Soldier pleads guilty to killing taxi driver as he attempted to desert from Army

Former JBLM soldier sentenced to life in prison for killing cabdriver

A former Joint Base Lewis-McChord soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a taxi cabdriver last year was sentenced to life in prison.

JBLM soldier sentenced to life in prison for cab driver's murder

(KOMO) - A military judge imposed a life sentence for a Joint Base Lewis McChord soldier who admitted to killing a cab driver in Tukwila last year.At a court

Former JBLM soldier sentenced to life in prison for murder of Redicab driver

The trial for former JBLM soldier Jonathan Kang Lee began and ended in one day Wednesday, as he was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Redicab driver Nick Hokema.

Soldier pleads guilty to killing taxi driver as he attempted to desert from Army

A soldier pleaded guilty Wednesday at his court-martial to killing a cab driver during his attempt to desert the Army and avoid conviction on child rape charges. Pvt. Jonathan Kang Lee, 26, faced a possible maximum penalty of life in prison without parole for killing Nicholas Hokema, 34, of Tumwater, Wash.

US Army soldier sentenced to life in prison for murder of Washington cab driver

A U.S. Army soldier, Private Jonathan Lee, was sentenced Wednesday for murdering a cab driver in Tukwila in 2024.

JBLM soldier pleads guilty to murder of local man, sentenced to life in prison

A soldier pleaded guilty to the murder of Nicholas F. Hokema during his court-martial April 23 at the Cascade Court Complex, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. Pvt. Jonathan K. Lee, 26, a signal intelligence analyst, also pleaded guilty to desertion, resisting arrest, and two specifications of failure to obey a lawful order.