Fort Hood army vet gets 18 months in prison for stealing $2.1M in military gear from embattled Texas base
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A U.S. Army veteran was sentenced to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty to stealing $2.1 million in gear from Fort Hood in Texas that was later found listed for sale on eBay.
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Smith, along with co-conspirators Nathan Nichols and Brandon Dominic Brown, are accused of taking 68 PAS-13 scopes, 47 RT 1523 radios, nine AN-PSC 5 radios, four PVS-14 scopes, three-night vision devices, three AN/PRC 117 radios, two receiver/transmitters and one AN-VRC-90 radio sometime overnight between June 16-17, 2021.
Soldiers reported finding locks cut on 17 Conex shipping containers on the base, and an audit showed that a total of 137 items worth about $2.1 million were missing.