A U.K.-based airmen faces charges that he lied to a commanding officer about housing for a dependent, according\u00a0to charge sheets filed with the Judge Advocate General’s office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Staff Sgt. Angelo Rodriguez, with the 48th Maintenance Squadron, “willfully failed” to notify his commanding officer that a dependent moved to the U.K. with Rodriguez during his deployment to Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath, according to court documents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instead, Rodriguez allegedly told his commander that the dependent was still living in the U.S. in Florida, and misrepresented his entitlement to housing allowances, the records show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodriguez’s lawyer, however, says his client is innocent and never misrepresented where his family was living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“He was on an unaccompanied tour to England and never received [Overseas Housing Allowance]\u00a0with dependents\u200b,” said attorney Michael Waddington. “From\u00a0Florida, his wife and baby did visit with him in England\u00a0occasionally…They never had an intention of staying and never applied for\u00a0command\u00a0sponsorship.\u200b”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waddington said the Air Force has also cut off all of Rodriguez’s\u00a0allowances for dependents and now owes him $20,000 in back pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“For nearly a year, he has been supporting his family on a salary without any dependent pay for his\u00a0wife\u00a0and baby,” Waddington said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rodriguez also faces charges that he stole $500 worth of military property between September 2012 and May 2014.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials declined to identify what items Rodriguez is accused of stealing, saying that they could not discuss the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Air Force personnel records, Rodriguez is a weapons load crew chief. He joined the service in 2007, and has received the Air Force Commendation Medal and Air Force Achievement Medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A court martial is set for Nov. 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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