US military guns lost, stolen from Virginia bases
Virginia News
by: The Associated Press
Posted: Jun 15, 2021 / 10:48 AM EDT / Updated: Jun 15, 2021 / 10:48 AM EDT
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Military weapons including pistols and a medium machine gun have been lost or stolen from bases in Virginia.
An Associated Press investigation into firearms missing from the U.S. armed services shows at least 19 guns disappeared or were recovered in Virginia between 2010 and 2019.
Locations included two Navy destroyers in Norfolk and an installation in Arlington.
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A former Navy sonar technician was a suspect when the USS Laboon reported a missing machine gun in 2011, according to Naval Criminal Investigative Service files obtained by AP, but investigators lacked evidence. NCIS reopened the case in 2013 after a tip, searching the former technician’s home and finding four Navy computers — but no weapons. The case was closed without prosecution.
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