Sexual Misconduct

William T. Cooley will retire from the Air Force as a colonel and lose tens of thousands of dollars in retirement income each year because of the lowered rank.

A civil lawsuit has been filed against former Yellow Springs doctor Donald Gronbeck, the now defunct Yellow Springs Primary Care Inc., a previous employee of Gronbeck's named Jamie Shirley, and Kettering Health's Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek.

Maj. Gen. Cooley is the first Air Force general to be convicted of a crime in a court martial, and also the first to be convicted of charges related to sexual misconduct.

Closing arguments are scheduled for Friday, April 21 in the trial of Maj. Gen. William Cooley, the first Air Force general to make it this far in court martial proceedings.

Opening arguments began in a historic military trial at Wright Patterson Air Force Base this week. It is the first court martial of an Air Force general facing charges related to sexual misconduct. The trial comes as the military faces increased scrutiny over how it handles sexual misconduct.