Tech Sergeant Sentenced at Kadena
A recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross for heroism in combat action in Afghanistan ended his 19-year career here Friday after pleading guilty to three counts of child pornography and soliciting sex from a 13-year-old girl.
Tech. Sgt. Theodore D. Mirich, 39, a flight engineer with the 33rd Rescue Squadron, was sentenced to 60 months confinement, a bad-conduct discharge and reduction in rank to E-1 at the end of a daylong general court-martial.
This is what the guy did:
During the trial, the judge privately reviewed 40 photographs obtained from Mirich¿ computer that depicted children in various sexual positions with adults. He also considered a lengthy stipulation of facts in which Mirich admitted to downloading and sharing child pornography between Aug. 1, 2003, and Dec. 29, 2005.
Mirich also admitted that he sent obscene photos of himself to the daughter of a Marine gunnery sergeant living on Kadena, and solicited her to have sex with him.
Just makes you wonder how a guy with 19 years of service would even fathom doing something like this, but then again it makes you wonder how long he has been getting away with it too?
