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Navy Officer Stationed In Virginia Admits To Illegally Selling Stolen Military Equipment: Feds
A Chief Petty Officer of the US Navy stationed in Virginia pleaded guilty this week to stealing military equipment and later reselling it online, federal authorities announced. Shawn Claude Crowell, 40, who was assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Wing Atlantic at Naval Station Norfolk from December 2022 to September 2024, is facing a decade in prison after pleading guilty to theft of government property. According to court documents, beginning in January and June 2023, Crowell stole seven sets of Night Vision Goggles (NVGs, or NODs), two Matbock Tarsier Eclipse lenses, and eight NVG batt…
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Navy Vet, Federal Employee Crystal Carnes Of Fredericksburg Dies: 'Put On Some Grateful Dead'
Crystal Carnes, a veteran of the US Navy who recently retired from her a lead position within the Department of Defense, died on Sunday, June 30 after battling a brain tumor, her obituary on the Covenan Funeral Service website says. Crystal, 45, enlisted in the US Navy in 1997 and would go on to graduate form Russian Phase II training in Texas before serving at the Naval Security Group Detachment (NSDG) at Menwith Hill, in the United Kingdom (UK). She served until 2000, after earning the rank of Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) 3rd Class (CTI3) and was a recipient of the Natio…
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Chester City Cop, US Navy Reservist Dies In 'Non-Combat Related Incident': Officials
Officials are investigating the death of Pennsylvania police officer and US Navy reservist Daniel McCracken. Chester City police officer Daniel D. McCracken died on May 6, 2024 of a non-combat-related incident while deployed in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, a spokesperson for the U.S. Navy said. CENTCOM's area of responsibility "stretches from Northeast Africa across the Middle East to Central and South Asia," according to defense officials. Chester city police said McCracken enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1998 and joined the department in 2017. …
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Former US Navy Aviation Tech Eric Clevinger Of Loudoun County Dies Suddenly, 45
Eric Clevinger of Leesburg died unexpectedly on Friday, March 22, 2024, according to his obituary on the Loudoun Funeral Chapel website. He was 45 years old. Eric's obituary says he served as an aviation electronics technician in the US Navy, earning the rank of Petty Officer Second Class. According to his LinkedIn page, Eric spent 14 years with the US Navy before working for Thorlabs, Inc., where he held a variety of positions. Most recently, Eric served as the facilities director of Christian Fellowship Church. He'll be remembered for his "dad joke" sense of humor, and the fierce lo…
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Former VA High School Football Player Marques Pitre-Johnson Dies Suddenly, 28
Marques Xavier Pitre-Johnson, a Reston, VA native, died unexpectedly at home in Georgia on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, his obituary said. He was 28 years old. Marques was being remembered in his obituary as a "true Restonian," having played for the Reston Ankle Biters little league football team and South Lakes Seahawks football team in high school. He was also a talented music artist, who went by "Johnny Quest," and proudly served in the US Navy and worked as an HVAC tech, his obituary continues. More than $4,400 had been raised for Johnson's family on a GoFundMe as of press time. Services w…
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Four Charged In Connection To Death Of Navy SEAL From Maryland Trying to Board Ship In Yemen
Four foreign nationals reportedly shipping Iranian-made weapons have been charged in connection to the death of two US Navy SEALs - one of whom was from Maryland - who were killed attempting to board their ship during an operation in Yemen last month. The Department of Justice announced on Thursday that a criminal complaint has been unsealed charging four suspects after US naval forces interdicted a vessel in the Arabian Sea that was transporting suspected Iranian-made advanced conventional weaponry. Among the SEALs killed was Marylander Special Operator First Class Christopher J. Cham…
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Maryland Navy SEAL One Of Two Presumed Dead After Going Missing During Operation In Yemen
Officials have confirmed that a Maryland native is one of two US Navy SEALs that were lost at sea after going missing during an operation in Yemen earlier this month. Marylander Special Operator First Class Christopher J. Chambers has been identified by officials as the local hero who was overseas during a risky nighttime mission on Thursday, Jan. 11, Gov. Wes Moore confirmed. “Maryland and the nation have lost a hero. Special Operator First Class Christopher J. Chambers wasn't just a distinguished Navy SEAL, he was a true patriot in every beautiful sense of the word," Moore said. "H…
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Ex-Navy Sailor Who Made Rape Threats In Virginia Sentenced To Time In Fed Pen
A former Navy sailor in Virginia who made violent threats toward at least five women sailors and vets after they rejected his romantic advances is heading to prison, federal authorities announced. Justin Leung, 23, has been sentenced to 24 months in prison for cyberstalking and threatening to kidnap, violently rape, and humiliate the women or their relatives "through the degradation of their bodies" after they turned him down. Over the course of several months earlier this year, prosecutors say that the Norfolk man sent unwanted and threatening messages to his victims, including some that s…
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Navy Captain With Arlington Ties Helms Warship Amid Mediterranean Sea Deployment
The US Navy has deployed its second aircraft carrier to the Eastern Mediterranean, and aboard the ship is a commander with Virginia roots. USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (IKE) was deployed on Oct. 14 and will be in the Eastern Mediterranean. The deployment is in an effort to "deter hostile actions against Israel or any efforts toward widening this war following Hamas’s attack on Israel," Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said. Capt. David Wroe serves as commander of the Destroyer Squadron 22, which is a squadron of warships within the Carrier Strike Group Two, …
