Wyoming guardsman indicted in theft of border fence material
Wyoming guardsman indicted in theft of border fence material
June 5th, 2008 @ 7:43pm
by Associated Press
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) _ A Wyoming air national guardsman has been indicted for allegedly stealing and selling scrap metal from the border fence construction project.
Authorities arrested Master Sgt. Robert Kelley, of Carpenter, Wyo., on May 7 and he was indicted here Wednesday by a federal grand jury.
Kelley, 48, was accused in a criminal complaint of theft of government property for selling at least five dump truck loads of Department of Homeland Security scrap metal to a Tucson company for about $11,450.
He allegedly bought personal items including a pistol, cowboy boots and a garage door opener.
Kelley was deployed to Task Force Diamondback near Sonoita as part of Operation Jump Start.
He is scheduled to be arraigned June 19 on the indictment charge and prosecutors said a conviction could bring a 10-year prison sentence and/or a $250,000 fine.
A federal public defender assigned to represent Kelley did not immediately returns calls for comment on the case Thursday.
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