Federal prosecutors in San Diego won’t pursue a second trial of retired Rear Admiral Bruce Loveless, one of many excessive rating officers caught up within the “Fat Leonard” scandal.
The determination got here after a federal jury, on June 29, failed to succeed in a verdict on prices introduced in opposition to Loveless in a case by which 4 different defendants — former U.S. Navy Captains David Newland, James Dolan and David Lausman and former Commander Mario Herrera — had been convicted on all counts of accepting bribes from overseas protection contractor Leonard Glenn Francis, the previous CEO of Glenn Marine Defense Asia (GMDA).
All 5 defendants had been members of the “Seventh Fleet nine,” who had been arrested on March 14, 2017 and charged in a federal indictment with accepting luxurious journey, elaborate dinners and providers of prostitutes from Francis in alternate for labeled and inside U.S. Navy info.
An order signed September 15, by U.S. District Judge Jannis L. Sammartino “dismisses with prejudice all charges in the Indictment against defendant Bruce Loveless.”
“Dismisses with prejudice” signifies that Loveless can’t be tried once more on the identical circumstances in federal court docket.
