A Navy SEAL pleaded guilty Thursday in the hazing death of a Green Beret soldier, detailing the late-night plot to break into 34-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Logan Melgar's room with a sledgehammer, put him in a chokehold and restrain him with duct tape during a deployment in Africa. Following the agreement, a military judge sentenced Matthews to one year in military prison. 2 NAVY SEALS, 2 MARINES CHARGED IN GREEN BERET'S MURDERMatthews said that he, along with another member of the Navy’s SEAL Team 6 and two elite Marine Raiders, carried out the "juvenile" attack on June 4, 2017, in Bamako, Mali's capital. He added that Melgar’s death was "an unforeseen accident that has dramatically impacted the lives of everyone involved.

Source: Fox News May 16, 2019 19:39 UTC