Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez was the final of four co-defendants to be sentenced for the strangulation death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
Navy SEAL pleads guilty in Lubbock Green Beret s death
Army Times and A-J Media staff reports
A Navy SEAL charged in the strangulation death of an Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar of Lubbock in 2017 pleaded guilty to reduced charges on Thursday.
During a hearing at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia, Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. DeDolph pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, obstruction of justice, conspiracy charges related to assault and obstruction of justice, and hazing, according to an article from Army Times.
DeDolph faces a maximum punishment of 22 years, six months in prison, reduction to E-1, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, a fine and dishonorable discharge.
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Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar was strangled in Mali in June 2017.
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Navy SEAL taking plea deal in Green Beret s death
A member of the Navy s elite SEAL Team 6 will plead guilty on Thursday as part of a plea deal for his role in the death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Green Beret, in Mali in June 2017.U.S. Army
A member of the Navy s elite SEAL Team 6 intends to plead guilty next week for his role in the strangulation death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
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Former SEAL Team 6 member to plead guilty in Green Beret’s death
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By LUIS MARTINEZ, ABC News
(WASHINGTON) A member of the Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 intends to plead guilty next week for his role in the strangulation death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
That would make Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony DeDolph the third of four defendants, including another SEAL Team 6 member, to admit guilt for an alleged role in Melgar’s death in a June 2017 hazing incident in Mali.