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March 10, 2014

Ft. Hood Sexual Assault Coordinator Accused of Running Prostitution Ring 
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Yet another Army official involved in sexual assault prevention has been
charged with a related crime. Sgt. 1st Class Gregory Mc Queen, who runs
the sexual assault and harassment prevention wing at Fort Hood, is
accused of setting up a prostitution ring of cash-strapped female
soldiers. Mc Queen was charged Friday with 21 counts, including
pandering, conspiracy, maltreatment of a subordinate and abusive sexual
contact. Mc Queen's court-martial comes days after the Army's top
prosecutor for sexual assault cases, Lt. Col. Joseph Morse, was
suspended for alleged sexual assault. Morse and Mc Queen bring to at
least five in the last year the number of Army officers involved in
sexual assault oversight to be accused of some of the very same offenses
they're tasked with preventing and punishing. Last week the Senate
rejected a measure that would have moved oversight of sexual assault in
the military outside of the chain of command.

 

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