Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez was the final of four co-defendants to be sentenced for the strangulation death of Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
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U.S. Navy SEAL Team 6 member Tony DeDolph was sentenced over the weekend to 10 years in prison for the June 2017 hazing death of U.S. Army Green Beret Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar.
The Virginian Pilot reported DeDolph was also demoted from the rank of chief petty officer to seaman, and will be dishonorably discharged and will have to forfeit pay.
DeDolph’s sentence comes more than a week after he pleaded guilty to manslaughter in Melgar’s death.
DeDolph, Chief SWO Adam C. Matthews, U.S. Marine Raider Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr. and Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez were all in the west African country of Mali in 2017 as part of a security mission with the U.S. embassy there. Melgar was also in the country as part of the security mission.
Navy SEAL Faces 22 Years For Alleged Role In Hazing Death of Green Beret
On 1/14/21 at 9:40 PM EST
A Navy SEAL could face over 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to several charges related to his alleged role in the 2017 hazing death of an Army Green Beret staff sergeant.
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony DeDolph pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, hazing, obstruction of justice and conspiracy charges related to assault and obstruction of justice at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia on Thursday, according to
Army Times. DeDolph is one of four service members charged in connection to the death of Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar and the third to plead guilty to charges in the case.
Navy Chief Special Warfare Operator Tony E. DeDolph, a U.S. Navy SEAL with SEAL Team 6, has agreed to plead guilty to some of the charges against him in the June 4, 2017 strangulation death of Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar, a Green Beret, in Mali.
DeDolph’s attorney Phillip Stackhouse told Military Times his client agreed to plead guilty to some charges while other contested charges would be dropped, adding that his client “never intended to injure” Melgar. DeDolph is the third defendant in the case to plead guilty.
DeDolph, along with fellow SEAL Navy Chief SWO Adam C. Matthews, U.S. Marine Raider Staff Sgt. Kevin Maxwell Jr. and Marine Raider Gunnery Sgt. Mario Madera-Rodriguez, are alleged to have taken part in a hazing ritual with Melgar that led to his death. The elite U.S. troops were in Mali as part of counterterrorism operations for the U.S. Embassy in the western African country. DeDolph and the three others are alleged to have surprised Melgar while he was sleeping