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

DATE: SATURDAY, September 25, 1993                   TAG: 9309250182
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: NORFOLK, VA.                                LENGTH: Short

TAILHOOK DEFENDANT WON'T FACE COURT-MARTIAL

A Navy lieutenant who had been scheduled to have a Tailhook court-martial next month will instead face an administrative hearing, his attorney and the Navy said Friday.

Lt. Rolando A. Diaz, 35, is facing a charge of conduct unbecoming an officer. He is accused of shaving a woman's pubic hair at the 1991 Tailhook Association convention in Las Vegas.

Diaz won a new review of his case this week, but the review failed to overturn the charge. However, he was allowed to have the administrative proceeding, or admiral's mast, rather than a criminal trial because he initially had been offered the administrative proceeding to resolve his case. - Associated Press

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