DVIDS (CENTCOM / DoD): Soldier who fled to the United Kingdom convicted of desertion, other charges during trial at Fort Leonard Wood
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A Soldier who was apprehended in the United Kingdom after fleeing the United States three years ago was convicted by a military jury for desertion during his trial July 1 at the Fort Leonard Wood Courtroom.
Spc. Oliver E. Board, 33, a combat medic assigned to the General Leonard Wood Community Hospital, was also convicted of larceny and providing a false official statement.
The military judge sentenced him to 326 days of confinement, a $3,925 fine with an additional 180 days of confinement if...
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