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U.S. Army Contractor Charged in Brutal Stabbing
A U.S. Army contractor is facing charges for a brutal stabbing that took place at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.
According to the indictment, Sean T. Brehm, 44, of Western Cape, South Africa, stabbed another individual with a knife on November 25, 2010, while working as a contractor for DynCorp International LLC, a U.S. Army contractor in Afghanistan.
Brehm was originally charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., on December 9, 2010. U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan D. Davis ruled on December 10, 2010, that Brehm be removed to the United States, and he arrived on December 21, 2010, at Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
Brehm is charged with one count of assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm and without just cause or excuse, and one count of assault resulting in serious bodily injury. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for each charge.
The case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney James S. Yoon of the Criminal Division’s Human Rights and Special Prosecutions Section and Assistant U.S. Attorney Ronald L. Walutes Jr., for the Eastern District of Virginia. The Criminal Division’s Office of International Affairs provided assistance. The case is being investigated by the FBI’s Washington Field Office.
An indictment is merely a formal accusation. It is not proof of guilt, and a defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
Brehm is being held accountable under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), a statute that gives U.S. courts jurisdiction to prosecute crimes committed outside the United States by, among others, contractors or subcontractors of the Department of Defense.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release ↗
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