Verdict: Lejeune Marine did not haze junior colleague

UPDATE: Verdict: Lejeune Marine did not haze junior colleague
September 30, 2011 12:12 PM
HOPE HODGE - DAILY NEWS STAFF
Updated at 5:37 p.m.

A military jury decided Friday that a Camp Lejeune lance corporal who fought “like a drunken monkey” in the mixed martial arts ring was not guilty of assaulting a Marine in his unit who failed to complete a series of push-ups.

Lance Cpl. Chad Fyffe, 23, was acquitted on charges of assault, false official statement and drunk and disorderly conduct in a summer 2010 incident at his French Creek barracks. Fyffe, then a member of the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines scout sniper platoon, called the four newest members of the unit into his room to inspect their rucksacks for the next day’s exercise. Upon finding that some of the sacks were missing pieces of gear, Fyffe and his roommates told the Marines to begin “25-and-5” sets, a push-up exercise used in the platoon for training and correction. When one Marine, Pfc. Charles Holloway, could not keep up, Holloway claimed Fyffe began punching him and kicking him in the ribs, then ordered him into a bathroom across the hall and pummeled him for 10-15 minutes before finally releasing him.
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