MILCRIM-1 AIR FORCE
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Drugs
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Arkansas - state of actual arrest/Air Force Academy/SAUCIER, JOSEPH/Cadet
1st Class-Air Force Academy Football Team/2019-court martial-Drugs-Usage
and Trafficking Cocaine/Marijuana; he was arrested in native Arkansas
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Nevada/Nellis Air Force Base/REIMERS, MICHAEL/Master Sergeant/2019-trial-
drug trafficking-coke,meth/guns
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Murder, High Crimes
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Arizona and New Mexico/Luke Air Force Base/GOOCH, MARK/Airman/Sasha
Krause Case/abduction from 3Farmington, New Mexico, murder-body found
near Flagstaff’s Sunset Crater area; brother SAMUEL GOOCH also arrested for
tampering/obstruction
Military Criminality-1/Air Force
MILITARY CRIMINALITY SECTION
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1 Air Force
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2 Army
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3 Coast Guard, Navy, Military Schools
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4 Marines/Active Duty, cont.
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5 Veterans
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6 Overall Crime, Books, Commentary
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7 Summary of Internet Article
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8a Fat Leonard
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8b Fat Leonard
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Sexual Crimes, Rapes
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Arizona Senator/alleges former rape by Air Force leader
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California-near San Francisco/Travis AFB/SOMMER, HEATH J/Clinical Psychologist-patients included those with
PTSD/2018 article- 2014-2015 incidents Rape
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Colorado-Colorado Springs: BURNS, TRAVIS J./ 2019-Special Operations Pilot/Rape minor
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Colorado/VELARDE, ALVARO PABLO/Air Force Academy cadet/article-2020-raped female cadet
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Idaho/Mountain Home AFB/BRIGGS, MICHAEL/Lt. Col/2005-rape
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New Mexico-Cannon Air Force Base/3 airmen involving alleged rape/2019- Rape charges dismissed against all 3
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New Mexico-Albuquerque/Kirtland Air Force Base: LOWTHER, ADAM/Dir. of Air Force’s School for Adv. Nuclear
Studies/2017-rape-minor (4 year old girl)
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Texas: JACK, DYLAN ANDREW/Texas/2019-Sexual Assault of Minor
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Air National Guard
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Nevada-Reno/supervisor/2020-alleged multiple rapes by anonymous whistleblower who feels yet others might also be
impacted
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MILITARY CRIMINALITY
In several cases, both rape and murder occur, but subjects broken down into Rape or Murder, with exceptions made
AIR FORCE
Air Force/Drugs
Overall Air Force and Drugs
Air Force Times
2016/05/29 The Air Force's quiet war on the Latin American drug cartels. By Stephen Losey.
https //www airforcetimes com/news/your-air-force/2016/05/29/the-air-force-s-quiet-war-on-the-latin-
american-drug-cartels/
Perpetrators
Nevada/Nellis Air Force Base/REIMERS, MICHAEL/Master Sergeant/2019-trial-drug trafficking-
coke,meth/guns
Air Force Times
2019/09/27 AK-47: Feds accuse Nellis master sergeant of trafficking guns, drugs
https //www airforcetimes com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/27/coke-meth-and-an-ak-47-feds-accuse-
nellis-master-sergeant-of-trafficking-guns-drugs/
Arkansas area of actual arrest/Air Force Academy/SAUCIER, JOSEPH/Cadet 1st Class-Air Force Academy
Football Team/2019-court martial-Drugs-Usage and Trafficking Cocaine/Marijuana; he was arrested in
native Arkansas
Air Force Times
2019/10/03 Court-martial for Air Force Academy running back on cocaine charges begins. By Stephen
Losey
https /www airforcetimes com/news/your-air-force/2019/10/03/court-martial-for-air-force-academy-
running-back-on-cocaine-charges-begins/
Air Force/EHM, KYLER/football player/cocaine
Gazette
2019/10/23 Another Air Force football player faces court martial over cocaine
By BRENT BRIGGEMAN and TOM ROEDER
https //gazette com/sports/another-air-force-football-player-faces-court-martial-over-
cocaine/article_79d5418c-f4e9-11e9-be5f-9f0fb664fc4d.html
Air Force/Murder, High Crimes
Arizona
Arizona senator alleges former rape by Air Force leader
Military Times
2019/03/06
2019/03/06--https //www militarytimes com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/03/06/arizona-
senator-reveals-she-was-raped-by-a-superior-officer-while-in-the-air-force/
WASHINGTON — Arizona Sen. Martha McSally, a former Air Force colonel and one of the first
female combat veterans elected to Congress, revealed she was raped by a superior officer during
her military career but kept the attack secret out of fear of reprisal.
