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Article: Deputy nabs the second of three AWOL brothers; Girlfriend says Leif Kamunen was going to turn himself in but didn't get the chance. The three decided to skip military independently; whereabouts of the third remain unclear.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2008
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Byline: RANDY FURST; STAFF WRITER
A deputy sheriff was waiting for Leif Kamunen when he and his girlfriend pulled out of the Carlton driveway on Friday morning in her grandfather's red Tacoma pickup truck.
His girlfriend, Angela Martini, said that Leif, 22, had gotten wind the military was after him and was planning to turn himself in to an Army office in Duluth after being AWOL for nearly 16 months.
The Carlton County Sheriff's Office saved him the trouble, arresting him about 7 a.m. on a desertion warrant.
Kamunen is one of three brothers from northern Minnesota who went AWOL from the Army at virtually the same time about 16 months ago, not returning to ...
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