ADMINISTRATIVE COURT
State of Ridgeway
IN RE
CardinalMonterruh (Monterruh)
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ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING REPORT
REPORT ON ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
HEARING SUMMARY
Agency: Ridgeway National Guard
Presiding Judge: [Presiding Judge]
Dept. Command: Second Lieutenant ConstantlyVerbal
Impaneled Officers: Corporal MaxdudeHowdens
Corporal solitarysins
Date: March 17th, 2024
Time 6 PM Eastern Standard Time
SUMMARY OF ALLEGATIONS
OFFENSE NAME OFFENSE CITATION OFFENSE SRC PENALTY
GROSS
INCOMPETENCY
OPREG 3003(d) DEPT POLICY DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
MANSLAUGHTER OPREG 3003(j) DEPT POLICY DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
RECKLESS ACTION OPREG 3003(l) DEPT POLICY DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
RIOTING OR BREACH
OF THE PEACE
OPREG 3003(o) DEPT POLICY DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
SECOND-DEGREE
MURDER
R.C.C. § 3.10 STATUTE DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
AGGRAVATED
ASSAULT CLASS II
R.C.C. § 3.05c STATUTE DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
UNLAWFUL DISPLAY
OF A FIREARM
R.C.C. § 5.03 STATUTE DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
DISORDERLY
CONDUCT
R.C.C. § 6.05 STATUTE DISHONORABLE
DISCHARGE
FINDINGS OF FACT
1) On or about September 18th, 2023, CardinalMonterruh (“accused”) was outside of the
government annex building in Ridgeway County, State of Ridgeway, acting on behalf of
the State of Ridgeway as a Private in the Ridgeway National Guard.
2) Standing on the sidewalk was mandatorymorale (“victim”). Shortly after the accused
arrived at the annex, they walked towards the victim, drew a B1014 shotgun, and
discharged it once into the victim, causing them to immediately die.
3) The victim was not posing an active threat to life at the time they were killed by the
accused.
4) There was no external active threat to life at the time the victim was killed by the accused.
5) Under the National Guard’s use of force policy, there was no apparent justification for the
accused to draw and discharge their firearm at the time they caused the death of the
victim.
6) The National Guard’s use of force policy is taught as a part of the National Guard Basic
Military Training program and is publicly available for all guardsmen to consult at any
time.
7) It can be reasonably inferred based on the accused’s behavior and for the reasons
described in paragraphs 3-6 that they intended to cause the death of the victim and that
they knew, or should have known, that this act would be in violation of department policy.
8) On or about March 9th, 2024, the accused was adjudicated guilty of R.C.C. § 3.10, 3.05c,
5.03, and 6.05, based on proof beyond a reasonable doubt in a criminal court of law, in
the matter of the State of Ridgeway v. CardinalMonterruh.
FINDINGS OF LAW AND POLICY
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RECOMMENDATIONS
1) The impaneled officers recommend that CardinalMonterruh is dishonorably discharged
and terminated from the Ridgeway National Guard.
CERTIFICATION
We, the tribunal, duly impaneled, do hereby certify the findings of this hearing, and have
forthwith put our recommendations as part of this report. These findings are findings of our own,
and purely our own without any outside interference or coercion. We make this recommendation
in good faith, under pains and penalties of perjury, and that it is not the result of bias, prejudice,
or other unlawful influence on our own judgment.
/s/ solitarysins
IMPANELED OFFICER ONE
/s/ MaxdudeHowdens
IMPANELED OFFICER TWO
/s/
ADMINISTRATIVE COURT JUDGE
APPENDIX OF EVIDENCE
A. Exhibit A - Video identified as “video 1 of incident”
B. Exhibit B - Document identified as “Just_Dapper interview”
C. Exhibit C - Document identified as “mandatorymorale interview”
D. Exhibit D - Document identified as “CardinalMonterruh interview”
E. Exhibit E - Record identified as “criminal case”