Arizona and New Mexico/Luke Air Force Base/GOOCH, MARK/Airman/Sasha Krause Case/abduction from
Farmington, New Mexico, murder-body found near Flagstaff’s Sunset Crater area; brother SAMUEL
GOOCH also arrested for tampering/obstruction
Military dot com
2020/05/05
2020/05/05--https //www military com/daily-news/2020/05/05/brother-airman-facing-murder-
charge-arrested-arizona html
KRQE
2020/04/22 [Murder] New details released in murder of Mennonite woman. By Rebecca Atkins
2020/04/22--https //www krqe com/news/crime/new-details-released-in-murder-of-mennonite-
woman
Excerpt: Coconino County deputies arrested an airman, 21-year-old Mark Gooch at his home on
Luke Air Force Base outside Phoenix. Arresting documents say a gun was used in the crime, they
also say Gooch was charged with theft, for taking Krause’s head covering and underwear. “I can
tell you we didn’t have any prior record or prior contact with him criminal wise,” said John Paxton
with the Coconino County Sheriff’s Office. The arresting documents provide an address in
Wisconsin and according to people on a Facebook page called “Justice for Sasha Krause,” those in
the Mennonite community say Gooch’s family are members of the Nationwide Mennonite
Fellowship. However, people on the page that know of his family, said he was not heavily involved
in the church. Mark Gooch is expected in court in Flagstaff on Friday. Investigators not given a
motive for the crime or said if Gooch knew Krause before kidnapping.
2020/04/22--https //www.krqe.com/news/crime/new-details-released-in-murder-of-mennonite-
woman
Air Force/Sexual Crimes, Rapes
California
California-near San Francisco/Travis AFB/SOMMER, HEATH J/2018 article- 2014-2015 incidents Rape
AJC
2018/05/18 California military base psychologist accused of rape
2018/05/18--https //www ajc com/news/national/california-military-base-psychologist-accused-
rape/1nf6e0rKmhzLr4xtQI8VgP/
Excerpt: A clinical psychologist who treated military veterans with post-traumatic stress has been
charged with raping female service members who were in therapy as victims of sex assaults,
officials said Tuesday.Heath J. Sommer was ordered Monday to stand trial on three felony sexual
assault charges after authorities said he targeted female service members in 2014 and 2015 while
working at Travis Air Force Base's David Grant Medical Center, about 50 miles (85 kilometers)
northeast of San Francisco.
Colorado
Colorado-Colorado Springs: BURNS, TRAVIS J./ 2019-Special Operations Pilot/Rape minor
Military dot com
2019/05/19
2019/05/19--https //www military com/daily-news/2019/05/19/special-operations-pilot-faces-
charges-raping-child-under-12-years-old html
Colorado/VELARDE, ALVARO PABLO/Air Force Academy cadet/article-2020-raped female cadet
Former Air Force Academy cadet sentenced to 5 years in prison for rape
Alvaro Pablo Velarde, of Peru, convicted of aggravated sexual assault and abusive sexual contact
2020/03/11--https://www.denverpost.com/2020/03/11/rape-air-force-prison-federal-court/
Air Force Academy cadet sentenced for assault of sleeping, intoxicated womanBy ELLIE MULDER
ellie.mulder@gazette.com Aug 6, 2019
2019/08/06--https://gazette.com/news/air-force-academy-cadet-sentenced-for-assault-of-sleeping-
intoxicated-woman/article_cae1bcdc-b893-11e9-ac27-333c4ec088d1.html
Court martial acquits Air Force Academy cadet accused of rape
By ELLIE MULDER ellie.mulder@gazette.com Sep 17, 2019
2019/09/17--https://gazette.com/news/court-martial-acquits-air-force-academy-cadet-accused-of-
rape/article_bf3760b8-d971-11e9-ac9b-577a3411be3f.html
Wikipedia Air Force Sex Assault Scandal 2003
https //en wikipedia org/wiki/2003_United_States_Air_Force_Academy_sexual_assault_scandal
Twelve percent of the women who graduated from the Air Force Academy in 2003 reported that they
were victims of rape or attempted rape while at the Academy. Of 659 women enrolled at the Academy at
the time, 70 percent of the 579 women at the academy alleged they had been the victims of sexual
harassment, of which 22 percent said they experienced "pressure for sexual favors."[3]
Idaho
2019/08--https://www.eastidahonews.com/2019/08/she-recorded-her-rapists-confession-now-the-supreme-
court-could-hear-it/
Conviction of man who confessed to raping woman at Mountain Home Air Force Base vacated; Supreme Court
may hear case
2019/08--https://www.eastidahonews.com/2019/08/she-recorded-her-rapists-confession-now-the-supreme-
court-could-hear-it/
Texas
Texas: Jack, Dylan Andrew/A1C/2019-Sexual Assault of Minor (14 year old girl)
Military dot com
2019/12/27 2018 'Airman of the Year' Indicted on Charges of Sexual Assault of a Minor
2019/12/27--https //www military com/daily-news/2019/12/27/2018-airman-year-indicted-charges-
sexual-assault-minor html
Excerpt: Airman 1st Class Dylan Andrew Jack, 24, is accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl
he met at a mall roughly six months ago, according to News Channel 6. The age of consent in
Texas is 17.
