A former U.S. Army soldier has been sentenced to 45 years in prison for plotting what prosecutors described as a 'murderous ambush' overseas on members of his own troop.
A U.S. soldier wears an Army Airborne patch during military drills in Kazlu Ruda, Lithuania, on March 1, 2022.A former U.S. Army soldier was sentenced Friday to 45 years in prison, the maximum, for plotting what prosecutors described as a"murderous ambush" overseas on members of his own troop.
"He is not the unrepentant monster the prosecutors and the Court portrayed him to be," defense attorney Jonathan Marvinny said by email."He deserved punishment, but he also deserved the chance to prove he could do something positive with his life. Today’s sentence took that opportunity from him." Prosecutors said Melzer was involved with the group starting in 2017 and joined the U.S. Army the next year specifically to help O9A"infiltrate its ranks," according to a Justice Department statement Friday.
When he learned in 2020 that his unit would help guard a sensitive military installation overseas, he transmitted location, schedule and security information to the O9A subgroup known as “RapeWaffen Division,” prosecutors said.
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