The testimony focused on junior cadet Nathaniel Penalosa, who is charged with 10 drug crimes including manufacturing, using and distributing a methamphetamine derivative called "molly." Three cadets were granted immunity from criminal charges to testify against Penalosa, whom they accused of dealing drugs that they used.
Junior cadet Luca Simmons, a former catcher on the academy baseball team, described how Penalosa gave him the powerful hallucinogen LSD.
"If I stared at something, it looked like it was melting," Simmons testified at a hearing that will determine if there's sufficient evidence to court-martial his former roommate, Penalosa.
Witnesses said Penalosa got the drugs to the academy through mail order. Using an Internet-masking technique called a virtual private network, the cadet covertly accessed an online black market from his dorm room to order prescription and illicit drugs that were delivered in discreet packaging, witnesses said.
Guys looking at 15 years. A somewhat hilarious article in general.
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