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FOX 15
March 3, 2017
While deputies were attempting to gain control of Beard, Denise Cortez, wife of off duty officer, Paul Cortez arrived and she began interfering with the arrest of Beard and Cortez Jr. by pushing and shoving the deputies. While placing ... Paul Cortez Jr. is a sergeant with the Opelousas Police Department.
KLFY
March 1, 2017
Paul Cortez III and Nicholas Launey were issued a misdemeanor summons for fighting and Paul Cortez Jr, Denise Cortez, and Logan Burton Beard were transported to the St. Landry Parish Jail for processing. Paul Cortez Jr. is a sergeant with the Opelousas Police Department. Sheriff Guidroz stated, " OneÃâà...
CNN
May 17, 2009
The defendant sits rigid the entire time. The mention of other names comes frequently in court. Spc. James Barker: The jury knows him as the soldier who concocted a plan over a card game to target the Al-Janabi family -- a mission of gang-rape and murder. Sgt. Paul Cortez: The defense counsel describesÃâà...
CNN
May 10, 2009
Pvt. 1st Class James Barker, Sgt. Paul Cortez, Pvt. 1st Class Jesse Spielman and Pvt. 1st Class Bryan Howard received sentences ranging from 27 months to 110 years, with the possibility of parole in 10 years in the most severe cases. They were convicted and sentenced in a military court. On Monday, asÃâà...
Huffington Post (blog)
May 7, 2009
Barker next went to Paul Cortez, who having just been aproved for sergeant's stripes was their non-commissioned officer [NCO.] Nothing had at that ... Investigating the crime, Sgt. Anthony Yribe of the 101st Airborne entered the house with Sgt. Cortez and was amazed to see Cortez begin violently retching. He entered theÃâà...
BBC News
February 23, 2007
A second US soldier's plea of guilty to the gang rape of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and the killing of her and her family has been accepted by a judge. Sgt Paul Cortez admitted four murders, rape and conspiracy to rape. His plea means he will avoid the death penalty. In November, Specialist James Barker, 24,Ãâà...
New York Times
February 22, 2007
22 (AP) — An American soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for taking part in the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year. The soldier, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. Sergeant Cortez will be eligible for parole in 10 yearsÃâà...
New York Times
February 22, 2007
22 (AP) — An American soldier was sentenced to 100 years in prison Thursday for taking part in the gang rape and murder of an Iraqi girl and the killing of her family last year. The soldier, Sgt. Paul E. Cortez, 24, also was given a dishonorable discharge. Sergeant Cortez will be eligible for parole in 10 yearsÃâà...
CNN
August 10, 2006
"Cold food didn't kill that family. Personnel assignments didn't rape and murder that 14-year-old little girl." Capt. Elizabeth Walker, attorney for Sgt. Paul Cortez, 23, reminded the investigating officer that "these are soldiers, not robots. They are humans with emotions and a command structure that hung themÃâà...
CNN
August 10, 2006
"Cold food didn't kill that family. Personnel assignments didn't rape and murder that 14-year-old little girl." Capt. Elizabeth Walker, attorney for Sgt. Paul Cortez, 23, reminded the investigating officer that "these are soldiers, not robots. They are humans with emotions and a command structure that hung themÃâà...
CNN
August 9, 2006
James P. Barker, 23, said that he held the girl down while she was raped by another soldier, Sgt. Paul Cortez, during an incident in March in Mahmoudiya, according to testimony from CID Special Agent Benjamin Bierce. Barker said that he then attempted to rape the girl himself, before she was shot toÃâà...
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