NORFOLK — The U.S. Navy charged a sailor assigned to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown last week in the death of a fellow sailor in an April incident on the York River, according to the Navy Region Mid-Atlantic Public Affairs.
The sailor, who will remain unnamed until charges have been referred, has been charged with negligent homicide in the death of Master-at-Arms Third Class Lyndon Joel Cosgriff-Flax, making a false official statement, and two counts of dereliction of duty.
Cosgriff-Flax was killed during a boating incident on the York River involving one of the installation’s harbor security boats. According to Naval Weapons Station Yorktown public affairs on April 28, a harbor security boat team assigned to Naval Weapons Station (NWS) Yorktown was conducting security boat training and familiarization when the 22-year-old sailor accidentally fell overboard, resulting in fatal injuries.
There is no date set for court proceedings.
