Airman Accused of Insider Attack at Syrian Base Acquitted of All Charges – By Thomas Novelly (Military.com) / Mar 16 2023
Following an eight-day court-martial, an airman who was arrested in June and accused of staging an insider attack on a U.S. military base in Syria last year that left four service members injured has been acquitted of all charges.
On Wednesday, a jury found Tech. Sgt. David W. Dezwaan Jr., of the 75th Air Base Wing out of Utah, not guilty of charges ranging from dereliction of duty and destroying military property to reckless endangerment and aggravated assault, according to a statement from Hill Air Force Base.
Dezwaan’s legal team — consisting of attorneys Philip Cave and Nathan Freeburg, as well as Area Defense Counsels Maj. Luke Gilhooly and Capt. Nathan Wiebenga — said their client had been in pre-trial confinement for nearly nine months.
