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SENIOR CHIEF FACING COURT-MARTIAL FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES
July 27, 2020
Geoff Ziezulewicz
Navy Times
A Mississippi-based U.S. Navy senior chief is facing court-marital over allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman and threatened to distribute nude photos on social media, among other alleged crimes, according to charge sheets.
Prosecutors allege Senior Chief Construction Mechanic Luis H. Garcia sexually assaulted the woman in Guam on Sept. 16, 2018. The woman’s name is redacted in the charge sheet copy provided to Navy Times.
Garcia is also charged on the same date for violating the Navy’s sexual harassment policy when he allegedly kissed the neck