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  • Pendleton Marine pleads guilty to kidnapping, conspiracy in Hamdania killing (Corpsman cops plea)

    10/06/2006 10:43:07 AM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 87 replies · 2,525+ views
    North County Times ^ | 10/6/06 | Teri Figueroa and Mark Walker
    CAMP PENDLETON ---- A Navy corpsman pleaded guilty this morning to two charges for his role in the killing of a 52-year-old civilian in the Iraqi village of Hamdania last spring. Petty Officer 3rd Class Melson Bacos pleaded guilty to conspiracy and kidnapping during a court-martial conducted in a base courtroom before Marine Col. Steven Folsom. Charges of premeditated murder and related offenses were dropped in exchange for the guilty pleas. Bacos is the first of the eight troops from 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment's Kilo Company to plead guilty to an offense arising out of the April 26 slaying...