Tag: court martial

It is that time of the month again, USFK has released their monthly court martial results. It was actually a very slow month with only five court martial and four off post incidents handled in the Korean courts and none of them very serious. Just a lot of typical stupid stuff, but the two DUIs in the ROK court are bit of a concern because that makes six DUIs in four months for USFK. That is not a good trend.

Now these two servicemembers convicted in Korean court I just have to wonder what the heck they did:

In Incheon District Court on 10 July 2007, Major Brenda J. Suggars, HHC, EUSA, was
convicted of Trademark Law violations. Her adjudged sentence was a 1,000,000 Won
fine.

In Incheon District Court on 10 July 2007, Sergeant First Class Malanie N. English,
524th MI, was convicted of Trademark Law violations. Her adjudged sentence was a
500,000 Won fine.

Trademark violations? Korea even enforces trademark laws? I wonder if they were selling off pirated DVDs and games? This is the first time I seen USFK servicemembers convicted for trademark violations so this is a new one on me. I have to wonder how often Koreans get arrested for trademark violations because all you have to do is take a stroll down to the Yongsan Electronics Market to see all the counterfeit goods being pedaled out in the open.

Anyway you can view the rest of the results below the fold:

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The court martial results for the month of April are posted on the USFK website. Looking at the results you can see where most of the current trend of off post incidents are coming from:

Court-Martial Result for April 2007
At a general court-martial on 28 April 2007, Private First Class Michael E. Glassman, HHS, 1/38th FA, 210th Fires Bde, 2ID, was convicted of disobeying an order from a commissioned officer, eight specifications of wrongfully pawning military property, seven specifications of larceny of military property, and two specifications of housebreaking. His adjudged sentence was reduction to E-1, confinement for four years, and a bad conduct discharge.

Results of ROK Criminal Prosecutions
In Seoul Central District Court on 4 April 2007, Master Sergeant Adrian S. Miles , 524th MI Bn, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol. His adjudged sentence was a 1.5 million Won fine.

In Daegu District Court on 5 April 2007, Sergeant First Class Jeffrey P. Nagy, CSCT #2, was found not guilty of involvement in a hit and run accident.

In Suwon District Court on 18 April 2007, Captain Derrick G. Draper, 3/2d Avn Bn, was convicted of driving under the influence of alcohol and vehicular hit and run. His adjudged sentence was 5 million Won fine.

In Seoul Central District Court on 27 April 2007, Sergeant Leon A. Eldridge, 3/2d Avn Bn, was convicted of aggravated assault. His adjudged sentence was a 3 million Won fine.

In Seoul Central District Court on 27 April 2007, Private Marcus D. Elliot, 2/2d Avn Bn, was convicted of aggravated assault. His adjudged sentence was a 3 million Won fine.

In Seoul Central District Court on 27 April 2007, Private First Class Melvin G. Abramson, 2/2d Avn Bn, was convicted of aggravated assault. His adjudged sentence was a 3 million Won fine.

The court martial incident is referring to the Stealing for Juicy Girl case that happened at Camp Casey. Now notice all the cases tried in the ROK courts are all from non-Area 1 units in Yongsan, Taegu, Camp Humphreys, and K-16. On top of these incidents non-Area 1 personnel were also responsible for the Kunsan Taxi Cab Beat Down, along with the Taxi Cab Knifing in Waegwan. Â

Area 1’s only off post incident was the Policewoman Sexual Assault which made a lot of headlines at the time. However, I think my point is made that off post incidents in USFK is something that is well dispersed and not just an Area 1 problem; it is just when an Area 1 incident happens it is always the most memorable. Â