By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 19, 2021 The struggle to free Marine Cpl. Thae Ohu from the brig is over, but her family says their fight for justice isn’t. Ohu was released under a plea agreement last week after nearly a year in pretrial confinement at the Navy Consolidated Brig in Chesapeake, Va., on charges of attempted murder, aggravated assault and other offenses stemming from an April 2020 attack on her then-boyfriend. The attempted murder charges were dropped as part of the deal. The 27-year-old’s case drew widespread attention last year after her family publicly called for the Marine Corps to release her into mental health treatment, saying the assault came amid a psychological breakdown.
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Isabel Rosales’ husband knew exactly how long it took her to get to the nearest grocery store and knew it took 22 minutes for her to get home after work. If she was even a minute late, he would call, exerting a control over her that finally erupted in violence one day in January 2018.
Early that morning, Rosales and her husband argued about her texting her coworkers, and he told her she couldn’t go to work that day. Rosales went to the bathroom, where she heard him unsheathe a kitchen knife. He came to the bathroom and asked for a kiss.
By 628 ABW Public Affairs, Joint Base Charleston Public Affairs / Published February 19, 2021
Joint Base Charleston, S.C.
Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston held a change of command ceremony onboard the USS YORKTOWN at Charleston, South Carolina, February 19th.
U.S. Navy Cmdr. Johnny L. Mincey of Fitzgerald, Georgia, relieved Cmdr. Jack A. Garcia of San Jose, California, as commanding officer of the Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston.
Distinguished guests, family and friends of the Naval Consolidated Brig attended the ceremony, which celebrated Garcia’s successful leadership during his three-year tenure and 20 years of faithful service to his country and the United States Navy.
A look inside the complicated assault case the Marine Corps doesn’t want anyone talking about January 29 Cpl. Thae Ohu is currently in the brig facing nine charges including attempted murder. (Photo courtesy of Michael Hinesley) A prosecution’s push to silence those working to fight for Marine Cpl. Thae Ohu was struck down by a Marine Corps judge Monday. “I lack sympathy to infringe on constitutional rights,” Lt. Col. Michael Zimmerman, the judge in the case, said during a hearing on Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia. Ohu’s family says she was an alleged victim of sexual assault by a superior in her chain of command. She later was charged with nine violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including aggravated assault on an intimate partner and attempted murder, when she allegedly attacked her boyfriend with a knife.