Arthur N. Bray Master Sergeant U.S. Air Force,Convicted Sex Offender Indecent Acts Upon A Child

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Name: Arthur N. Bray

Case: United States v. Bray No. No. 97-0996

Date Of Appeal: May 3, 1998

Plea: Guilty

Charges: Indecent Acts Upon A Child, Kidnapping, Child Abuse

Military Branch: U.S. Airforce

Listed In National Sex Offenders Registry? NO

In the early part of 1996, Master Sergeant Arthur Bray was tried by a general court-martial composed of a military judge sitting alone at Edwards Air Force Base, California. In accordance with his pleas, he was found guilty of assault and battery on a 5-year-old girl, kidnapping that child, committing an indecent act upon her, communicating a threat to her, and drunk driving, in violation of Articles 128, 134, and 111, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 USC §§ 928, 934, and 911, respectively.

On May 23, 1996, he was sentenced to a dishonorable discharge, confinement for 37 years, total forfeitures, and reduction to the lowest enlisted grade. On August 29, 1996, the convening authority, pursuant to a pretrial agreement, approved the adjudged sentence except for confinement in excess of 30 years, which he disapproved. The Court of Criminal Appeals later affirmed in an unpublished opinion.

Trial first began in early January, 1996. Appellant had negotiated a 20 year cap on confinement pursuant to an agreement to plead guilty.

The appellant was sentenced on 23 May 1996. He was punished with a dishonorable discharge, confinement for 30 years, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and reduction to the grade of airman basic. Under the law in effect when he committed his offenses, the appellant would have received his full pay as a master sergeant from the date of trial until the convening authority approved the sentence on 29 August 1996.