CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Seeing a man in pain, confused, and frustrated by events on an Afghanistan battlefield far from here, Marine Reserve judge Col. Glen R. Hines delivered his verdict and sentenced outspoken Stuart Scheller, a Marine lieutenant ...
Inside the Scheller Court-Martial: A Generation of Generals on Trial
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller pleaded guilty Thursday at a special court-martial trial here to blasting his chain of command in a string of social media posts that exposed a generational gap between the Americans who fought ...
Scheller Speaks: Marine Uses Court-Martial To Blast ‘Unaccountable’ Brass
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller blasted broadsides at the Pentagon brass on Thursday, Oct. 14, more than 5,000 blistering words hurled at senior leaders he portrayed as unaccountable martinets responsible for two decades of ...
Marine Scheller Pleads Guilty to Berating the Brass
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Outspoken Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller admitted he's guilty of all charges against him, according to documents leaked to Coffee or Die Magazine Thursday morning, Oct. 14, shortly before his special court-martial trial began ...
Medical Examiner Names Gunman Who Killed DEA Agent on Arizona Train
The slain gunman suspected of killing a US Drug Enforcement Administration agent and wounding two other law enforcement officials during a Monday, Oct. 4, shootout at an Arizona train station is Darrion Taylor, 26. Pima County Medical Examiner Dr. ...
Marines Charge Scheller Hours After His Release From Brig
Less than a day after the Marines freed Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller from the Camp Lejeune brig, the brass in North Carolina ordered him to stand trial by special court-martial for his social media posts demanding senior leaders be held accountable for ...
Marines Retreat: Outspoken Scheller To Be Released From Confinement
The Marine Corps nixed a detention hearing at North Carolina’s Camp Lejeune on Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 5, and agreed to release outspoken Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller from pretrial confinement. The Marines’ retreat came after Coffee or Die Magazine ...
Coffee or Die Magazine Demands Marines Stop Secret Scheller Hearing
On behalf of all media, on Tuesday morning, Oct. 5, Coffee or Die Magazine urged the US Marine Corps to halt a secret military hearing to decide the fate of Stuart Scheller, the outspoken lieutenant colonel and combat veteran who urged accountability ...
Leaked Documents Reveal Proposed Scheller Deal With Marines
Pending a court martial hearing, Marine Lt. Col. Stuart Scheller, who's locked up as an alleged flight risk, telegraphed to the Pentagon and Capitol Hill on Monday, Oct. 4, that he’d agreed to a deal that would usher him out of the Corps and avoid a ...
Boogaloo Bois Rioter Pleads Guilty in Police Station Shooting
A member of the anti-government Boogaloo Bois movement has pleaded guilty to firing 13 rounds into a burning Minneapolis police station during a 2020 riot, federal court records reveal. During a 33-minute hearing on Thursday, Sept. 30, Ivan ...
Feds: Corrupt California Cop Distributed Child Porn
When he was a cop in California, Anthony Mark Brown trafficked child pornography, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed this week in Los Angeles. Brown, 57, pleaded not guilty Wednesday, Sept. 29, in federal court to three felony ...
Feds: Dirty Cop Threatened To Order Sicario Hit on Fellow Officer’s Family
Two Columbus Division of Police officers on the city’s anti-drug cartel unit were dirty cops who tried to traffic fentanyl, according to a federal grand jury indictment unsealed Wednesday, Sept. 29, in Ohio. The FBI’s Southern Ohio Public ...
‘Faint Screaming’ and Agents on Horseback: Inside the Border Patrol Rescue of a Lost Hiker
Sixteen hours into a search inside Big Bend National Park’s remote backcountry, US Border Patrol agents on horseback heard what they called “faint screaming.” About 20 miles north of the Rio Grande River on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 28, the Horse ...
