Oxford man arrested for military desertion
OXFORD – A 23-year-old Oxford man was taken into custody last week after it was discovered that he was an Army deserter and fugitive from justice, according to Oxford Police Chief Richard Nolan.
PFC Stephen A. Drwal was arrested Wednesday on a warrant issued by the U.S. Army. Drwal, who enlisted in April of 2008, is currently attached to the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, stationed in Ft. Stewart, Ga. His current enlistment would have been up on Aug. 25. According to documentation received by the Oxford police, he failed to report for duty at 6 a.m. on May 25. He was initially considered absent without leave, but on June 24 his status changed to that of deserter. His information was transferred to the U.S. Army’s Desertion Information Point in Fort Knox, Kent. approximately one month later.
According to Nolan, Drwal came to the attention of the Oxford police last Tuesday on an unrelated matter, when he attempted to retrieve a car which had been impounded.
The car, registered to Drwal’s mother, had been driven by another Oxford man, 24-year-old Alexander R. Guzman, the previous evening when Guzman was arrested the previous evening for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
When Oxford Police Officer Ed Ulfik ran Drwal’s license, as per the department’s policy, it came back as suspended and the officer was therefore unable to release the car to him.
At the time, however, there was no indication that Drwal was wanted in any other jurisdiction.
“It should have popped up as a ‘fugitive from justice,’” Nolan said. But it wasn’t until the following day that they received a delayed “hit” through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center which alerted them to Drwal’s status as a military deserter.
As luck would have it, Ulfik was on duty when they received the notification, which was relayed through the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.
From his conversation with Drwal the previous day, Ulfik knew exactly where to find the fugitive – at Guzman’s apartment on Chenango Street in the Village of Oxford. He was taken into custody and arraigned in Oxford Town Court. Drwal was held without bail until military police officers arrived from Fort Drum to prepare him for extradition. Nolan was unsure whether he would be transferred to Fort Stewart or Fort Knox.
PFC Stephen A. Drwal was arrested Wednesday on a warrant issued by the U.S. Army. Drwal, who enlisted in April of 2008, is currently attached to the Army’s 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, stationed in Ft. Stewart, Ga. His current enlistment would have been up on Aug. 25. According to documentation received by the Oxford police, he failed to report for duty at 6 a.m. on May 25. He was initially considered absent without leave, but on June 24 his status changed to that of deserter. His information was transferred to the U.S. Army’s Desertion Information Point in Fort Knox, Kent. approximately one month later.
According to Nolan, Drwal came to the attention of the Oxford police last Tuesday on an unrelated matter, when he attempted to retrieve a car which had been impounded.
The car, registered to Drwal’s mother, had been driven by another Oxford man, 24-year-old Alexander R. Guzman, the previous evening when Guzman was arrested the previous evening for aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
When Oxford Police Officer Ed Ulfik ran Drwal’s license, as per the department’s policy, it came back as suspended and the officer was therefore unable to release the car to him.
At the time, however, there was no indication that Drwal was wanted in any other jurisdiction.
“It should have popped up as a ‘fugitive from justice,’” Nolan said. But it wasn’t until the following day that they received a delayed “hit” through the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s National Crime Information Center which alerted them to Drwal’s status as a military deserter.
As luck would have it, Ulfik was on duty when they received the notification, which was relayed through the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office.
From his conversation with Drwal the previous day, Ulfik knew exactly where to find the fugitive – at Guzman’s apartment on Chenango Street in the Village of Oxford. He was taken into custody and arraigned in Oxford Town Court. Drwal was held without bail until military police officers arrived from Fort Drum to prepare him for extradition. Nolan was unsure whether he would be transferred to Fort Stewart or Fort Knox.
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