A U.S. Army soldier has been charged in connection to a series of sex tapes recorded inside Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland.
26-year-old E-4 Specialist Alonza Parker was just slapped with charges of indecent visual recording, violating a military protective order, and conduct bringing discredit upon the armed forces after a 14-month Army investigation.
Last year, several tapes emerged that allegedly depicted Parker, who was an employee at the hospital at the time, hooking up with men inside the hospital.
Walter Reed Medical Center is one of the most respected medical institutions in the world, treating the most severely wounded American soldiers.
The tapes were discovered by Parker’s then-boyfriend, William Beltz, who says he found them on their shared computer.
“I found out on the computer because we were talking and got into an argument one day,” Beltz tells WJLA-TV. “He was my boyfriend at the time. For two-and-a-half years.”
Beltz and Parker have since broken up.
In one of the videos, Parker can allegedly be seen having under-stall sex with an anonymous man in one of the hospital’s public bathrooms. In another, he allegedly exposes himself to the camera beside a shelf of sterilized medical equipment. And in another, he allegedly masturbates onto a colleague’s desk.
Beltz claims the geo-location pinpoint shows Walter Reed as the location where the videos were shot.
“You can see because Apple literally shows the location of where the photos are taken,” he explains. “It pinpoints it right at Walter Reed. Right at the one corner of the hospital.”
Upon learning about the tapes, the Army opened an investigation into the matter in March 2018.
This week, the Office of the Surgeon General issued a statement saying Parker has removed from his position and banned from entering the hospital.
“Upon learning of these allegations Special Agents from the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command opened a criminal investigation and the Soldier was removed from his position and barred from the hospital,” the statement reads.
It continues: “The Soldier’s commander determined that sufficient evidence exists to warrant the preferral of charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. To preserve the integrity of the process under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, we cannot comment further on this case.”
