Stallworth Not Collecting Air Force Salary While In Brewton Jail

July 25, 2009

The Air Force is not paying Billings murder suspect Staff Sergent Donnie Stallworth while he sits in jail in Alabama awaiting extradition back to Florida.

donniestallworthjr2.jpgStallworth would receive about $2,670 per month at his rank, but he is not receiving his pay or allowances while he’s behind bars at the Escambia County (Ala.) Detention Center.

The Air Force says that when members are arrested, pay and allowance cease until they are proven innocent. Additionally, a serious conviction subjects Air Force members to discharge.

Stallworth turned himself in at the county jail in Brewton. So far, he has not agreed to a voluntary extradition back to Florida. Escambia (Fla.) officials are now working to prepare an extradition warrant to be sent to Alabama Gov. Bob Riley to have Stallworth sent back to Florida.

At the time of the murders, Stallworth was assigned to the 1st Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Hurlburt Field.  The 1999 T.R. Miller High School graduate is a Brewton native. His family still resides in the Brewton area.

Comments

12 Responses to “Stallworth Not Collecting Air Force Salary While In Brewton Jail”

  1. Just An Old Soldier on July 29th, 2009 10:07 am

    In most branches of the Armed Forces there are provisions for Administrative actions such as suspension of pay, and even Separation from Service with an Other-Than-Honorable discharge, that do not require any action by a Court or Judge. No court decision required, just a Command action.

  2. Bill on July 28th, 2009 8:05 am

    If he is proven innocent beyond reasonable doubt I will change my opinion. Until then he is nothing more than a scumbag and poor excuse for a member of the Armed Forces.
    To you that are so sympathetic I ask “If he is so darned innocent, why is he fighting extradition back to Florida”?
    If I were in his shoes and COMPLETELY innocent, I would be doing everything I could to get back here so I could clear my good name.

  3. shelly on July 27th, 2009 4:02 pm

    i think jennifer needs to get a life. someone just accidentally misspelled a word. come the heck on.

  4. Doglover on July 26th, 2009 3:01 pm

    Maybe Jay just misspelled the word Air Force. It is one letter different. It could be that he put “a” instead of “o”. Come on people. Talk about making a mountain out of a molehill

  5. A. Davis on July 25th, 2009 11:42 pm

    Lots of things can be said about everyone in this case. But until we know why I dont think we can judge anyone even then we should look at ourselves when we are fast to call names. If these people have went so low to kill like this it doesnt make them any diffrent from all the other people in prison for killing for money, This killing just seems like more than that for some. But if we ever know why it happened i wonder who will tell.

  6. jennnifer l on July 25th, 2009 9:06 pm

    Whoever wrote “Air Farce” needs to get a life. Our men & women do a great job in all services of the military including the Air Force. Not funny Jay. I agree this Stallworth is a bad apple but don’t take it out on the Air Force.

    Former Air Force Veteran,
    Jennifer

  7. Steve on July 25th, 2009 1:35 pm

    Stallworth is AWOL. Could be that under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, his pay is stopped until an Article 32 investigation. Given what we know, the Art. 32 investigation is the least of his troubles.

    He’s in jail, and according to what I’ve read, was fighting extradition. He is active duty military and how his pay and allowences are handled are covered by military law. It has nothing to do with civil rights.

  8. Elizabeth on July 25th, 2009 11:26 am

    I’m assuming that Jay writing Air “Farce” is a typo and not a mockery or slur against the Air Force itself.

  9. Jay on July 25th, 2009 10:25 am

    The Air Farce might be a bit premature in witholding his pay… And consider that the only evidence that connects him to this horrific crime is a photo line-up where he was pointed out by one of the others who is in jail in Pensacola. Could it be spite or revenge for some other issue? On the surface, that’s pretty slim for throwing him under the bus.

  10. molino jim on July 25th, 2009 9:46 am

    I have to agree with Bill. No good purpose is served by name calling.

  11. BILL GRANTHAM on July 25th, 2009 9:15 am

    THIS YOUNG MAN HAS SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN THE MILITARY FOR OVER 10
    YEARS. THAT ALONE ALLOWS HIM THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE ALL RIGHTS UNDER OUR LEGAL SYSTEM. HE MAY OR MAY NOT BE GUILTY OF BEING PART OF THIS TERRIBLE CRIME. THAT DECISION WILL BE DECIDED BY A JURY OF HIS PEERS.

    HE SHOULD NOT BE CALLED VILE NAMES OR ASSUMED TO BE GUILTY UNTIL PROVEN IN COURT. EACH OF US EXPECTS THESE SAME RIGHTS AS CITIZENS.

  12. John on July 25th, 2009 3:28 am

    That filthy animal isnt going to need any money where he is going.

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