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Posted 7/29/2003 7:59 AM

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Plea deal reached for Marine

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Associated Press
Originally published July 26, 2003
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - A Marine facing court-martial next week in a parachute sabotage that injured three Marines reached a plea agreement with prosecutors, a Marine Corps spokeswoman said yesterday.
No details on the deal were provided, but a court-martial scheduled for Tuesday for Lance Cpl. Antoine D. Boykins was canceled, said Camp Lejeune spokeswoman 2nd Lt. Kate Vandenbossche.

Boykins, 21, was charged with attempted premeditated murder in February after the three Marines' parachutes failed to open when they jumped in September; their reserve chutes deployed safely. Investigators later found that 13 of 22 parachutes had been sabotaged.

Boykins graduated in 2000 from Baltimore City College.

At a hearing in March, a military prosecutor said Boykins and Lance Cpl. Julian C. Ramirez cut parachute suspension lines because they had been disciplined and were angry with their platoon commander.

Plea agreement terms for the Baltimore serviceman will be discussed in a hearing Aug. 6, Vandenbossche said. Charges against Ramirez, 25, of Los Angeles, were dismissed in April.

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