{"id":979056922,"date":"2026-06-03T21:19:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:19:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gapasinlaw.com\/sergeant-is-retained-after-mr-gapasin-elicits-admissions-from-witness-that-his-client-never-sells-him-lsd"},"modified":"2026-06-03T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T21:19:04","slug":"sergeant-is-retained-after-mr-gapasin-elicits-admissions-from-witness-that-his-client-never-sells-him-lsd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/?p=979056922","title":{"rendered":"Sergeant is RETAINED After Mr. Gapasin Elicits Admissions From Witness That His Client Never Sells LSD"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"page_nav\">\n<li class=\"prev\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/june-21-2022-u-s-vs-e-5-united-states-air-force-wright-patterson-air-force-base-ohio\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/counter-intelligence-officer-with-over-18-years-is-retained\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"case_result wrapped_content\">\n<h1>Sergeant is RETAINED After Mr. Gapasin Elicits Admissions From Witness That His Client Never Sells LSD<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg_container\">\n<p><strong>April 22, 2022, U.S. v. E-5, Administrative Separation Board, United States Army, Fort Riley, Kansas.<\/strong> &nbsp;The Government initiates an <a id=\"insertion_449531\" data-insertion-id=\"449531\" class=\"insertion link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/separate-and-discharge\">Administrative Separation Board<\/a> against the Sergeant for allegations of <a id=\"insertion_449532\" data-insertion-id=\"449532\" class=\"insertion link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/court-martial-overview\/drug-cases\">distributing LSD.<\/a> The basis for the Separation Board also includes a past DUI along with other alcohol-related incidents which had been the subject of a previous board. &nbsp;In that previous board, the recommendation was for separation, but the separation was suspended for a period of 12 months. &nbsp;Sergeant retains Mr. Gapasin, who recognizes that the distribution charge which allegedly occurs during the period of suspension had to be disproven in order for his client to be retained. &nbsp;Under the applicable regulation, if no misconduct occurs during the period of suspension, then Gapasin&#8217;s client could not be separated for the DUI. &nbsp;The allegation of distribution is made with 3 months left in the client&#8217;s period of suspension. &nbsp;Gapasin presents significant evidence disproving these false allegations that his client sold drugs. &nbsp;Gapasin even reaches out directly to the person whom CID claims the client sold LSD to. &nbsp;Gapasin intentionally elicits key text messages from this alleged buyer who admits that Gapasin&#8217;s client never sells him LSD. &nbsp;Gapasin texts: &nbsp;&#8220;You didn&#8217;t tell CID that [Gapasin&#8217;s client] sold you drugs correct?&#8221; &nbsp;Alleged buyer: &nbsp;&#8220;I agreed with [third party&#8217;s] story after being coerced then in my memo to the COL I told them I didn&#8217;t do it&#8221;. Gapasin: &nbsp;&#8220;Understood, but [Gapasin&#8217;s client] never sold you drugs, right?&#8221; &nbsp;Alleged buyer: &nbsp;&#8220;No&#8221;. &nbsp;Gapasin: &nbsp;&#8220;No he did not sell you drugs? &nbsp;Just trying to clarify, I&#8217;m requesting your file currently.&#8221; &nbsp;Alleged buyer: &nbsp;&#8220;No he did not.&#8221; &nbsp;Gapasin moves to admit these texts to the Board along with other exhibits disproving the allegations. &nbsp;<strong>RESULT: &nbsp;RETAINED, with the allegation of Distribution of LSD found UNSUBSTANTIATED.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2190 Previous Next \u2192 Sergeant is RETAINED After Mr. Gapasin Elicits Admissions From Witness That His Client Never Sells LSD April 22, 2022, U.S. v. E-5, Administrative Separation Board, United States Army, Fort Riley, Kansas. &nbsp;The Government initiates an Administrative Separation Board against the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979056922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979056922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=979056922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/979056922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=979056922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=979056922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gapasinlaw.espresso.themodernfirm.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=979056922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}