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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) An Army brigadier a cheap flight ticket lax to paris general who served five combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan has been charged with forcible sodomy, multiple counts of adultery and having a cheap flight ticket lax to paris inappropriate relationships with several female subordinates, two U.S. defense officials said Wednesday.
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey A. Sinclair faces possible courts martial on charges a cheap flight ticket lax to paris that include forced sex, wrongful sexual conduct, violating an order, possessing pornography and alcohol while deployed, and misusing a government travel charge card and filing fraudulent claims.
Sinclair, who served as deputy commander in charge of logistics and support for the 82nd Airborne Division in Afghanistan, was sent home in May because of the allegations, the officials said. Since he returned to the U.S., Sinclair has been assigned as a special assistant to the commanding general of 18th Airborne Corps. Often when general officers are under investigation they are temporarily assigned as special assistants to more senior officers or commanders.
The charges were announced at a brief press conference Wednesday at Fort Bragg, the sprawling U.S. Army base in North Carolina that is home to the 82nd Airborne. After reading a prepared a cheap flight ticket lax to paris statement, base spokesman Col. Kevin Arata refused to take questions. Reporters were told all questions would have to be made in writing and that no response was likely to come until the following day.
Sinclair was informed of the charges on Monday but has not been placed under arrest. The next step will be an Article 32 investigation, including a preliminary hearing to determine a cheap flight ticket lax to paris if the matter should go to trial. No date has been set for the hearing, a cheap flight ticket lax to paris which Arata said would be open to the public.
Earlier this year, Army Brig. Gen. Roger Duff pleaded guilty a cheap flight ticket lax to paris to charges of conduct unbecoming an officer, wearing a cheap flight ticket lax to paris unauthorized awards or ribbons and making a false official statement. He was sentenced to two months confinement and dismissal from the military. Under a pre-trial agreement, only the dismissal may be imposed. The case is still pending, said Army spokesman George a cheap flight ticket lax to paris Wright.
Prior to that, Maj. Gen. David Hale pleaded guilty to seven counts of conduct a cheap flight ticket lax to paris unbecoming an officer and one count of making a false statement, also in connection with adultery. He was fined $10,000 a cheap flight ticket lax to paris and was ordered to retire at the reduced rank of brigadier general, Wright said.
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