{"id":82523,"date":"2018-10-26T09:30:44","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T13:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=82523"},"modified":"2022-01-13T20:33:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T01:33:04","slug":"parris-island-first-sergeant-to-face-hearing-over-1-5-million-razor-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=82523","title":{"rendered":"Parris Island first sergeant to face hearing over $1.5 million razor theft"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Marine first sergeant previously stationed at the Corps\u2019 recruit depot aboard\u00a0Parris Island, South Carolina, will face a preliminary military hearing over his alleged involvement in a razor blade theft ring.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The first sergeant was named by his initials in an Oct. 10 indictment that purported the Marine noncommissioned officer conspired with three Defense Department civilian employees, working at the\u00a0recruit store\u00a0and warehouse at the depot, to steal nearly $1.5 million in Gillette razors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I had no idea there was that kind of money in the Gillette business.\u00a0 Maybe all of this could be avoided if they just have recruits join the Dollar Shave Club.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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Parris Island has a store that sells razor blades at a discount price to recruits aboard the depot.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Parris Island razor blade racket was detailed in a federal indictment:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chambers allegedly had approached Brutus \u201cand asked her to steal boxes of high-end Gillette razors, razor blades and other items\u201d from the recruit store, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brutus then allegedly introduced two other employees, Harrison and Byson, to Chambers to help steal the razors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Harrison and Byson allegedly were able to steal boxes of the razors from the warehouse on a weekly basis and avoided detection by evading or disabling the security cameras, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The stolen merchandise allegedly was delivered in person to Chambers until he was transferred in March 2018 to Florida. The razor blades were then transported via U.S. Postal Service.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Chambers allegedly would sell the blades and split up the proceeds through wire transfer from his Navy Federal Credit Union account.<\/p>\n

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The cohorts in the razor theft scheme allegedly carried out this illegal activity from roughly January 2017 through June 2018, the indictment says.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Post and Courier reported that the use of the postal service may have caused the scheme to come apart when Chambers called about the status of boxes containing 720 packages of Gillette blades that were sent to New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Federal Investigators then found wire transfers to one of the DoD civilian employees, according to The Post and Courier.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Source: Parris Island first sergeant to face hearing over $1.5 million razor theft<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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