Texas/Sheppard AFB/COLLINS, RICHARD/Master Sergeant and course instructor/article 2019-2000-Raped
student, at
first jailed, appeals set him free laterBy Catherine Valentine, Zachary Cohen and Brianna Keilar
2019/05/14--https //www cnn com/2019/05/14/politics/harmony-allen-military-sexual-
assault/index html
New Mexico
2019
New Mexico Roswell Military Institute
2019/09/17-https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/2-new-mexico-military-institute-cadets-accused-of-
raping-15-year-old/5496180/
New Mexico-Albuquerque/Kirtland Air Force Base - General Information-Rape area near base
KOB
2019/07/24 ABQ street littered with porn, condoms reportedly served as 'rape site'. By Megan
Abundis
https: /www kob.com/albuquerque-news/abq-street-littered-with-porn-condoms-reportedly-
served-as-rape-site/5434374/
Excerpt: A spot in southeast Albuquerque, just outside of Kirtland Air Force Base, has been
dubbed a “rape site.” According to the organization Street Safe New Mexico, several rapes have
been reported along Moon Street SE and Southern Boulevard SE.The spot is riddled with used
condoms, pornography, underwear, trash.
2019/07/24--https //www kob com/albuquerque-news/abq-street-littered-with-porn-condoms-
reportedly-served-as-rape-site/5434374/
New Mexico-Albuquerque/Kirkland Air Force Base: Lowther, Adam/Director of Air Force’s School for
Advanced Nuclear Studies/2017-rape-minor (4 year old girl)
Abq Jrnl
2017/09/02 Nuke expert at Kirtland [Kirkland] accused of raping 4-year-old girl. By Maddy
Hayden
https //www abqjournal com/1057674/nuclear-expert-at-kirtland-charged-with-child-rape.html
Excerpt: The director of the Air Force’s School for Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies on
Kirtland Air Force Base has been charged in the rape of a 4-year-old girl, according to a news
release from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office. Adam Lowther, 41, was arrested and charged
Wednesday with one count of first-degree criminal sexual penetration of a child under 13 and two
counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor. He was booked into the Metropolitan Detention
Center, where he remained Saturday.
2017/09/02--https //www abqjournal com/1057674/nuclear-expert-at-kirtland-charged-with-child-
rape.html
New Mexico-Cannon Air Force Base/2019- Rape charges dismissed against 3 airmen
Air Force Times
2019/03/08 Prosecutors dismiss sexual assault charges against 3 airmen
2019/03/08--https //www airforcetimes com/news/your-air-force/2019/03/08/prosecutors-dismiss-
sexual-assault-charges-against-3-airmen/
Air National Guard
Nevada
My News
2020/01/29 Woman says Nevada Air National Guard supervisor raped her on multiple occasion
By Ben Margiott
2020/01/29--https //mynews4 com/news/local/woman-says-nevada-air-national-guard-supervisor-
raped-her-guard-confirms-10-total-cases
Excerpt: A woman with the Nevada Air National Guard told News 4-Fox 11 her supervisor raped
her multiple times at the Reno air base and she believes there could be other victims. The
woman, who requested to remain anonymous for fear of retaliation, claims that he spent over a
year grooming her, then sexually assaulted her 'on multiple occasions.'
2020/01/29--https //mynews4 com/news/local/woman-says-nevada-air-national-guard-supervisor-
raped-her-guard-confirms-10-total-cases
Updates 2020/05/21 Military Crim/Air Force separate page created; 2020/05/15 numerous additions; 2020/05/14 the sections were re-organized; several
articles added to Air Force section; 2020/05/09 Krause case added; 2020/05/08 the Gangs In Military/Graffiti material was moved from Notes to here-
War Zone/Military Rapes section; 2020/05/07 War Zone Military Rapes and Abuse section moved from River Gold to Police Factor; 2020/01/27 Defense-
2012/04/29 and NY Times-2019/09/10 articles added;