Posted on 06/27/2008 4:38:56 AM PDT by PurpleMan
WICHITA FALLS, Texas — An Air Force colonel was sentenced to nine years in prison yesterday and kicked out of the military for assaulting a woman, misusing his government travel card, and other crimes at Sheppard Air Force Base.
Colonel Samuel Lofton III faced 140 years in prison after being convicted of 34 counts, including indecent assault, larceny, being absent without leave, and conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman.
The 49-year-old former training commander "systematically abused his power, position, and authority to the detriment of the Air Force and to the detriment of those around him," a prosecutor, Captain John Montgomery, said during closing arguments in the sentencing phase yesterday. "The Air Force will recover, and the stains will fade over time. But (the assault victim) will have memories of this for the rest of her life."
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only agout sex, roll over klinton.
Huh?
BTW: Previouly published stuff (An 0-6 w/ 27 years didn’t have enough for his kids to eat lunch. Right.)
Lofton, who has served in the Air Force for almost 27 years and became commander of the 82nd TRG in July 2004, pleaded guilty to two counts under Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Failure to Obey an Order or Regulation, relating to the misuse of his government-issued travel card.
“I misused my government travel card. I was going through difficult financial times, and I used it to pay for my daughters’ school lunch program,” Lofton said during proceedings about the three different instances in which he used his government travel card to pay for his three daughters’ lunch programs at school. The charges equaled $225.
He said he knew it was wrong to use the card in this manner but said his daughters would not have been able to eat lunch at school without it.
How in the world did a turkey like this ever rise to be an O-6? Unbelievable. Even an E-6 knows better than that.
140 years in prison for that? We are lucky if a guy gets life for murder.
more affirmative action gone bad, he will be pardoned and elected to congress next if the AA president is elected
Somewhere there’s a judicial sympathy excuse book as these folks all use the same lines, It was for the children, mental disorders, prescription medicine addiction, sleep deprived, hormonal imbalance, mid-life crisis, etc, etc....
“Faced with” is always just a number. Added up the max for the charges and I guess you get 140.
“Faced with” is always just a number. Added up the max for the charges and I guess you get 140.
Old saying in the military, when the hand out promotions they don’t necessarily hand out brains.
I feel sorry for anyone who had to work for that jackass.
Sorry for the double. Don’t know how it happened. Hmmm?
When I was a very young Airman First Class I remember and old Staff Sergeant giving me some very good advice; “Every time a man thinks with the head of his **** all it does is get him into trouble.”
Does the Air Force hand out ribbons for waking up in the morning? I thought the Army gave them out like water but the Air Force seem to have even more.
I can’t make out all of them but he’s got a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, a Meritorious service Medal with multiple awards, a Joint Service Commendation medal, an Air Force commendation medal, an Air Force Achievement medal, a Distinguished Unit citation with devices, an Organizational Excellence award, long and short overseas tour ribbons, National Defense Service medal, Small Arms Expert, AF Training ribbon, and a couple I can’t make out. Not a bad haul for a non-flyboy.
Sounds like he had a pretty good career with very good performance until he f-ed up.
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