Cadet faces drug charges

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An academy cadet was charged Oct. 24 with illegal use and distribution of drugs.

Cadet 1st Class Jacob Billeter was charged with allegedly using Ecstasy, an Ecstasy derivative, cocaine and ketamine. Billeter was also charged with allegedly distributing the drugs and mushrooms containing psilocybin and/or psilocyn. Use and distribution of each substance is a violation of Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

Billeter waived his Article 32 hearing rights, and the case is now going to a general court-martial. A date for the court-martial has not been set.

If convicted, the maximum punishment Billeter faces is 80 years confinement, a dismissal from the academy, and total forfeiture of all pay and allowances.