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Marine vet sentenced to over 3 years in prison for Capitol riot
Charles Donohoe, a Marine Corps veteran, is also a former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Veterans in Proud Boy Jan. 6 case found guilty of seditious conspiracy
The criminal case has highlighted the growing role of veterans and service members in far-right extremist groups.
Ex-Proud Boys leader Tarrio guilty of Jan. 6 sedition plot
A jury in Washington, D.C., found the former Proud Boys leader guilty of seditious conspiracy. The charge carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years.
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty in sheriff deputy’s killing
Steven Carrillo pleaded guilty Monday to the murder of Santa Cruz County Sheriff Sgt. Damon Gutzwiller on June 6, 2020, according to prosecutors.
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant who killed guard sentenced to 41 years in prison
A judge sentenced Steve Carrillo to a 41-year prison term, a lifetime of supervised release and an undetermined amount of restitution.
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
Steven Carrillo, 33, changed his plea to guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of David Patrick Underwood and to the attempted murder of Underwood’s colleague.
Extremist crimes among veterans on the rise for the past decade, study finds
Cases jumped dramatically in 2017, 2020 and 2021, according to the report.
Airman was part of militia plotting ‘war’ against police, court filings say
Steven Carrillo, an Air Force sergeant, has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shootings of a federal officer and a Santa Cruz sheriff in 2020.
Book excerpt: ‘Facing the Mountain’
"Facing the Mountain" portrays the kaleidoscopic journey of four Japanese-American families and their sons, who volunteered for 442nd Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible.
By Daniel James Brown
‘I felt hate more than anything’: How an active-duty airman tried to start a civil war
Air Force Sgt. Steve Carillo allegedly killed two people and wounded five others in an eight-day span, federal authorities say. But that expression of rage marked the culmination of a long slide into extremism.
Partisan politics has no place in today’s (or tomorrow’s) military
The emerging partisanship of the armed forces needs to be corrected before it's too late, says the author of this commentary.
By Jacob Richardson