{"id":39751,"date":"2014-02-11T07:17:10","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T12:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=39751"},"modified":"2014-02-11T07:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-11T12:17:10","slug":"ltc-roy-tisdales-murderer-was-involved-in-crime-ring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=39751","title":{"rendered":"LTC Roy Tisdale’s murderer was involved in crime ring"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Fayetteville Observer<\/a> reports that Ricky Elder, the Army specialist who murdered LTC Roy Tisdale while the commander gave his unit a safety briefing on June 28, 2012, was involved in a crime ring, which probably led to the murder-suicide;<\/p>\n

“It is my opinion, that had these larcenies not occurred, Lt. Col. Tisdale would still be with us today.”<\/p>\n

Capt. Aaron E. Adams, now stationed at the Joint Multinational Readiness Center at Hohenfels, Germany, wrote those words in a letter included in the case file for Chief Warrant Officer 3 Kurt Allen Bennett.<\/p>\n

Bennett is a helicopter pilot who in 2012 served as brigade tactical operations officer and then led the brigade’s enabler security team.<\/p>\n

He’s also been convicted of stealing government property and was sentenced last year to three years in a federal prison, although he isn’t due to report to prison until June 30, 2014.<\/p>\n

According to court documents, Bennett and another soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Robert Alan Walker, conspired together to steal military equipment that included vehicle motors, tools and electronics while deployed from 2010 to 2011.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the article, Elder was a criminal before he joined the Army and his bad behavior continued in uniform with a couple of assault charges and DUI. He probably shouldn’t have enlisted, and should have been booted long before he took two lives that day.<\/p>\n

WO3 Bennett’s crime ring consisted of nine soldiers and impacted the readiness of his unit, but he gets off the hook with just three years of prison time. Maybe we’ll get lucky and he’ll get stuck with a shiv like the pig he is.<\/p>\n

Thanks to ROS for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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