An Army private who fled to North Korea before being returned home to the United States last month has been detained by the U.S. military, two officials said Thursday night, and is facing charges including desertion and possessing sexual images of a child.

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    271 year ago

    CSAM. That’s unexpected.

    I guess he may have thought living in squalor in North Korea may be preferable to federal prison with that label…

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      61 year ago

      Desertion AND CSAM, that is a very problematic thing to be charged of in prisons indeed. I can’t imagine he will have a good time.

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        71 year ago

        Yep. I don’t remember seeing that bit when he originally fled. Something about assaulting some South Koreans and facing punishment.

        This makes trying to flee make a little more sense

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        21 year ago

        They put people who get convicted of CSAM and like crimes into the same cell block, out of genpop.