Navy officer faces attempted murder charges

A Navy officer is facing charges of attempted murder for strangling a woman, according to court records.

“If I can’t have you, nobody will,” the officer told the victim, according to the charge sheet. “I’m going to kill you.”

The name and unit of the accused lieutenant commander were redacted on a copy of the charge sheet provided to Navy Times by Naval Air Forces.

He is scheduled to attend Article 32 hearing on Friday at Naval Base Kitsap in Washington state.

There, a presiding officer will hear the evidence and make a recommendation to higher ups as to whether the case should go to court-martial.

The officer faces two attempted murder charge specifications in connection to a Dec. 20, 2017, incident in St. Johns County, Florida, just down the road from Naval Air Station Jacksonville, according to the charge sheet.