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Arizona eyes National Guard to help staff jails

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is looking at ways to use Arizona National Guard personnel to help operate the understaffed jail system of the state’s most populous county.

4 years ago

How a military jail failed to protect a suicidal sailor from himself

Macoy Hicks's death could be one of the first big tests of a new military medical malpractice claims process.

By Geoff Ziezulewicz

4 years ago

NCIS collars Florida man for killing petty officer wife

A civilian employee at the Naval Aviation Technical Training Center on Naval Air Station Pensacola, Gregory Paul Malarik, 57, has been booked into the Escambia County Jail in Cantonment, Florida, on a $1 million bond, according to online records.

By Carl Prine

5 years ago

Georgia jail opens unit dedicated only for military veterans

One of Georgia’s largest counties has created a special jail unit just for military veterans.

5 years ago

Release of Marine veteran jailed as spy in Russia called for by lawmakers

A Russian court has repeatedly extended Paul Whelan's detention in a cramped Moscow prison while he awaits trial on charges that carry a sentence of up to 20 years.

6 years ago

Dahlgren sailor charged with burglary, rape and sodomy

A Navy hospital corpsman has been charged with allegedly breaking into a woman's home and sexually assaulting her.

By Mark D. Faram

6 years ago