2 Marines Arrested-Suspected Sabotage

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January 30, 2003


2 Marines Arrested in Suspected Sabotage

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:34 a.m. ET
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (AP) -- Two Marines have been
arrested in the suspected
sabotage of more than a dozen parachutes last
fall, officials said. Three
jumpers were slightly injured when they were
forced to use their reserve
chutes.
No charges were filed immediately against Lance
Cpl. Antoine D. Boykins, 21,
and Lance Cpl. Julian Ramirez, 25, who were
placed in the brig Tuesday night,
Staff Sgt. Jay Connolly said.
Boykins and Ramirez are air delivery specialists
with 2nd Transportation
Support Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support
Group. Their hometowns were not
immediately available.
Special agent Klain Garage of the Naval Criminal
Investigative Service would
not say what led to the arrests.
The three Marines were hurt in the training jump
Sept. 21 when their main
parachutes failed, forcing them to use reserve
chutes. They were jumping from
a C-17 Globemaster during heavy equipment
parachute training.
When they returned to Cherry Point Air Station,
the jump masters in charge
discovered that in all, suspension lines on 13 of
25 parachutes had been cut
and the chutes repacked to hide the sabotage.
The day before the incident, other jumpers went
through training and the
parachutes were stored in a large locker that had
only three keys, Marine
officials said.

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[usmc85204]

If found guilty of this act. These two should be sentenced to jump with their own rigged shutes. Let the punishment fit the crime.
P.S. No reserve.....Semper Fi

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I second the motion of usmc85204 no loss to the government