US soldier convicted of theft in Russia, gets nearly 4 years in jail
MOSCOW, Russia: An American soldier, Staff Sgt. Gordon Black, was convicted of theft and making threats of murder by a court in Vladivostok, Russia, and sentenced to three years and nine months in prison on June 19.
Black, 34, had traveled to the Pacific port city to visit his girlfriend but was arrested after she accused him of stealing from her, according to both U.S. officials and Russian authorities. The jud