In fact, there was a lack of urgency to locate Hazelbower despite strident warnings from his superiors at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the records show. The military\u2019s version of an arrest warrant described him as a \u201csexually violent predator\u201d and a known drug abuser. Also, he had gone AWOL before. \u201cCAUTION \u2013 ESCAPE RISK\u201d is stamped in bold letters on the right side of the document.<\/p>\n
The Army declined to discuss Hazelbower\u2019s court-martial and why service officials chose not to pursue him. Army spokeswoman Tatjana Christian said the service typically does not conduct searches or pursuits to physically apprehend deserters \u201cdue to jurisdictional issues unique to each military installation.\u201d She declined to say what those issues are.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe can\u2019t really speculate on what happened in the specific case of Hazelbower,\u201d Christian said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, Hazelbower was eventually arrested by local police when he was caught with his drawers past his knees with another 14 year-year-old girl. They ran him through background checks and found the warrant issued by the Army. In my opinion, that’s all the Army can do – I’m pretty sure a bunch of ARMY CID agents running around the country looking for AWOL soldiers would piss off the local police as well as civilians. I know the media and the general public think that there is an Army of Jethro Gibbs and Tony DiNozzos searching for criminals in the civilian world like they do on TV, but, no. The Military depends on locals to scoop up their criminals.<\/p>\n
I know, here on this blog, we’ve seen AWOL soldiers arrested six and seven years after their offense during routine traffic stops. That’s the way the system works.<\/p>\n
By the way, Hazelbower blames the Army for his illness (he’s in Leavenworth doing 50 years now);<\/p>\n
He said since enlisting in the Army, he had become a sex addict and an alcoholic and was suffering from depression. Yet the Army had ignored his problems, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was literally laughed at,\u201d Hazelbower told the general. \u201cHow could I be completely to blame?\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
No one is to blame for anything – and it’s all the Army’s fault, always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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