Marine Corps to prosecute bar assault death

Marine Corps to prosecute bar assault death
January 18, 2012 5:27 PM
LINDELL KAY - DAILY NEWS STAFF
Updated at 6:34 p.m.

State prosecutors cite the military’s deeper pockets and probable stronger punishment as the reasons they turned over jurisdiction to the Marine Corps of an assault case at a local bar where a Marine died after an altercation with another Marine earlier this month.

The Marine Corps has assumed prosecution of two Marines in the death of 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Jimmie Senn, Onslow County District Attorney Ernie Lee announced Wednesday.

Senn died at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington over the weekend after being removed from life support He sustained brain injuries Jan. 7 when he was allegedly punched, fell down and hit his head on the ground at Duck’s Bar and Grille on Gum Branch Road.
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