U.S. Army Specialist In Alaska Charged With Attempted Espionage And Other Offenses

The U.S. Military announced yesterday that a soldier stationed in Alaska was charged with attempted espionage and other charges.

11/7/2011 - JOINT BASE ELMENDORF-RICHARDSON, Alaska -- Nov. 7 - Specialist William Colton Millay (seen in the above photo), 22, a military policeman assigned to the 164th Military Police Company, 793rd Military Police Battalion, 2nd Engineer Brigade was formally charged today with attempted espionage, failing to obey regulations, issuing false statements, solicitation and communicating defense information.

Millay, of Owensboro, Kentucky, was apprehended Oct. 28 at 6:30 a.m. on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska by Army Counterintelligence Special Agents and Army CID for suspicion of espionage.

The charges are in connection with a joint investigation on Spc. Millay by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Army Counterintelligence and the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.

You can read the rest of the release via the below link:

http://www.jber.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123279102