Pentagon officials say US Army soldier detained in Russia remains in pretrial detention facility [Video]

Pentagon officials said Tuesday that a U.S. Army soldier detained in Vladivostok, Russia, last Thursday is currently in a pretrial detention facility and will remain there until his next hearing, though the date of that hearing was not immediately known.

Pentagon Deputy Press Secrearty Sabrina Singh told reporters during a press briefing that Staff Sgt. Gordon Black enlisted in the Army as an infantryman in 2008, and most recently, he was assigned to the Eighth Army U.S. Forces Korea at Camp Humphreys in the Republic of South Korea.

“On April 10, Black out-processed from Eighth Army and signed out on permanent change of station, to leave en route to Texas,” Singh said. “However, instead of returning to the U.S., Black flew from Korea through China, and then to Vladivostok, Russia, for personal reasons.”

She added that Black is currently in a pretrial detention facility, where it was her understanding he will remain until his next hearing.

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