Source: US FBI
Paducah, KY – A federal grand jury in Paducah returned an indictment on June 10, 2025, charging a former soldier with sexual abuse of a minor at the Fort Campbell military installation.
U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky and Acting Special Agent in Charge Olivia Olson of the FBI Louisville Field Office made the announcement.
According to court documents, Zachary Martin Young, 54, of Swansea, South Carolina, was charged with one count of sexual abuse of a minor. Specifically, between March 1999 and February 2000, at the Fort Campbell military installation, Young knowingly engaged in a sexual act with a minor victim who had attained the age of 12 years but had not attained the age of 16 years. According to court filings, Young was a soldier at the time of the offense and later retired from the U.S. Army in 2014.
On July 29, 2025, Young was arraigned before a U.S. Magistrate Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. If convicted, he faces a sentence of not more than 15 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors.
There is no parole in the federal system.
This case is being investigated by the FBI Hopkinsville Satellite Office and the Army CID.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Raymond McGee, of the U.S. Attorney’s Paducah Branch Office, is prosecuting the case.
An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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