On Thursday in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Sgt. 1st Class Gary F. Alford was convicted on charges of sodomy, adultery, conspiring to violate a military regulation and three counts of violating a military regulation. He was sentenced to two years in prison. Alford was found not guilty of committing an indecent act with a trainee, perjury, sodomy, and four counts of violating a military regulation.
Also on Thursday, a military jury in Columbia, S.C., convicted Sgt. 1st Class Gary F. Alford of 15 counts of sexual misconduct and sentenced him to 4 years in prison for those crimes. Alford was acquitted on two rape counts.
Eight noncommissioned officers at Fort Leonard Wood have plead guilty to or been convicted of sex-related charges involving trainees since last November.
