
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, February 4, 1991                   TAG: 9102040087
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: FORT LEONARD WOOD, MO.                                LENGTH: Short

DESERTION SUSPECT NOT JAILED

Military officials decided Sunday that an Army Reserve doctor accused of desertion will not be jailed pending a court-martial.

Yolanda Huet-Vaughn surrendered to military officials Saturday.

After a pretrial hearing Sunday, she was "returned to the control of her unit commander" at Fort Leonard Wood, said a base spokesman, Brad Rose.

Rose would not offer specifics on any restrictions placed on Huet-Vaughn. She was staying at Fort Leonard Wood on Sunday, he said.

No date had been set for a court-martial, said Rose. Huet-Vaughn faces up to 15 years in prison, a fine and a dishonorable discharge if found guilty.

Huet-Vaughn said she left her unit, which was activated Dec. 20, because she opposes the Persian Gulf war.

- Associated Press

by CNB