Several Camp Pendleton Marines convicted on sex assault, child porn charges

[TexasTowelie]

SAN DIEGO — Several Camp Pendleton-based Marines have been found guilty in recent weeks of crimes including rape and child pornography, with other similar cases still pending in the military criminal justice system, records show.

The cases are coming to light after a series of Freedom of Information Act requests filed by the San Diego Union-Tribune over the past four months. Documents released by the Marines revealed that some of the most serious cases were tied to senior leaders like former Chief Warrant Officer E. DeLeon Jr.

At a Camp Pendleton court-martial last month, a military judge convicted DeLeon of possessing and distributing child pornography. The judge sentenced him to seven years behind bars, but a pretrial agreement capped his imprisonment at five years.

Highly redacted records trace DeLeon’s crimes back to Nov. 26, 2016, at Camp Pendleton, when he distributed a digital image of a child engaging in sex. Three days earlier, he had communicated to an unidentified person his desire to molest “a little girl,” an act he thought “sounds amazing,” according to his records.

Read more: http://www.sfexaminer.com/several-camp-pendleton-marines-convicted-sex-assault-child-porn-charges/

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Wow,finally someone

broke the code of silence. The next new Military Scandal.

[wasupaloopa]

2. I think you are a bit over dramatic. Do you have evidence of a Military Scandal?

[Nitram]

3. Several marines from the same camp convicted of child porn charges is indeed a Military Scandal.

The Marine Code of Honor:

Honor This is the bedrock of our character. It is the quality that empowers Marines to exemplify the ultimate in ethical and moral behavior: to never lie, cheat, or steal; to abide by an uncompromising code of integrity; to respect human dignity; and to have respect and concern for each other.

[wasupaloopa]

4. Well in some minds I guess

[Nitram]

6. Would you consider it a school scandal if several teachers were convicted of child porn charges?

[samir.g]

5. no wonder drumpf loves marines so much

They are his kind of guys.

[left-of-center2012]

7. Back in the early 1980's ...

The scandal at the time was marines from Camp Pendleton performing in gay videos.