Airman Faces Seven Counts of Rape

[unhappycamper]

Airman Faces Seven Counts of Rape
January 17, 2009
The Gazette

An Air Force Academy Airman will be court-martialed Monday on charges that he raped two women during a string of sexual assaults and other crimes at the base last year.

Airman 1st Class Derick R. Thompson is charged with seven counts of rape and two of sodomy in addition to charges that he broke alcohol regulations and disobeyed orders, according to court papers released by the academy Friday. If convicted on all charges, Thompson, who joined the Air Force in 2006, faces a maximum of 57 years in prison, loss of all pay and a dishonorable discharge, the academy said.

Court papers charge Thompson, a logistics technician with the academy's 10th Medical Support Squadron, committed a string of sexual assaults on two female Airmen and other crimes between Dec. 12, 2007, and Jan. 20, 2008.

The crimes started with an act of sodomy on Dec. 12, according to charging papers. Prosecutors charge that on Dec. 21, Thompson gave alcohol to underage Airmen, then, on Dec. 22, committed sexual assault by fondling an Airman and committed rape by having sex with an Airman without her consent.

Prosecutors say two days later, Thompson assaulted a woman by unlawfully touching her face "with his mouth."


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/airman-faces-seven-counts-of-rape.html?col=1186032310810