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Fort Hood sergeant pleads guilty in pimping scheme that used female soldiers

The San Antonio Express-News reports:

A Fort Hood soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday to a long list of charges stemming from a scheme he hatched to run a prostitution ring using young female soldiers.

Sgt. 1st Class Gregory McQueen, a non-commissioned officer, faced 21 specifications of misconduct stemming from the prostitution scandal. He pleaded guilty to 15 of them, including allegations that he worked with another soldier to bring at least two low-ranking women into his prostitution ring, but denied complicity in six other charges, including sexual assault.

If convicted, McQueen could get get a maximum sentence of 40 years and six months.

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