Lieutenant Colonel on Camp Humphreys Convicted of Shoplifting Hundreds of Dollars of Merchandise from the PX
The Stars & Stripes article doesn’t mention it, but this Marine lieutenant colonel had his O6 promotion pulled from him. That is a massive loss of pay and eventual retirement money each month lost because of his stupidity:
A Marine lieutenant colonel found guilty of stealing hundreds of dollars in merchandise from a base exchange in South Korea has escaped punishment, according to a published report.
Lt. Col. Samuel K. Lee, 47, was convicted Sept. 11 at Camp Foster, Okinawa, of two counts of violating Article 121 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, or larceny of non-military property valued at $1,000 or less, the military news website Task & Purpose reported Thursday, citing court records.
Lee, a logistics officer for Marine Forces Korea, stole a 4K ultra high definition wire-free security camera system, Apple Airpods with a wireless charging system, Bose noise-canceling headphones and Estee Lauder ReNutriv Ultimate Diamond energy cream between Nov. 1, 2019, and March 8, 2020, according to the report, which cited Marine officials with knowledge of the charges.
A conviction for theft at or under $1,000 could bring a bad conduct discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confinement for one year, according to the manual on courts martial.
Stars & Stripes
You can read more at the link as well as over at Task and Purpose that originally published this story.
Wonder if they will look closely enough to find his Chinese handler?
Stealing a security camera system is good on the irony scorecard. The energy cream is another matter.
What a shame, though.
He had a Biden 2020 sticker on his Prius, eh?
@CharlieM Also good on the irony meter is he’s a logistics officer. One would think he’d know how to move the stuff.
@setnaff Nope. Probably a Trump/Pence one given Trump’s penchant for not paying.
This belongs on the Marine WTF Facebook page.
Before he was taken to the juzgao Lt. Col Lee shouted:
Please don’t lock me up!
Ex-President Trump needs my logistics expertise!
How can huuuge numbers of Ex-President Trump’s followers attend his rallies for his 2024 bid …
… when there are still no commercial flights to Gitmo?
The salty tears will flow, the riots will explode, and the sound of Reeeeeeeee! will be deafening when our little commies here find out it is election officials and the courts, and not the media, which determine the winner of presidential elections.
After Biden took the lead in Georgia, the captain of Air Force Three rang Ex-President Trump and offered him a choice of a one-way ticket to Gitmo or the same deal to Palookaville.
“I’ll take the Gitmo deal”, said Ex-President Trump.
“If I end up in Palookaville that palooka ChickenHead will be asking to come round for lunch every day.
Bringing his cheesey jokes and his vinegar whine.”