NCO sentenced for sex acts at Landstuhl party

NCO sentenced for sex acts at Landstuhl party
By Steve Mraz, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Friday, January 25, 2008

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — An alcohol-fueled toga party in which two male noncommissioned officers had a sexual encounter with a lower-ranking female soldier in their unit resulted in both men being sentenced this month to time behind bars.

On Thursday, David D. Etheredge, a soldier with Landstuhl’s Company C, 53rd Signal Battalion, was sentenced to one month in confinement and reduced from sergeant to the rank of private first class at a court-martial.

The Army judge, Col. Timothy Grammel, found Etheredge guilty of indecent acts, making a false official statement and violating an Army regulation on fraternization.

Etheredge’s conviction stems from a party that took place Sept. 22, at the Landstuhl military housing residence of then-Staff Sgt. Darren Haynes, also a member of Company C, 53rd Signal Battalion.

The unit performs satellite communications on a small post near Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.


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