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Former US Marine Imprisoned in Moscow Maintains His Innocence
Joey Reed’s son, Trevor, is 29. He could spend nearly a decade of his life in a Moscow prison, where he’s been held since August 2019. For most of 2020, Texan Joey Reed has been living in Moscow. Despite many challenges, including the pandemic, Reed remains in Russia. He is trying to keep his son’s case from falling below...
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Photos: Somber Memorial Held for Fallen Military Members Killed in Training Incident
The lives of eight U.S. Marines and one U.S. Sailor were honored Friday during a somber memorial at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
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2 Marines Accused in Drug Overdose Case of Fellow Marine
Two U.S. Marines have been arrested on a federal grand jury indictment alleging the lance corporals were involved in drug sales, including to a fellow Marine who died of an overdose in May.
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Families Mourn 3 SoCal Marines Killed in Training Accident
As the rescue operation off the coast of San Clemente Island has given way to a recovery effort, more information about the young Marines and Navy sailor now presumed dead at sea is coming to light, including three of them from Southern California. Returning from a training mission Thursday, they were aboard aboard an amphibious assault vehicle when it...
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1 Marine Dead, 8 Missing After Southern California ‘Training Mishap'
A search for eight Marines was underway Friday morning following a “training mishap” involving an Amphibious Assault Vehicle (AAV) near San Clemente Island in Los Angeles County, according to the United States Marine Corps.
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New Details on Marine's Plot to Hunt Child Traffickers at US-Mexico Border
A Camp Pendleton Marine whose disappearance prompted a nationwide search has been court martialed after investigators discovered he purchased a cache of weapons and ammunitions to allegedly hunt human traffickers along the U.S. and Mexico border.
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Family Sues Camp Pendleton Housing Contractor Over Mold in Home
A family that once lived on Camp Pendleton is suing the base’s a military housing contractor, claiming the contractor exposed them to dangerous levels of mold in their home on base.
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Man Arrested For Recruiting Marines In Human Smuggling Operations
Agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) have arrested a suspect who allegedly recruited Camp Pendleton-based Marines to smuggle undocumented immigrants from the border.
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USMC Wife Accused of ‘Nonconsensual Sex' With Teen Exchange Student
A complaint filed last week alleges the wife of a Camp Pendleton Marine had nonconsensual sex with a teenage foreign exchange student who was living at her home.
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6 Marines Plead Guilty to Human, Drug Trafficking at Border, 17 More Under Investigation: 1st Marine Divison
Six of the nearly two dozen Marines accused of participating in human and drug trafficking rings have pleaded guilty, the government confirmed Tuesday.
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13 Camp Pendleton-Based Marines Charged in Human Smuggling Investigation
More than a dozen Camp Pendleton-based Marines arrested during a Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) investigation into allegations of human smuggling have been charged, the U.S. Marines said Friday.
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Honoring Veteran Dorian Gardner
This Veterans day California Live honors Veteran Dorian Gardner who lost his eye sight after a bomb exploded near his face. His inspirational story of recovery, depression and involvement with adaptive sports, on California Live Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.
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‘Craved the Taste of Blood': US Marine Veteran Sentenced for Stabbing and Killing Construction Worker
Mikhail Schmidt, 33, was sentenced Tuesday for stabbing and killing 37-year-old construction worker Jacob Bravo in Oceanside because he “craved the taste of blood,” Schmidt told law enforcement in a video confession.
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Report Details Extent of Water Contamination in California
Chemicals used for carpets and anti-stain products have been found in water sources for 7.5 million people in California, detailing the extent of the problem as state regulators work to develop safety levels for the contaminants that have been linked to cancer.
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Marine On Trial for Murder ‘Missed Thrill of Killing': DA
Prosecutors say a U.S. Marine veteran accused of stabbing a construction worker to death at an Oceanside job site in 2017 “missed the thrill” of killing and went out that night looking for a life to take.
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Gang Members Sentenced for Killing 19-Year-Old Marine in South Los Angeles
Two gang members are facing potential life prison terms for the murder of a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was found shot inside his car in South Los Angeles.
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East County SEAL's Life Story Fit for Silver Screen
A retired Navy SEAL has written a book about his amazing journey from Africa to San Diego.
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‘I Wasn't Going to Say Anything': Alleged Victim of Former Camp Pendleton Marine Accused of Rape Wants to Protect Others
A former U.S. Marine who is accused of raping a woman in a Temecula townhome last week may be connected to other sex crimes, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said.
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USMC Identifies Marine Killed in Training Crash at Camp Pendleton
A Camp Pendleton Marine who was killed in a training accident that also wounded six other Marines was identified Friday as 1st Lt. Hugh C. McDowell, 24, of Washington D.C.
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1 Marine Dead, 6 Others Injured in Training Accident at Camp Pendleton
One Marine was killed and six others injured during a training exercise at Camp Pendleton, officials confirmed Thursday.