The mother of a U.S. soldier who was detained in Russia said her son’s Russian girlfriend asked her for money shortly before her son was arrested on theft charges.
She wanted me to set up another account and send money,” Melody Jones, the mother of 34-year-old Staff Sgt.
Jones told anchor Bill Hemmer her son’s girlfriend asked her for $600, which she considered to be a red flag.
Black was detained on May 2 in the Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok while visiting his girlfriend in the country.
PENTAGON OFFICIALS SAY US ARMY SOLDIER DETAINED IN RUSSIA REMAINS IN PRETRIAL DETENTION FACILITY “I begged him not to go,” Jones said.
FORMER ARMY SOLDIER CONVICTED OF MURDERING PREGNANT SOLDIER ON GERMANY BASE IN 2001 Russian officials in Vladivostok said a 32-year-old woman had filed a complaint against the 34-year-old Black, Reuters also reported.
Jones previously told ABC’s “Good Morning America” (GMA) that she believed the girlfriend “set up” her son.
She also described her son’s relationship with the Russian woman as “volatile,” and even suspected the longtime girlfriend might be a spy.
the U.S. mother. S. a soldier who was held prisoner in Russia claimed that just before her son was taken into custody on theft charges, her son’s girlfriend from Russia had approached her for money.
It had to do with Facebook. Mother of 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Melody Jones said, “She wanted me to open another account and send money.”. Gordon Black stated on Wednesday during “America’s Newsroom.”.
Jones said to anchor Bill Hemmer that she thought it was suspicious when her son’s girlfriend asked for $600.
Visiting his girlfriend in the nation, Black was arrested on May 2 in the Russian Pacific port city of Vladivostok. His unit was the Eighth Army U.S. S. Forces Korea at Camp Humphreys in South Korea and visited Russia for “private purposes,” according to the Pentagon.
According to Jones, her initial warning against the trip was prompted by a “mother’s intuition.”.
Officials from Pentagon say that a US Army soldier who was detained in Russia is still being held in a pretrial detention facility.
Jones said, “I pleaded with him to stay.”. “Please don’t leave, I begged. You’re not going to have a happy ending, in my opinion. I told him that I was worried more than because I had a terrible feeling he was leaving. For some reason, that was when he was in Iraq. “.
The Vladivostok Pervomaisky District Court declared, “The court determined that US citizen B. should be detained as a preventive measure. “(Black) could run away from the authorities conducting the preliminary investigation and the court in order to avoid accountability given the severity of the charges,” Reuters reported.
Black is allegedly being held until July 2 for “secretly stealing the property of citizen T.”. ultimately seriously harming the latter. ****.
IN 2001, A FORMER ARMY SOLDIER FOUND GUILTY OF MURDERING PREGNANT SOLDIER ON GERMAN BASE.
According to Russian authorities in Vladivostok, a 32-year-old lady had complained to the 34-year-old Black, according to Reuters as well.
According to the officials quoted by the news agency, Black and the woman had first met in South Korea before Black traveled to Russia to see her, whereupon they got into a fight. Following her alleged police report accusing him of stealing money, Black was reportedly placed under arrest at a hotel.
Earlier, Jones said she thought the girlfriend “set up” her son on ABC’s “Good Morning America” (GMA). She further characterized the Russian woman’s relationship with her son as “volatile,” even raising the possibility that the longtime girlfriend was a spy.
At the time of his supposed return to the U.S., she claimed to have warned her son not to visit Russia. S. when on vacation.
Black will reportedly be held in pretrial custody until July 2, according to Russian authorities. Black’s travels have since been the subject of an investigation by the Army, which will also look into any potential fallout from his journey.
This article was written with assistance from The Associated Press, Pilar Arias, Greg Norman, and Greg Wehner of Fox News.
