Navy SEAL Faces 22 Years For Alleged Role In Hazing Death of Green Beret
On 1/14/21 at 9:40 PM EST
A Navy SEAL could face over 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges related to his alleged role in the 2017 hazing death of an Army Green Beret staff sergeant.
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony DeDolph pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, hazing, obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges related to assault and obstruction of justice at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, according to
Army Times. DeDolph is one of four service members charged in connection to the death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar and the third to plead guilty to charges in the case.
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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.
Updated: 2:48 PM EST January 5, 2021
NORFOLK, Va. Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony DeDolph, one of four servicemembers charged with the strangulation death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, will plead guilty to some charges related to the crime, according to his lawyer.
Military Defender Phil Stackhouse said Tuesday that DeDolph, a member of SEAL Team 6, had entered into an agreement with Rear Admiral Charles Rock, USN, to resolve his pending charges.
DeDolph was charged with murder, involuntary manslaughter, hazing and obstruction of justice after the death of Melgar in June 2017. Melgar was a 34-year-old U.S. Army Green Beret who was stationed in Mali.
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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.
2nd Navy Seal Pleads Guilty in Death of Logan Melgar
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Another member of Navy Seal Team 6 has pleaded guilty for their involvement in the death of Army Staff Sergeant Logan Melgar.
Logan Melgar was a 34-year-old Lubbock native and a graduate of Frenship High School. After graduating in 2001 he later enlisted in the Army in 2012 and worked to become a U.S. Army Green Beret Staff Sergeant.
According to ABC News, while deployed to Bamako, Mali, back in 2017 on a counter-terrorism mission, Melgar died on June 4th during a hazing incident that involved Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony DeDolph putting him in a fatal chokehold.