Entries from Seattlest tagged with 'extradition'
July 10, 2008
A Bellingham man accused of deserting his Army unit in 2001 has been arrested by U.S. Border Officers. Nicholas Olson, now 29, was arrested in Sweetgrass, Mont., on July 3rd as he was trying to re-enter the country from Canada. He will be extradited to the Army to face charges of desertion. The maximum penalty a U.S. soldier can face for desertion during a time of war is death. While the U.S. has not......
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