Posted on Feb 4, 2016
16 months after illegal search, Army drops AWOL case against JBLM Ranger
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Agents and prosecutors left no doubt in court this week that Army police erred when they walked into Schwisow’s apartment with their guns drawn.
“You didn’t have the authority to go into his apartment, did you?” Army Judge Col. Jeffery Lippert asked the senior Army drug suppression officer who participated in Schwisow’s arrest.
“No sir,” agent Jennifer Acevedo replied in court at a pretrial hearing.
That error, though serious, was not the reason that Lippert dismissed the six criminal charges against Schwisow.
The dismissal centered on delays that have kept Schwisow in confinement for 489 days while awaiting a trial for desertion and narcotics charges.
“You didn’t have the authority to go into his apartment, did you?” Army Judge Col. Jeffery Lippert asked the senior Army drug suppression officer who participated in Schwisow’s arrest.
“No sir,” agent Jennifer Acevedo replied in court at a pretrial hearing.
That error, though serious, was not the reason that Lippert dismissed the six criminal charges against Schwisow.
The dismissal centered on delays that have kept Schwisow in confinement for 489 days while awaiting a trial for desertion and narcotics charges.
16 months after illegal search, Army drops AWOL case against JBLM Ranger
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He did what he did. I'm surprised those guys weren't shot entering his apartment like that. Regardless of the situation, they were wrong plain and simple. Now, if they found he had combat ptsd and depression, will they give him help and process him out getting to the VA? Or will he receive a dishonorable and be left to commit suicide or slowly die by drugs?
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Those agents and their CoC need to be held accountable for their actions. I'm not justifying what the inmate did, but to flagrantly disregard regulations and civilian laws is wrong and only hurts the MP's reputations in the area.
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