Russian court sentences US soldier to nearly 4 years in prison on theft charges

Written by on June 21, 2024

Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, was arrested in the Pacific port city earlier this year after his girlfriend accused him of stealing from her.

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A court in Russia's far eastern city of Vladivostok on Wednesday sentenced a US soldier arrested earlier this year to three years and nine months in prison on charges of stealing and threats of murder, Russian news reports said.

According to US officials and Russian authorities, Staff Sergeant Gordon Black, 34, flew to the Pacific port city of Vladivostok to see his girlfriend and was arrested after she accused . . .



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