Bliss soldier charged in bar shooting
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 1, 2009 14:18:48 EDT
EL PASO, Texas — A 23-year-old Fort Bliss soldier is jailed in El Paso for allegedly trying to kill two fellow soldiers during a gang shooting.
Pvt. Antonio Saunders was arrested Monday and jailed on two counts of attempted murder.
El Paso police say he admitted shooting at two fellow soldiers after a weekend bar fight. Spc. Frank Calderon, 22, was wounded and remains hospitalized. The other soldier wasn't injured.
Saunders turned himself into military police and is being held in $150,000 bail. Online jail records don't show if he has a lawyer.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/09/ap_bar_shooting_090109/
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Fort Sill official fires back at gang report
Fort Sill official fires back at gang report
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 8:55:20 EST
LAWTON, Okla. — Fort Sill’s liaison to the city of Lawton is firing back at a police officer’s comments that soldiers at the base are involved in gangs.
Col. Robert Bridgford issued a written statement saying information released by police Lt. Darrell Southerland “was completely inaccurate.”
The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 8:55:20 EST
LAWTON, Okla. — Fort Sill’s liaison to the city of Lawton is firing back at a police officer’s comments that soldiers at the base are involved in gangs.
Col. Robert Bridgford issued a written statement saying information released by police Lt. Darrell Southerland “was completely inaccurate.”
Bridgford’s statement says no soldier has been arrested or implicated in gang activity in the past year. It also says military police have no information of soldiers being a member of a gang or being involved in gang-related activities.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/ap_sillgangs_111108/
Monday, November 10, 2008
Police say Fort Sill has a gang problem
Lawton police say Sill has a gang problem
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 10, 2008 7:51:29 EST
LAWTON, Okla. — Lawton police say the Fort Sill Army post is home to many soldiers who also are gang members, but post officials dispute that claim.
Lt. Darrell Southerland, a 20-year police veteran who oversees the Lawton Gang Task Force Unit, said his six-member unit has routinely gathered and shared evidence with Fort Sill officials about soldiers stationed at Fort Sill who also are gang members.
He said evidence has been obtained through traffic stops and arrests and includes photos of gang-related tattoos and information from informants.
“People don’t want to face the truth, but it’s true,” Southerland said. “Fort Sill has a problem with gangs. We see it every Friday and Saturday night on the streets. But nobody wants to listen.”
Fort Sill spokesman Jon Long disagrees.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/ap_sillgangs_111008/
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Nov 10, 2008 7:51:29 EST
LAWTON, Okla. — Lawton police say the Fort Sill Army post is home to many soldiers who also are gang members, but post officials dispute that claim.
Lt. Darrell Southerland, a 20-year police veteran who oversees the Lawton Gang Task Force Unit, said his six-member unit has routinely gathered and shared evidence with Fort Sill officials about soldiers stationed at Fort Sill who also are gang members.
He said evidence has been obtained through traffic stops and arrests and includes photos of gang-related tattoos and information from informants.
“People don’t want to face the truth, but it’s true,” Southerland said. “Fort Sill has a problem with gangs. We see it every Friday and Saturday night on the streets. But nobody wants to listen.”
Fort Sill spokesman Jon Long disagrees.
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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/11/ap_sillgangs_111008/
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