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Marine DI Convicted of Abusing Recruits
Associated Press | November 15, 2007
SAN DIEGO - A Marine boot camp drill instructor was convicted Nov. 14 of abusing recruits under his command.
A military jury found Sgt. Jerrod M. Glass guilty of cruelty and maltreatment, destruction of personal property, assault, and violating orders on the proper treatment of recruits.
Glass, who was relieved of duty as a drill instructor in February, faces as many as 10 years of confinement, dishonorable discharge, reduction in rank, and forfeiture of pay and benefits. A sentencing hearing that began shortly after the verdict was scheduled to continue Thursday morning.
Telephone calls to Glass' attorney and his family were not immediately returned.
Glass, who volunteered for two tours in Iraq, had worked as a drill instructor for less than a year when the mistreatment occurred at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot near downtown San Diego.
Glass, 25, was accused of ordering one...
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