WEST POINT – A member of the Class of 2017 at the US Military Academy was charged on Tuesday with drug-related offenses while two others have been referred to courts-martial proceedings.
Cadet Ammon Tuimaunei is charged with five violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice Article 112a – wrongful possession and wrongful distribution of the controlled substances cocaine and oxycodone, and two violations of Article 81 – conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine and oxycodone.
Tuimaunei is currently an active cadet pending a hearing.
Last November six cadets were charged with similar offenses. On February 14, West Point Superintendent Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, Jr. referred two of the six to general courts-martial. Christopher Monge and Tevin Long, who are on administrative leave and not at the academy, are pending arraignment in front of a military judge to face charges under the same articles. The drugs involved then were cocaine, oxycodone, oxymorphone and alprazolam.
The judge has not yet set a trial date.
The four cadets who remain on administrative leave are awaiting a decision from the superintendent on further proceedings, which could include a courts-martial or administrative action.
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