A Yorktown sailor pleaded guilty to dereliction of duty at a special court martial Monday, marking the end of a tragic saga that left one U.S. Navy service member dead.

Master-at-Arms Second Class Petty Officer Jackson Bower, who was assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown, Virginia, was charged with negligent homicide, making a false official statement and two counts of dereliction of duty in the 2024 death of Master-at-Arms Third Class Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax, 22.

Bower will serve 70 days of confinement in the Navy’s Chesapeake Brig, according to Navy Region Mid-Atlantic.

Bower initially faced a maximum sentence of eight years’ confinement and a dishonorable discharge, according to his attorney, Peter Kageleiry Jr., local media reported .

Cosgriff-Flax — who enlisted in the Na

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