Saturday, September 18, 2010
Soldier Sentenced On Weapons Charge
KENTUCKY...
A former Fort Campbell soldier has been sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for the illegal possession of military weapons.
Federal prosecutors said Friday that 30-year-old Joshua Bartlett Etherton was sentenced in federal court in Jackson to 112 months in prison and three years supervised release.
Etherton was a private first class when he was indicted last September on a two-count indictment charging him with illegal possession of an antitank rocket and four grenades. He pleaded guilty in May.
Prosecutors say Etherton took the weapons that were being used for training purposes and were later sold to an undercover agent.
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