2nd of 3 AWOL brothers arrested

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2nd of 3 AWOL brothers arrested
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday Apr 28, 2008 7:42:04 EDT

CARLTON, Minn. — Authorities have picked up the second of three brothers from northern Minnesota who went AWOL from the Army after a Christmas break in 2006.

A sheriff’s deputy arrested Leif Kamunen, 22, in Carlton on Friday. His girlfriend says Kamunen was planning to turn himself in to an Army office in Duluth after being AWOL for nearly 16 months, but he was arrested on a desertion warrant.

Kamunen was in the Carlton County Jail. It was unclear what will happen to him next.

“We have notified military authorities and we are waiting for their response,” Carlton County jail administrator Debora Zauhar said Friday.

His twin brother, Luke, was spotted during a traffic stop in the spring of 2007 and arrested on a desertion warrant. He was flown to Fort Knox, Ky., where he was given an “other than honorable discharge” last year. He’s now working and attending Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College in Cloquet.


Article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/04/ap_awolbrother_042708/