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Jessica Smith pleaded guilty and was sentenced for the June 2021 theft of $2.1M worth of scopes, night vision devices etc. from locked Conexes on Ft. Hood. Her two alleged partners in crime were also arrested.<\/p>\n
Jessica Elaintrell Smith, 30, had already pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government in April. As part of the plea deal,<\/a> another count on the indictment was dropped.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security<\/a> was granted a search warrant for Nichol\u2019s home in July 2021. Investigators found $1.23 million in cash and stolen gear, as well as a phone with conversations between Smith and Nichols dating back to March of that year, according to court documents. Brown said he had access to the base.<\/p>\n
Brown, also an Army veteran, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 29, 2021. His case is set for jury trial in September.<\/p>\n
Nichols, however, pleaded guilty last year and is expected to be sentenced in October.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Fox<\/a><\/p>\n
This ain’t her first rodeo. Obviously she is a slow learner.<\/p>\n
Smith had pleaded guilty in June 2014 to theft in Bell County while she was stationed at Fort Hood<\/a> and was sentenced to 10 years of probation, according to Stars and Stripes.<\/p>\n
She was deployed to Afghanistan that same month and returned by November of that year. Bell County prosecutors reopened her theft case in 2020 when she was charged with felony family assault, violating her probation terms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"