Air Force NCO convicted in sex assault allowed to retire with benefits
Jeremy M. Zier , a senior NCO convicted in 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph of groping a subordinate while stationed in Turkey, will be allowed to retire and collect benefits, but his lawyer said he will appeal his loss of a grade in rank, to technical sergeant.A senior Air Force non-commissioned officer convicted in San Antonio of groping a subordinate at an air base in Turkey will be allowed to retire.
“Sergeant Zier had a special responsibility and duty to protect and look after the airmen under his authority,” Kendall said in a statement to the San Antonio Express-News. “While serving as a master sergeant, Sergeant Zier’s misconduct against a fellow airman violated that trust and his duty as an Air Force leader. Such conduct is unacceptable, does not meet Air Force standards, and won’t be tolerated.
“However, the action by to grant his earned retirement but then to unilaterally reduce Zier one grade in rank for conduct that he was already punished for via a courts-martial is unlawful and we will be appealing that action,” added Addicott, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and director of the Warrior Defense Project at St. Mary’s University School of Law.
Ferguson said in a 2020 interview that he tried several times to put his hand on her inner thigh, and finally touched her genitals, while they were in the hot tub in swimsuits along with several other junior airmen and two NCOs during “a professional office weekend.
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