YORKTOWN, Va.—A U.S. Navy sailor has been charged in the death of a fellow service member in Virginia after officials said the sailor operated a military patrol boat in a negligent manner, the Navy announced Monday.
The Navy said in a news release that it’s not releasing the sailor’s name until the charges have been referred to a court-martial. The sailor who died was Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax.
The accused sailor faces charges that include negligent homicide, making a false official statement and dereliction of duty. The sailor was assigned to a harbor patrol unit at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, near the York River and about a 35-mile drive from the nation’s largest naval base in Norfolk….