West Point colonel arraigned again for alleged misconduct with cadets

A U.S. Navy Academy at West Level colonel was arraigned for a second time in army courtroom on Dec. 2 on prices associated to allegations of consuming with a cadet, tampering with witnesses and falsifying info, in line with courtroom paperwork.

Col. William Wright has been charged with three counts of failure to obey order or regulation, two counts of constructing false official statements and three counts of wrongful interference with an opposed administrative continuing, in line with an Military courtroom docket.

The brand new prices are a part of a authorized saga that began June 18 when Wright, who served as director of the academy’s geospatial info science program, was first arraigned on almost equivalent prices. These prices have been dropped in October.

Wright pleaded not responsible to the brand new prices and has requested a jury trial, in line with Stars & Stripes, which was the primary to report the brand new prices.

In June, Wright confronted 9 allegations of constructing inappropriate sexual remarks, offering and consuming alcohol with a cadet, endeavoring to affect testimonies and wrongfully contacting a cadet on the academy’s ladies’s tennis workforce, Navy Occasions beforehand reported.

Wright allegedly denied particular directions to chorus from reaching out to the cadet and in addition informed one other cadet to “kill” an administrative continuing associated to his misconduct, Navy Occasions reported.

He was reassigned at the moment to a task within the academy the place his contact with cadets was minimize off, in line with Navy.com.

A yr earlier, courtroom paperwork present, Wright additionally allegedly disobeyed a regulation in Hawaii when he offered alcohol to a cadet and drank with them. He allegedly repeated the identical habits in Alaska a number of days later.

When reached by e-mail Thursday, West Level reiterated a press release it offered Navy Occasions in June.

“West Level holds our workers and school to excessive requirements,” Col. Terence Kelley, the director of communications at West Level, stated. “Upon allegations that our cadre haven’t upheld our requirements, we promptly examine to find out the information, defend, and help potential victims, and maintain alleged violators accountable.”

The trial is ready to start Jan. 6, 2025.