Col. pleads guilty to role in paternity case

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Col. pleads guilty to role in paternity case
By Brendan McGarry - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Jan 31, 2009 8:53:10 EST

CARLISLE, Pa. — A recently discharged Army Reserve colonel pleaded guilty Jan. 23 in Cumberland County court to misdemeanor charges related to taking a paternity test for a former classmate at the Army War College.

As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, Bruce S. Adkins, 47, entered guilty pleas to two second-degree misdemeanor counts of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence and obstruction of justice.

Adkins had cooperated with investigators and had testified against former Col. Scott M. Carlson, his former bowling buddy at the college. Adkins told investigators Carlson never told him about the child he had had out of wedlock with a former enlisted soldier.

Carlson was sentenced Dec. 30 to serve a minimum of four months in jail for two felony convictions of tampering with public records or information and attempted theft by deception. His attorney has initiated the appeals process.

Judge Edgar B. Bayley delayed Adkins’ sentencing. He ordered a presentencing report in a move attorneys said was to further review Adkins’ background and ordered Adkins to reappear in court May 12.


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