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Jackpot! Navy Sailor From Virginia Beach Wins Historic $1.8M Playing VA Lottery
A US Navy sailor from Virginia Beach is $1.8 million richer. Byron Bundoc was unwinding in his car in the driveway of his Virginia Beach home, playing the Virginia Lottery's Jackpot Spectacular on his phone. He'd been watching the jackpot steadily growing in that game and, as he sat there playing, he suddenly realized he had won — big: Bundoc had hit the $1,817,588 jackpot. That's the largest prize ever won in the US in an online instant game. "It was surreal," he told Lottery officials. “I called my brother and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this!'" Jackpot Spectacular is a uni…
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20-Year-Old Navy Service Member From NJ Dies In VA Motorcycle Crash
A 20-year-old motorcyclist from New Jersey died in a motorcycle crash in Virginia last week, authorities said. Quentin Perkins had been riding with a group of motorcyclists from York County to James City County on the Colonial Parkway, before the crash at 820 p.m. on Friday, July 7, county police said. Perkins and another rider went into a turn at high speeds, left the roadway, and crashed into a wooded area. Multiple witnesses on the roadway reported reckless driving by motorcyclists. Perkins, an active-duty U.S. Navy service member, was pronounced dead at the scene by James City County M…
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Wife ID'd After Hunting Club Dismemberment In GA, Husband Arrested In PA
Mindi Mebane Kassotis has been identified months after she was found dismembered at a hunting club in Georgia, and her husband has been arrested in Pennsylvania, authorities announced on Friday, May 12, 2023. The 40-year-old was found strewn across three miles of the hunting club grounds in Liberty and Mcintosh Counties on December 2, 2022, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation explained in the release. The following day the investigation into her identity began and on Jan. 5, 2023, the GBI announced that forensic analysis determined that her body had been placed in the field sinc…
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Disabled NJ Military Vet: George Santos Set Up Then Stole Donations For My Dying Service Dog
Disgraced Congressman George Santos pocketed thousands of dollars of donations intended to save the life of a disabled New Jersey military veteran’s dying service dog, a published report alleges. Richard Osthoff told Patch.com that he and his beloved Sapphire were living in an abandoned chicken coop on the side of Route 9 in Howell when a veterinary technician hooked him up with a man named Anthony Devolder in May 2016. George Anthony Devolder Santos purportedly was operating a tax-exempt charity called Friends Of Pets United at the time and hadn’t entered politics yet. Osthoff said he wa…
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Infant Porn Lands VA College Dean, Former US Navy Member In Prison: Feds
An assistant dean at a religious college in Virginia who was previously discharged from the US Navy will spend years behind bars for collecting hundreds of sexual images of children and infants, federal authorities announced. Robert Morris, 37, of Virginia Beach, has been sentenced to six years in prison for using a file-sharing program to receive more than 500 images of child sexual abuse material including children as young as infants. At the time of his arrest, prosecutors said that Morris was an assistant dean of students and systems administrator at Wave Leadership College, a religious…
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Navy Sailor Facing Prison For Selling, Possessing Machine Guns, Destructive Devices In Virginia
A Master at Arms in the US Navy based in Virginia has been convicted in federal court of selling unregulated machine guns, and possessing grenade launchers and anti-tank missile launchers, authorities announced. Virginia Beach resident Patrick Tate Adamiak, 28, was found guilty this week of receiving, possessing, and transferring unregistered machineguns, and possession of four destructive devices. Specifically, Adamiak was convicted by a jury of: Three counts of receiving and possessing an unregistered destructive device; One count of receiving and possessing an unregistered firearm;&nb…
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Maryland Woman Convicted Of Fraudulently Obtaining Husband's Military Disability Benefits
A scammer in Maryland is facing prison time after being convicted of scheming with her daughter to fraudulently obtain military disability benefits from the federal government, the Department of Justice announced. Lexington Park resident Mary Francis Biggs, 65, was convicted by a jury this week for conspiracy to commit theft of government property and for theft of government property in connection with a scheme to fraudulently obtain additional military disability benefits for her husband from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). During the scheme, prosecutors said that be…
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Mom Of Sailor Who Recently Attempted Suicide On Death Riddled USS George Washington Speaks Out
Another sailor on the US Navy ship based in Virginia linked to 10 service member deaths — seven of which were suicides — this year has attempted suicide, according to his mom who is speaking out in an exclusive interview with Daily Voice. The sailor's mom, Amanda, and ER nurse from Kansas, said her son was never one to talk much about his feelings. When he boarded the USS George Washington in December 2021, that trend continued. So when she learned her son attempted suicide while onboard the ship on Monday, May 9, she wanted to provide a glimpse into what life looks like on …
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Three Navy Sailors Died By Suicide On Same Virginia Ship This Month: Report
Three US Navy sailors stationed on the USS George Washington in Virginia died by suicide within seven days of each other this month, The Washington Post reports. A fourth also died by suicide in 2021, the outlet says. Xavier Sandor, 19, a Shelton, CT native, was found unresponsive aboard the ship in Newport News on Friday, April 15, The Post says. Two other sailors on the ship reportedly died by suicide on April 9 and 10. Pentagon Secretary John Kirby addressed the deaths in a press conference this week. “Each death is tragic in its own right”, said Kirby. “Our thoughts and …
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