{"id":80807,"date":"2018-07-26T11:42:53","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:42:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=80807"},"modified":"2018-07-26T11:42:53","modified_gmt":"2018-07-26T15:42:53","slug":"raymond-w-begay-sentenced-for-horseplay-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=80807","title":{"rendered":"Raymond W. Begay sentenced for horseplay death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mick and Reb sent us a link to the news<\/a> that Private First Class Raymond W. Begay was sentenced to seven years in the brig for the death of his friend Private First Class Ethan Andrew Barclay-Weberpal;<\/p>\n

The two Marines, part of Lima Company, were sitting in formation in the School of Infantry bleachers when the incident occurred. In his plea, Begay testified that he was sitting behind Barclay-Weberpal and was joking around while playing with a knife because he was bored.<\/p>\n

\u201cI reached around him and the knife sliced through his blouse and penetrated his skin,\u201d Begay said. \u201c(Pfc. Ethan Barclay-Weberpal) died as a result of my terrible actions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Begay told the court he and Barclay-Weberpal were \u201cgood friends\u201d and met while in Reconnaissance Training Company. Later, both were dropped from the training company and placed at Lima Company awaiting new assignments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI applied the knife to his chest and applied pressure which resulted in the knife penetrating him,\u201d Begay said.<\/p>\n

Begay said he had purchased the knife just days before and did not realize how sharp it was.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the moment, I was simply intending to poke him,\u201d he said. \u201cI was simply trying to annoy him as a friend. I wasn\u2019t trying to cause harm.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

If it happened the way that Begay describes, it was a tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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