Foreign fighter sentenced to life in prison for double homicide of Brooksville couple: DOJ

Ex-US soldier gets consecutive life sentences for killing couple to fund Venezuela mercenary fighting plans

Craig Lang, a former U.S. soldier who fought in Ukraine, received two life sentences for killing a Florida couple in a robbery meant to fund travel to Venezuela.

Foreign fighter sentenced to life in prison for double homicide of Brooksville couple: DOJ

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A foreign fighter from Ukraine was sentenced to life in prison for the 2018 double homicide and armed robbery of a Brooksville couple, the Department of Justice announced. Craig Austin Lang, 35, of Kyiv, Ukraine, was indicted on Dec. 4, 2019, and extradited from Ukraine to the United States in [...]

Ex-US soldier gets consecutive life sentences for killing couple to fund Venezuela mercenary fighting plans - NEW YORK TIMES POST

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A former U.S. soldier who fought in Ukraine was sentenced to two life terms for killing a Florida couple during a robbery intended to fund his travel to Venezuela to fight the government of Nicolás Maduro, the Justice Department said Tuesday. Craig Austin Lang, 35, was convicted in September on federal charges, including robbery and conspiring to kill persons in a foreign country. He was previously ext…