{"id":54028,"date":"2014-07-18T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T14:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=54028"},"modified":"2014-07-18T08:17:50","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T12:17:50","slug":"army-prosecutor-reprimanded-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=54028","title":{"rendered":"Army prosecutor reprimanded, will retire"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Washington Post<\/a> comes the story of Lieutenant Colonel Joseph \u201cJay\u201d Morse, formerly the Army’s sex-crime prosecutor, who was charged with inappropriately kissing and groping another Army officer while they were at a sexual-assault prevention conference;<\/p>\n

The Army had not disclosed the outcome of the investigation until Thursday, when it confirmed the result in response to queries from The Washington Post. Lt. Col. Alayne P. Conway, an Army spokeswoman at the Pentagon, said in a statement that Morse was subjected to \u201cappropriate disciplinary action\u201d but did not provide details.<\/p>\n

The female captain filed a complaint against Morse in February, nearly three years after she alleged that he groped and kissed her in a hotel room in Alexandria, Va., where both officers were attending a legal conference on sex crimes.<\/p>\n

The Army conducted an investigation, but officials in charge of the case concluded that they lacked evidence to file criminal charges.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now, they didn’t have evidence, but they reprimanded him any way. That makes perfect sense to me. But women in uniform will be safe now – LTC Morse is retiring.<\/p>\n

Army officials said Morse has served notice that he plans to retire. Until then, he has been temporarily assigned to duty at the Pentagon, where he serves in the office of the Army\u2019s judge advocate general. Morse did not respond to e-mails or a request for comment placed through the Army\u2019s public affairs office.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So, all is well, again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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