Salon.com > Fort Stewart http://www.salon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 23:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Army veteran pleads guilty in Fort Stewart militia case http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/army_veteran_pleads_guilty_in_fort_stewart_militia_case/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/24/army_veteran_pleads_guilty_in_fort_stewart_militia_case/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13180147 The Southern Poverty Law Center
 Another former soldier has pleaded guilty for his role in an anti-government militia authorities say is responsible for the execution-style murder of two teenagers in the Georgia woods in late 2011.

Timothy Joiner, a 22-year-old Iraq War veteran, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Liberty County, Ga., to more than 30 charges of burglary, financial-transaction-card thefts, and violations of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act among other crimes, according to the Associated Press.

The AP quoted the lead prosecutor in the case, Isabel Pauley, as saying Joiner’s crime wave was an attempt to raise enough money to bail another member of the militia out of jail. Joiner was arrested before that could happen.

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