THE SAME STRETCH, STARTING FRIDAY NIGHT, IF WEATHER PERMITS. A GUILTY PLEA AND FREEDOM FOR THE RACINE SOLDIER WHO CROSSED INTO NORTH KOREA LAST YEAR. IN A COURT MARTIAL, TRAVIS KING PLEADED GUILTY TO DESERTION AND ASSAULT. KING TOLD THE JUDGE HE WAS DISSATISFIED WITH WORK AND THOUGHT ABOUT LEAVING A YEAR BEFORE THE INCIDENT. FOR THE GUILTY PLEA, A JUDGE SENTENCED KING TO ONE YEAR OF CONFINEMENT, BUT HE GOT CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED. IN A STATEMENT, KING’S LAWY
A former Racine soldier who crossed into North Korea last year pleaded guilty Friday to five charges. In a court-martial at Fort Bliss, Texas, Travis King pleaded guilty to desertion, three counts of disobeying an officer and assault on a noncommissioned officer.King told the judge he was dissatisfied with work and thought about leaving a year before the incident. For the guilty plea, a judge sentenced King to one year …