Marine gets 6 years for fatal DUI wreck

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — Sgt. Evan Bunnell doesn’t remember the crash.

He does remember getting into his pickup, after drinking about a dozen beers at different bars last summer, Bunnell told a military judge during his Feb. 26 court-martial at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Members of his command told Bunnell later that he hit a car carrying two Marines that night, June 22.

One of the men, Lance Cpl. Bradlee Wilber, was killed.

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Marine Cpl. Jonathan M. Gould charged with attacking pregnant wife with hammer

A North Carolina-based Marine has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly beating his pregnant wife with a hammer, authorities said.

Cpl. Jonathan M. Gould, 24, who is assigned to Camp Lejeune’s Weapons Training Battalion, had his initial court appearance Monday morning at the Onslow County Courthouse in Jacksonville, N.C. His bond was set at $1 million, according to a court clerk.

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