser charge and sentenced:
Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Reynolds remained steadfast in his innocence, even as a court-martial jury Friday sentenced him to 2½ years in prison for indecently assaulting two female soldiers.
Reynolds, formerly acting first sergeant for the 2nd Infantry Division’s 302nd Brigade Support Battalion, Foxtrot Company, also received a bad-conduct discharge and rank reduction to E-1.
The NCO in question had some heated words for the court:
Reynolds said he “acknowledged and respected the findings†of the eight jurors, then apologized for their having to be in court.
But he did not apologize for the assaults and two other counts for which he was convicted: filing a false official statement and obstructing justice. Reynolds faced up to 20 years prison for the four offenses.
Prosecutor Capt. Marlin Paschal asked Reynolds at the sentencing hearing if he had thought of the crime’s effect on the family of one of the victims.
“Why should I do that, sir?†Reynolds responded, adding that the victim hadn’t considered him or his family.
Reynolds, 40, has a wife and three children, age 20, 15 and 11, living in Tennessee.
As you can see when it comes to these cases there are victims all around that are effected. If the NCO didn’t do what he was convicted of he still put himself in a compromising position to be accused of sexual assault by not having any witnesses with him. If you are a senior NCO or officer especially a First Sergeant of Commander only go into soldiers’ rooms with a witness to avoid opening yourself up to accusations that may be untrue.
4:13 pm on May 13th, 2007 1
sucks for his family
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11:13 pm on May 13th, 2007 2
[...] [GI Korea] Casey 1SG Convicted and Sentenced Published: Sun, 13 May 2007 02:40:56 +0000 The Camp Casey First Sergeant that was charged with rape has been convicted of a lesser charge and sentenced: Sgt. 1st Class Carlos Reynolds remained steadfast in his innocence, even as a court-martial jury Friday sentenced him to 2½ years in prison for indecently assaulting two female soldiers. Reynolds, formerly acting first sergeant for the 2nd Infantry [...] Read More… [...]
11:56 pm on May 13th, 2007 3
Yep. Ever hear of the buddy system?
The girls were buddys.
Just his being there alone was wrong in itself.
I think personally that was a harsh sentence, but let’s all learn from it. Get a buddy!
Remember the Championship Boxer that had a girl in his room at 2 AM?
He should have had a buddy.
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1:25 am on May 14th, 2007 4
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12:16 am on May 15th, 2007 5
You’re in our prayers, Sgt. Reynolds.
God bless you and your family and all parties involved. May each and every one of you find closure.
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1:31 am on May 15th, 2007 6
WAC! Mean anything to anybody?
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1:08 pm on May 15th, 2007 7
WAC? Yes, ancient history. Didn’t have the same types of discipline issues then…
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10:16 pm on May 15th, 2007 8
Military Corruption dot Com has a writeup on it.
http://www.militarycorruption.com/carlosreynolds2.htm
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5:26 am on May 16th, 2007 9
ChickenHead, thanks for the link. Very interesting!
Maby I’ll see some “friends” on it one day. I can only hope.
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8:05 am on May 17th, 2007 10
Was this guy drunk? Is Latino? Are the girls lesbians? Are they members of a gang? Are they having homosexual encounters with each other? Sounds like Top took the easy-wrong over the hard-right. Where was the backbone of the Army, the guys CSM in all of this? Distancing himself like a coward?
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