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Sean: During the Article 32 hearing yesterday several evidentiary
matters were discovered or became clear. 1.
At the time of the decision
to confine Vega, the command was under the mistaken belief that he had taken a
life insurance policy on the life of the accuser. That is NOT true.
The life insurance policy had the girl’s mom as the beneficiary.
Mom claimed that her daughter told her it is Vega. She still believes
that. 2.
Yesterday the accuser also
admitted that she told him that she took the gun. She claims that she
only said that to piss him off. When pressed, she also admitted that she
told the family counselor at MCRD that she took the missing gun. 3.
Her claim that he threatened her
with the gun was thoroughly impeached. She testified yesterday that Vega
threatened her with the same gun. She told NCIS that the incident
happened in the Spring of 2009. That is impossible. The gun
disappeared by her own hand on June 17, 2008. She admitted that Vega
continued to ask her about his gun well into 2009. He couldn’t have threatened
her with a gun that he continuously asked her about. 4.
Finally, There has been no contact
between Vega and is accuser since late 2009. Confining him in June of
2010 is simply unfair. You would never make that decision if you were the
CA. The facts to justify confinement simply do not exist. Even the
IO wondered why he was in confinement. I am not commenting on the charges.
We will deal with those as they come. The facts that initially counseled for
confinement simply do not exist. I respectfully request that the command release SSgt
Vega. I have requested an IRO hearing. I feel, however, that
spending even one extra night in jail would be patently unfair. Haytham Faraj, Esq. PUCKETT & FARAJ, PC _______________________ WASHINGTON DC METRO 1800 Diagonal Road Suite 210 Alexandria, VA 22314 703-706-0442 Phone DETROIT METRO 6200 Schaefer Road Suite 202 Dearborn, MI 48126 313-457-1390 Phone 202-280-1039 Fax The information
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