US air force officer held for sex abuse

May 7th, 2013

FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda

Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Krusinski was promptly removed from his position as director of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program pending the result of a police investigation into the incident, during which he reportedly attempted to sexually handle a woman in a parking lot while drunk, US Air Force authorities announced Monday.

The 41-year-old military officer, who was shown with several cuts and scratch marks on his face in a police mug shot, was charged with sexual battery and later released on a USD 5,000 bond.

“The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police,” said a crime report filed by the Arlington County Police Department, near the US Defense Department.

Krusinski was responsible for overseeing the office intended to help “educate people about the sexual assault programs in the Air Force,” local press reports say, adding that he had held the position since February 2013 and reported to US Brig. Gen. Eden Murrie, who directs the military’s overall sexual assault program.

According to the US Air Force’s website, the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program hopes “to eliminate incidents of sexual assault through awareness and prevention training, education, victim advocacy, response, reporting and accountability. The Air Force promotes sensitive care and confidential reporting for victims of sexual assault and accountability for those who commit these crimes.”

Meanwhile, US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reportedly “expressed outrage and disgust over the troubling allegations” and “emphasized that this matter will be dealt with swiftly and decisively” in a call to Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, according to a statement issued by Pentagon spokesman George Little.

This is while the American military has been plagued by persisting sexual abuse scandals for decades. In 2012, over 30 male Air Force boot camp trainers were cited for sexually harassing, abusing and raping at least 59 military recruits at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.

In the current year, moreover, two three-star Air Force generals have further come under criticism for pardoning other top-ranking sex offenders.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, is due to release its annual report on sexual assaults on Tuesday, pointing to 3,300 cases, a 6-percent climb since last year. However, the number of those that made an anonymous claim of sexual abuse but never reported it skyrocketed from 19,000 in 2011 to 26,000 in 2012.

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