FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ♪ BREAKING NEWS ALERT.
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>>TOM WILLS: THAT BREAKING NEWS IS FROM FEDERAL VERDICT FOR THIS MAN JOHN NETTLETON THE
FORMER NAVY COMMANDER OF THE
BASE AT GUANTANAMO BAY 6 YEARS
AFTER A DEADLY CONFRONTATION.
THERE. A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED
NETTLETON TO 2 YEARS IN PRISON
PLUS ONE YEAR OF
SUPERVISED RELEASE NETTLETON
WHO LIVES HERE IN JACKSONVILLE
WAS CONVICTED IN JANUARY.
ON 6 COUNTS OF
OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE CONCEALING
INFORMATION FALSIFYING RECORDS
AND MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS ALL
THIS RELATED TO HIS ACTIONS
DURING THE NAVY’S INVESTIGATION
OF THE DEATH OF 42 YEAR-OLD
CHRISTOPHER TOUR TORRE WAS A
CIVILIAN MANAGER ON THE BASE
WHO WAS FOUND DROWNED IN
THE WATERS OF GUANTANAMO BAY A
DAY AFTER A FIGHT WITH
NETTLETON OVER AN AFFAIR WITH
HIS WIFE NETTLETON HAS NOT BEEN
LINKED TO TOURS DEATH NEWS 4
JAX REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI’S
BEEN ON THIS CASE SINCE.
>> I WAS JOINING US LIVE FROM
THE FEDERAL
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>> COURTHOUSE DOWNTOWN THAT.
>> MARY IT’S BEEN AN EMOTIONAL JOURNEY FOR BOTH FAMILIES AND EMOTIONAL DAY HERE IN COURT
THAT SENTENCING JUST CAME DOWN
WITH HIM. THE
PAST 45 AND IT’S AND
THE JUDGE SAYS HE KNOWS THAT
NOT EVERYONE IS GOING TO BE
HAPPY IN FACT
PROBABLY NO ONE IS GOING TO BE
HAPPY HE CAME DOWN
THE DEFENSE TEAM WAS ASKING FOR
PROBATION, THE FAMILY OF
CHRISTOPHER TORE THE MAN WHO
DIED IN THIS CASE WAS ASKING
FOR THE MAXIMUM
SENTENCE SO WE’RE GOING TO GIVE
YOU SOME BACKGROUND BUT RIGHT
NOW WE ARE JOINED BY THAT OR
FAMILY WE HAVE CHRISTOPHER
CHORES,
MOTHER AND HIS BROTHER BY 4 AND
HIS SISTER ALINA BURNS. ALL
3 OF YOU. I HAVE BEEN HERE
EVERY SINGLE STEP OF THE WAY
AND WE’RE GOING TO START WITH
YOU YOU ARE SO EMOTIONAL IN THE
COURTROOM WHEN YOU’RE TALKING
TO THE JUDGE ABOUT LOSING YOUR
SON HOW DO YOU
FEEL NOW WITH THIS DECISION FOR
2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
>> I’M GLAD HE’S GOT 2 YEARS, I
WOULD LIKE MORE I DIDN’T GET
WHAT I WANTED.
NOTHING’S GOING TO BRING CHRIS
BACK. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
FROM THIS LIKE
WE HAVE THEIR PARENTS WILL
ALWAYS HAVE THEIR SON EVEN
AFTER TO USE I LOVE TO GET MY
SON BACK.
>> AND MIKE I KNOW THIS HAS
BEEN SO VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU
FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED IN
THIS PROCESS. YOU ACTUALLY WENT
DOWN TO GUANTANAMO BAY AFTER
YOUR BROTHER DIED YOU ARE
SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS AND
YOU’VE NEVER LET UP SINCE.
WELL IT’S 5 YEARS AND
10 MONTHS. AND MR.
NETTLETON GETS LESS TIME THAN
THE TIME IT TOOK FOR HIM TO GET
THE SENTENCING.
24 MONTHS VERSUS ALMOST 6 YEARS
AND YOU MAY I SWITCHED FEELING
RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAID IN COURT
IN FRONT OF JUDGE TIMOTHY
CORRIGAN THAT YOU FELT THAT
CAPTAIN NETTLETON
OURS HIRED.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS ABOVE THE
LAW YOU ALSO FELT THAT THE U.S.
NAVY DROPPED THE BALL WITH THE
INITIAL INVESTIGATION.
>> YES, I I THINK THEY COULD
HAVE DONE. A LOT MORE AND THEY
DIDN’T
THEY DIDN’T LAST MONTH A BLACK
EYE ON THEM SO LET’S JUST HAND
IT OFF TO THE D O J.
>> AND QUITE A BIT THEY KNEW
QUITE A BIT AFTER THE FIRST 10
DAYS. THEY DO THEY WERE BEING
LIED TO AND THEY KNEW THAT HE
WAS THE SUBJECT OF DEATH
INVESTIGATION. AND DID NOTHING
TO THIS DAY. FINALLY
WE HEARD.
>> AN ADULT AND SAY I DID MY
WRONGS I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY.
HE DID APOLOGIZE TO YOUR
FAMILY. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT
THAT WASN’T ENOUGH.
>> HE I THINK HE OFFERED NO ONE
SAYS RATHER THAN POLITICS.
I THINK YOU SAID SORRY DID NOT
TAKE THAT AS AN OPTION. NO I
TOOK THAT IS JUST CONDOLENCE.
I FEEL IS
HE WAS TRYING TO COVER HIMSELF
UP WITH THIS APOLOGIES.
HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO SAY
ABOUT HIM.
>> THANK YOU FOR TALKING TO US,
I KNOW IT’S A DIFFICULT DAY
YOU’RE STILL PROBABLY TAKING IN
A LOT OF THIS PROCESS THAT’S
THAT OR FAMILY.
THE BROTHER THE SISTER AND THE
MOTHER OF CHRISTOPHER TORE NOW
HAS 4 AS NETTLETON
2 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON.
HE DID NOT HAVE TO GO TO
PRISON. TODAY HE WILL HAVE
TO REPORT WHEN IS REQUESTED BY
THE BUREAU OF PRISONS THAT
MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE
OF
COVID-19 SITUATIONS AND WE’RE
STILL WAITING ON THAT WE KNOW
THAT HIS ATTORNEYS ASKED FOR
THAT TO BE AFTER CHRISTMAS.
THE JUDGE SAID HE WAS I’M GOING
TO TAKE EVERYTHING IN
FEDERATION, BUT CERTAINLY HE
WAS NOT GOING TO
STICK TO THAT GUIDELINE AFTER
THE HEARING WE DID ASK IF
CAPTAIN NETTLETON WANTED TO SAY
ANYTHING. HE DID NOT WE DID
SPEAK WITH THE ATTORNEY TO
BRIEFLY SAY THAT HE FELT
PROBATION. IT WAS A BETTER
DECISION HERE BUT HE DOES
RESPECT THE SENTENCING FROM THE
JUDGE WILL HAVE MUCH MORE
LEADERSHIP IS FOR NOW WE’RE