A retired lieutenant colonel was arraigned in a Fort Belvoir, Va., courtroom this month on a charge that he sexually assaulted a major in 2022 using a rarely employed authority of the military legal system to prosecute officers in retirement.
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Rtd. Army General Demoted After Conviction For Years-Long Sexual Abuse Of Daughter
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The charges were dismissed by a military court in 2018
Last year, a Prince William County grand jury convicted him
A retired Army major general has been demoted to the rank of second lieutenant, a year after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter. The Secretary of Defense changed the retired grade of then-Major General James J. Grazioplene, United States Army Retired, to second lieutenant after determining that second lieutenant was the highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, Pentagon spokeswoman Lisa Lawrence told Army Times in an email Monday.
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A retired Army major general has been demoted to the rank of second lieutenant, a year after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting his daughter. The Secretary of Defense changed the retired grade of then-Major General James J. Grazioplene, United States Army Retired, to second lieutenant after determining that second lieutenant was the highest grade in which he served on active duty satisfactorily, Pentagon spokeswoman Lisa Lawrence told Army Times in an email Monday. This action may not be appealed, she wrote. But, Grazioplene will maintain any benefits or privileges authorized for retired officers in the grade of the second lieutenant.