{"id":148372,"date":"2023-10-09T08:15:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T12:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=148372"},"modified":"2023-10-08T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T23:41:13","slug":"three-sailors-plead-guilty-for-roles-in-fourth-sailors-fentanyl-related-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148372","title":{"rendered":"Three Sailors plead guilty for roles in fourth Sailor&#8217;s fentanyl related death"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-140899\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Navy-man-preventing-sailors-from-leaving-the-room.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shortly after graduating from basic training, a 21-year-old sailor took fentanyl in the barracks and subsequently passed away. Three sailors involved with this incident were brought to trial in connection with their roles in this Sailor&#8217;s death. One of the sailors, Seaman Brandon R. Ledesma, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide. Ledesma was the one who provided the fentanyl. When the sailor collapsed, Ledesma and others moved the body instead of immediately calling for help.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>From The Navy Times:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A 21-year-old recently graduated sailor died Nov. 6, 2021, after taking the drug in a barracks building aboard Great Lakes.<\/p>\n<p>Navy Times has confirmed the deceased sailor&#8217;s name but is withholding it at the request of his family.<\/p>\n<p>During a two-day trial at the Illinois base on Sept. 28 and Sept. 29, Seaman Brandon R. Ledesma pleaded guilty to a negligent homicide charge specification for giving the deceased sailor fentanyl, according to a Navy Region Mid-Atlantic spokeswoman Beth Baker.<\/p>\n<p>Ledesma agreed to a plea deal and initially faced another negligent homicide charge specification for failing to contact authorities after the sailor collapsed, according to Ledesma&#8217;s charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p>He also pleaded guilty to an obstruction of justice charge specification for moving the sailor&#8217;s body into another room aboard the USS Cole barracks building on base, according to Baker and charge sheets. Ledesma further pleaded guilty to one charge specification for distributing fentanyl aboard the base on Nov. 5, 2021, the day before the sailor&#8217;s death, Baker said in an email.<\/p>\n<p>Ledesma initially faced multiple additional charge specifications, including involuntary manslaughter, lying to authorities, using and distributing a variety of illegal drugs aboard the Illinois base and for stealing more than $500 in video games, clothing and hygiene items from the base&#8217;s Navy Exchange, according to his charge sheet.<\/p>\n<p>A military judge sentenced Ledesma to 28 months confinement in the brig, a dishonorable discharge and reduction in rank to E-1, Baker said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The Navy Times provides additional information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2023\/10\/05\/sailors-plead-guilty-in-connection-to-shipmates-fentanyl-death\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shortly after graduating from basic training, a 21-year-old sailor took fentanyl in the barracks and subsequently &hellip; <a title=\"Three Sailors plead guilty for roles in fourth Sailor&#8217;s fentanyl related death\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=148372\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three Sailors plead guilty for roles in fourth Sailor&#8217;s fentanyl related death<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-148372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=148372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148372\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=148372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=148372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=148372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}