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Soldier who fled German police sentenced
Soldier who fled German police sentenced
By Jennifer H. Svan, Stars and Stripes
European edition, Sunday, February 8, 2009

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — On Friday, Spc. James T. Baker salvaged his Army career.

Just barely.

At the close of a general court-martial here, Baker, 26, was reduced in rank to E-1; ordered to forfeit $1,399 of his pay for one month; restricted for 60 days to his place of duty, residence and a few other locations; and given hard labor with no confinement for 90 days.

His crime: operating a vehicle recklessly and fleeing from German police.

He wasn’t drunk. But he did speed — 100 kilometers per hour past the Vogelweh housing gate around 4 a.m. on July 6, 2008, blowing through two stop signs and failing to pull over for a pursuing German police car with blue lights flashing.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60558
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