Retired Army chaplain assistant convicted of two counts of murder

Former soldier gets 35 years
Lawyer tells judge post-traumatic stress disorder a factor in incident

By NOELLE PHILLIPS
A retired Army chaplain assistant convicted of two counts of murder explained his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder Wednesday in an attempt to convince a judge to reduce his prison time.

Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman sentenced Leslie Todd Parvin, 40, to 35 years in prison Wednesday for shooting and killing Edgar Lopez of Guatemala and Pablo Gutierrez-Guzman in July 2010. The maximum sentence he could have received was life in prison, and the minimum, 30 years.
Newman said he had reviewed Parvin’s military records and the treatment he had received for his post-traumatic stress disorder, which was diagnosed in 2007.
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