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01-31-2003, 02:27 PM
washingtonpost.com
Two Marines Arrested In Parachute Sabotage
Suspects Allegedly Were Angry at Officer
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 31, 2003; Page A03
After 13 parachutes were discovered to have been sabotaged at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last fall, the Marine Corps suspected an inside job. Yesterday, officials said they had arrested two Marines, and that one had confessed and the other had been apprehended as he allegedly was preparing to flee.
Lance Cpl. Antoine D. Boykins, 21, of Baltimore, and Lance Cpl. Julian Ramirez, 25, of Los Angeles, both members of the 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, were detained on Tuesday evening, the officials said.
No charges have been filed yet, but several people involved in the case, including a civilian lawyer retained by Ramirez, said they thought it likely the two would be accused of several offenses, the most serious being attempted murder.
That shook the Marine Corps, which likes to think of itself as a "band of brothers" steeped in camaraderie (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A3313-2003Jan30.html)
Two Marines Arrested In Parachute Sabotage
Suspects Allegedly Were Angry at Officer
By Thomas E. Ricks
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, January 31, 2003; Page A03
After 13 parachutes were discovered to have been sabotaged at Camp Lejeune, N.C., last fall, the Marine Corps suspected an inside job. Yesterday, officials said they had arrested two Marines, and that one had confessed and the other had been apprehended as he allegedly was preparing to flee.
Lance Cpl. Antoine D. Boykins, 21, of Baltimore, and Lance Cpl. Julian Ramirez, 25, of Los Angeles, both members of the 2nd Transportation Support Battalion, 2nd Force Service Support Group, were detained on Tuesday evening, the officials said.
No charges have been filed yet, but several people involved in the case, including a civilian lawyer retained by Ramirez, said they thought it likely the two would be accused of several offenses, the most serious being attempted murder.
That shook the Marine Corps, which likes to think of itself as a "band of brothers" steeped in camaraderie (http://www.washingtonpost.c om/wp-dyn/articles/A3313-2003Jan30.html)