Jury finds DI guilty in recruit abuse case

Jury finds DI guilty in recruit abuse case
By Gidget Fuentes - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Nov 14, 2007 17:43:20 EST

SAN DIEGO — A military jury convicted a drill instructor Wednesday of charges that he abused his recruits, violated training and damaged their personal property.

A sentencing hearing was scheduled to begin Wednesday afternoon for Sgt. Jerrod M. Glass at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.

The six-member jury found Glass, 25, guilty of two specifications of cruelty and maltreatment, one specification of assault, two specifications of failing to obey a lawful order and three specifications of destroying personal property.

The jury’s decision came on the second day of deliberations after five days of testimony in Glass’ general court-martial, held in a second-floor courtroom near the depot’s famed parade deck.

The jury will decide what punishment, if any, the Phoenix native could receive. He faces a maximum of about nine years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.

Glass, a former military police dog handler and veteran of two combat tours in Iraq, was accused of shoving, hitting, kicking and punching many members of Platoon 2167, 2nd Recruit Training Battalion. The incidents happened over a seven-week period late last year and early this year.


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