{"id":41447,"date":"2020-02-05T16:07:20","date_gmt":"2020-02-05T16:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/02\/05\/prosecutors-senior-chief-called-officer-dick-deserted-committed-sex-crimes\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:44:24","slug":"prosecutors-senior-chief-called-officer-dick-deserted-committed-sex-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2020\/02\/05\/prosecutors-senior-chief-called-officer-dick-deserted-committed-sex-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors: Senior chief called officer \u2018dick,\u2019 deserted, committed sex crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A senior chief petty officer is facing multiple charges after he allegedly sexually assaulted a woman in 2018 and went on the lam a year later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before he was nabbed on Oct. 9, Construction Mechanic Senior Chief Luis Humberto Garcia, Jr. also allegedly called a superior commissioned officer a \u201cdick,&#8221; according to charge sheets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Garcia, 47, is accused of deserting his Gulfport, Mississippi-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.public.navy.mil\/seabee\/7ncr\/Pages\/history.aspx\" target=_blank>Seventh Naval Construction Regiment <\/a>around Sept. 27, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The charge sheets do not indicate where Garcia was caught or who detained him. 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He\u2019s also accused on that same day of committing a sexual act on a woman who was impaired by alcohol and unable to consent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prosecutors also allege that on Sept. 16, 2018 Garcia violated a lawful regulation when he kissed someone\u2019s neck and said to the person \u201clet me see it (expletive).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is unclear if the charges from 2018 involve more than one alleged victim. Navy officials did not provide additional clarification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investigators allege that a little more than a year later, Garcia disobeyed an order from a superior commissioned officer when he contacted someone named in a military protective order on multiple occasions from about Sept. 20 through Oct. 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s also unclear if the person named in the protective order was involved in the 2018 incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both Garcia\u2019s military attorney, Lt. Cmdr. Michael Collett, and a prosecutor, Lt. Cmdr. 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