A staff sergeant from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota has been dismissed under Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and two Rapid City police officers are accused of playing a part. The American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota filed a complaint questioning the conduct of the officers today.

The lowdown from KOTA Territory News:

The complaint stems from an incident last November. Rapid City police officers went to serve a warrant on Cheryl Hutson, who shares a home with Jene’ Newsome. When police couldn’t find Hutson, Newsome was called.

When Newsome arrived at the house, she found Hutson and police inside. “Other than them trying to get me to help them out, I wasn’t involved at all,” she told a KOTA reporter.

The officers noticed an Iowa marriage certificate on the kitchen table, and while the marriage did not relate to the police matter, the officers reported it to the Ellsworth AFB Office of Special Investigations. Newsome was promptly discharged for violating Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.

Rapid City Police Chief Steve Allender said it was standard policy. “I’ll just say when a member of the Air Force is involved in an incident, we have a long standing policy to report those occurrences to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations.”

Great policy, especially since Newsome “had an impeccable nine-year military record as a munitions specialist. While she got an honorable discharge, any possibility of a career and a retirement plan worth at least a half million dollars are gone.”