Paratrooper pleads guilty in HIV case

[unhappycamper]

Paratrooper pleads guilty in HIV case
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Nov 2, 2007 5:57:51 EDT

FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A paratrooper has pleaded guilty to assault for knowingly having unprotected sex with a 17-year-old he met in an online chat room.

Pfc. Johnny Lamar Dalton entered his plea during a court-martial at Fort Bragg. Dalton is a member of the 82nd Airborne Division.

Dalton was ordered last November not to have unprotected sex after he was diagnosed with HIV.

Doctors discovered the 17-year-old had HIV during a routine blood test, and his mother notified the military. Prosecutors say Dalton and the teen had sex before and after Dalton was diagnosed.

Dalton also pleaded guilty to violating a direct order, aggravated assault, committing an indecent act and using marijuana. A sentence hasn’t been imposed.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/11/ap_hivsoldier_071101/

[The Backlash Cometh]

1. This is just horrible.

I bet it won't make it to the Greatest Page.

[Donnachaidh]

2. Assault? Knowingly having unprotected sex is premeditated murder!

HIV is a death sentence. period.

[The Backlash Cometh]

3. What did I say?

No one is going to want to talk about this on this newsgroup because of the obvious implications.