Camp Foster MP pleads not guilty to molesting teen

Camp Foster MP pleads not guilty to molesting teen
By Cindy Fisher, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, May 15, 2008

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Camp Foster military policeman pleaded not guilty at a court-martial Tuesday to charges of carnal knowledge, sodomy and indecent acts with his then-15-year-old sister-in-law and possession child pornography.

Prosecutor Capt. Paul Ervasti told a jury that the staff sergeant molested his wife’s sister, who is the adopted dependent of a Department of Defense employee on Okinawa, when she was visiting their Camp Foster home Oct. 8, 2006, while his wife was out.

The teen reported the alleged abuse to her school nurse two days later, according to court testimony.

The teen was then taken to the Naval Investigative Criminal Service where her adopted mother greeted her with disbelief and harsh words, testified the school nurse and an NCIS special agent.

The mother also refused to allow a sexual-assault examination to be performed on the teen, NCIS special agent John Connell testified.


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