The Pentagon said Tuesday that a U.S. Army soldier detained in Russia last week will remain in a pretrial detention facility, at least until his next hearing.
Pentagon officials said Tuesday that a U.S. Army soldier detained in Vladivostok, Russia, last Thursday is currently in a pretrial detention facility and will remain there until his next hearing, though the date of that hearing was not immediately known. Pentagon Deputy Press Secrearty Sabrina Singh told reporters during a press briefing that Staff Sgt. Gordon Black enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in 2008, and most recently, he was assigned to the Eighth Army U.S.
She told 'GMA' her son met a Russian woman when she was tending bar near his Army base in South Korea, and she was later deported back to Russia. 'I knew something was going to happen,' Jones told 'GMA.' 'I felt like he was being set up by her.' Jones described her son's relationship with the Russian woman as 'volatile,' and even suspected the longtime girlfriend might be a spy.
Several other Americans, along with Black, remain detained in Russia. William Nycum, an English instructor in Russia on a six-month tourist visa, was found in a Moscow children's library Friday after breaking a window to gain entry, the Associated Press reported. Russian newspaper Izvestia says there is CCTV footage capturing Nycum partially naked breaking into the children's library, according to British publication The Daily Mirror. He was sentenced to 10 days in jail.
Others detained include Travis Leake, a musician who had been living in Russia for years and was arrested last year on drug-related charges; Marc Fogel, a teacher in Moscow who was sentenced to 14 years in prison, also on drug charges; and dual nationals Alsu Kurmasheva and Ksenia Khavana. Fox News Digital’s Pilar Arias and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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