Tuesday, June 8, 2021 By: Brenda M Fincher Local rape cases involving John Stafford, an Airman at Mountain Home Air Force Base and covered by the Mountain Home News in 2014 & 2018 with no local court convictions have finally found some closure for local victims. Military prosecution was conducted by The Office of Special Investigations, who has been the Department of the Air Force's major investigative service since Aug. 1, 1948. The agency reports to the Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force. OSI provides professional investigative service to commanders of all Departments of the Air Force activities. Its primary responsibilities are criminal investigations and counterintelligence services. This was brought to our attention earlier this year and resulted in a guilty verdict in a third case in March of this year, dated back to December of 2018. Due diligence of resources and information has been completed and we offer you this information provided by US Military Courts. It is our hope that some resolution for the victims and healing has now begun. An article dated April 29, 2021, published on the Nellis Airforce Base website written by Wayne Amann, OSI Public Affairs was provided.Teamwork and tenacity bring repeat offender to justice From Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, the non-commissioned officer was prosecuted and convicted of four rapes, one count of attempted sexual assault, one count of aggravated assault, and two counts of simple assault. He was sentenced to 18 years, six months of confinement, reduced in rank to airman basic, and given a dishonorable discharge during his General Court Martial hearing in March 2021.