Air Force recruiter gets 27 years on sex charges

June 14, 2013 @ 3:14 pm

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - An Air Force recruiter has been sentenced to 27 years in prison for aggravated sexual assault and other offenses.

A panel of officers on Friday sentenced Tech Sgt. Jaime Rodriguez at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Rodriguez faced up to life in prison.

Rodriguez previously pleaded guilty to 16 specifications from engaging in or attempting to engage in unprofessional relationships, to obstructing justice. He was also convicted of aggravated sexual assault, abusive sexual contact and non-forcible sodomy, among other counts.

An Air Force special agent testified previously that 18 women were found who said Rodriguez tried to initiate relationships with them.

Rodriguez will also be dishonorably discharged and forfeit all pay and allowances.


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  • vern ivan wrote...
    I don't get it:
    March 16, 2013 8:20 pm
    There is something inherently wrong with rapists. It is not about sex it is about control and domination. These humans who commit rape have some deeply imbedded issues from their past. Commonly abused themselves in their earlier years. The signs that someone may be capable of attempting rape are evident in their look or lack of engaging another with eye to eye contact when in social interactions. They shuffle their feet and their eyes dart around to avoid contact with anyone. They live in their own dark world of frustration. Then the volcanoe errupts.
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