Authorities Say 2 Firebugs Sparked Multiple California Blazes
Over a three-day span, authorities in California arrested two suspected arsonists who investigators say sparked wildfires. On Saturday, Sept. 25, federal agents nabbed an unnamed 18-year-old Mexican man they say was in the act of starting a second ...
Fugitive Pleads Guilty After Ramming Car Into Federal Agent
Shot by the federal agent he tried to run over in a Colorado convenience store parking lot, fugitive Dallas Michael Theiss has pleaded guilty to assaulting a law enforcement officer. In a plea agreement signed last month, Theiss, 24, confessed to ...
Inside the FBI Arrest of the Man Accused of Bomb Threats Targeting Cops
Authorities have nabbed an Ohio man who threatened to blow up police stations nationwide, according to the FBI. Federal prosecutors in Colorado have also accused the man, Christopher Fassih, 25, of using his cell phone to store child pornography ...
Tropical Storm Nicholas Takes a Swing at Texas
With Tropical Storm Nicholas bearing down on Texas, Corpus Christi Fire Department Capt. Joshua Brunemeier said they’re prepared for the worst. “You don’t really know what you’re going to get until it hits. We pray for the best but prepare for the ...
Do You Know This Man? Feds Seek Help Identifying Child Victims
Authorities need the public’s help identifying potential child sexual abuse victims in California. Images involving at least three young girls are tied to an email account that belonged to Steve Jackson Rodriguez, 37, a Pomona man arrested last ...
Plea Deal Reveals Dirty Cop on International Drug Ring’s Payroll
Ex-Montebello Police Department officer Rudolph Petersen was a dirty Southern California cop on an international drug ring's payroll until a year ago, according to his federal plea agreement. Signed June 14 but announced Tuesday, Sept. 7, by ...
Search Ends for Diver Missing off the Florida Coast
The US Coast Guard suspended the search late Monday, Sept. 6, for a Florida attorney missing since Friday. Coast Guard Public Affairs Specialist 1st Class Ayla Hudson told Coffee or Die Magazine that Jim Evans, 50, disappeared during a dive for ...
Fighting an Inferno: Crews Battle Blaze Threatening Lake Tahoe Area
With a big assist from Mother Nature, crews battling California’s massive Caldor Fire went on the offensive Friday, Sept. 3, hoping to shrink a blaze that had scorched nearly 213,000 acres of forest near Lake Tahoe as of Friday evening. Southwest ...
The Wrath of Hurricane Ida: ‘Catastrophic Damage, Top to Bottom’
When Capt. Brennan Matherne stepped off on patrol on the morning of Monday, Aug. 30, near the Louisiana coastal village of Galliano, he saw “catastrophic damage, top to bottom.” The most powerful cyclone to hit the Pelican State in a half-century, ...
First Responders in Louisiana Prepare for Hurricane Ida
Firefighter Amanda Thibodeaux looked out the window of the Little Caillou Fire Department in Chauvin, Louisiana, shortly before 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 29, and saw drizzle trickling down the glass, the first tears of Hurricane Ida as the devastating ...
Virginia Facilities Lack Basics for Arriving Afghans as Airlift Continues
Round-the-clock flights continue to jet thousands of refugees from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan to safety, but shelters in Virginia and elsewhere are struggling to cope with the influx of Afghans fleeing the Taliban takeover. A prominent Afghan ...
The Afghan Airlift: 14 Destinations, 5 US Bases, 1,000 People Per Hour
Painting a rosy picture of ongoing efforts to airlift tens of thousands of refugees from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, Pentagon leaders Tuesday, Aug. 24, estimated that 1,000 Afghans were flying from Kabul every hour. That’s more than double the ...
Capitol Police Officer Cleared in Death of Trump Supporter Ashli Babbitt
An internal investigation cleared the US Capitol Police officer who killed Ashli Babbitt, the law enforcement agency announced Monday, Aug. 23. Babbitt, 35, died from a single gunshot wound on Jan. 6 after an officer fired into a mob storming the ...