Former Lackland trainer sentenced to 3 months in jail

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Staff Sgt. Ryan Deraas was accused of assaulting two recruits and of improper relationships with other trainees.

Former Lackland trainer sentenced to 3 months in jail
By Sig Christenson, STAFF WRITER
Updated 8:50 am, Tuesday, March 5, 2013

A former Air Force trainer was sentenced Monday to three months in jail and given a bad-conduct discharge for assaulting a pair of recruits and pursuing five illicit relationships.

As part of a plea bargain, Staff Sgt. Ryan Deraas said he was guilty of two charges and eight specifications of misconduct. He admitted to having sex with a woman while she was in technical training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Deraas, who had faced up to one year in jail in a special court-martial, tearfully conceded that he'd made bad decisions as an instructor, a job he wanted after being mistreated in boot camp.

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The judge, Lt. Col. Matthew van Dalen, deliberated for more than two hours after Capt. Colin Eichenberger, the defense attorney, asked that his client receive far less than what the prosecution wanted: 10 months in prison and a bad-conduct discharge.