Army didn’t prosecute NCO accused of rape. So he did it again. And again

Thank you my friend SSG(P) (Join to see) for making us aware that "Staff Sgt. Randall S. Hughes got off with a slap on the wrist after he raped the wife of a young soldier [Leah Ramirez] under his charge during a Super Bowl party in 2017.'
"After a year-long investigation, Army CID agents determined the allegations were credible, said Ramirez. But a victim advocate later explained to her that Hughes was receiving a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand for his personnel file. He would not be prosecuted."
"Hughes transferred to Fort Dix, New Jersey, in the intervening years. It wasn’t long before he was once again accused of rape — this time by his teenage daughter. "
"On March 30, Hughes pleaded guilty in a Fort Drum, New York, courtroom to a slate of criminal charges and was sentenced to 13 years in prison and a dishonorable discharge.
Hughes pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault consummated by battery, one count of sexual abuse of a child, one count of assault consummated by a battery on a child, one count of indecent language and one count of adultery, according to court records."

A US Army staff sergeant who received a mere reprimand for raping the wife of a young soldier has been sentenced to 13 years behind bars and a dishonorable discharge — after being uncovered as a serial rapist whose victims included his own daughter, according to a report. In 2017, Leah Ramirez reported to the Army’s Criminal Investigation Command that Staff Sgt. Randall Hughes raped her during a Super Bowl party at her home near Fort Bliss, Texas, the Army Times reported. Her husband was passed out drunk after Hughes, his superior, had encouraged him to down shots of whiskey throughout the night, according to the news outlet. After Ramirez got her husband to bed and everyone had left, Hughes asked her for sex and, when she refused, he reportedly dragged her by her hair and raped her.“I waited until the morning and then I went to the hospital to get checked,” she told the Army Times. “It took CID 48 hours to get into my house for evidence, so I lived in the crime scene for 48 hours. And then, it took three years to do anything.”Military investigators determined after a yearlong probe that the woman’s allegations were credible — but a victim’s advocate later informed her that her attacker would not be prosecuted. Instead, Ramirez found out, the creep would receive a General Officer Memorandum of Reprimand in his personnel file, according to the report.“I was told CID had enough evidence to believe it happened, and Fort Bliss still didn’t do anything,” Ramirez told the Army Times. “They just told me the command said this is what it was — this is how it is.”A few months after sexually assaulting Ramirez, Hughes raped his then-girlfriend at the El Paso-headquartered Fort Bliss, according to court documents cited by the outlet. Hughes’ own teenage daughter later accused him of raping her after he transferred to Fort Dix, New Jersey, where CID agents launched an investigation after seeing the memorandum of reprimand in his files, the Army Times reported. This time, the probe led to criminal charges covering more than 10 years and involving five victims — with Hughes copping to a plea deal that included both 2017 crimes. He pleaded guilty to two counts of rape, two counts of sexual assault consummated by battery, one count of sexual abuse of a child, one count of assault consummated by a battery on a child, one count of indecent language and one count of adultery. The allegations of rape against Hughes date back to 2006, though that case was not reported at the time. Military investigators said he raped his then-wife at Fort Carson in Colorado, but the charge was dropped as a part of the plea deal. The agreement also avoided charges that he told his then-girlfriend to not speak to agents who were investigating Ramirez’s case. Charges that he cut the woman using a broken glass bottle also were dropped. On March 25, 2020, Hughes raped his daughter after giving her sleeping medication, according to the report.
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This is horrible. I don't understand the behavior of the COMMANDERS. I spent six years in command; isn't pleasant to see your troops courtmartialed but when it is deserved it MUST be done.