Local Grand Jury Indicts Ex Iraq Contractor For Sexual Assault
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Local Grand Jury Indicts Ex Iraq Contractor For Sexual Assault
A civilian contractor will be returned to Texas to face charges after a grand jury in Central Texas returned an indictment charging him in a sexual assault in Iraq.
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(August 25, 2008)--Authorities say a civilian contract employee who worked in Iraq will be returned to Texas to face allegations of sexual assault in Iraq after he was named in an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Waco.

The FBI says Jorge Thornton, 27, was arrested Sunday at Fort Benning, Ga., charged with aggravated sexual abuse.

He appeared Monday before U.S. Magistrate Judge G. Mallon Faircloth in Columbus, Ga.

An indictment handed up by the federal grand jury in Waco says Thornton worked in Tal Afar, western Iraq for BlackHawk Management Corporation, a Houston-based company that provides logistical support to U.S. forces at Forward Operating Base Sykes at Tal Afar.

The indictment says he forced sexual contact on a woman there on June 14, but it doesn’t indicate whether the victim was a soldier or another civilian contractor.

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Posted by: Steve on Jul 28, 2011 at 11:00 AM

I wish he could have had someone in his corner that new the truth. He did not sexually assult that soldier. She was caught up and she took the easy way out and claimed sexual assualt. It's funny how all this happen and then she sleep in the bed with another contrator that same night. I wish all facts would have been put out I feel sorry for Mr. Thornton and hopefully he appeals this and call his brothern in his defense.
Posted by: Anonymous on Aug 26, 2008 at 12:40 PM

Doesn't make a diff what race he was its still wrong.
Posted by: bd Location: Killeen on Aug 26, 2008 at 10:21 AM

"You notice he wasn't white!" You notice the article did NOT mention any race. Leave that kind of crap out. You sound racist
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