Former Fort Bliss soldier sentenced to federal prison for stealing military equipment to resell
A former U.S. Army sergeant was sentenced to six months in federal prison on Oct. 31 for illegally importation of International Trafficking in Arms Regulations controlled military equipment valued at about $30,000.
Dexroy Germaine also was sentenced to six months of home confinement to be served when he completes his prison sentence,100 hours of community service, and be placed under supervised release for three years.
Hamilton pleaded guilty on August 22, 2014 to one count of conspiracy to commit theft of government property and one count of smuggling goods into the United States.
By pleading guilty, Hamilton admitted that while on deployment in Afghanistan between July 2013 and March 2014, he conspired with others to steal U.S. military munitions property including optical sights, night vision equipment and infrared lasers, then transport those items to the United States for resale.
On March 20, 2014, HSI agents executed a search warrant at the defendant’s residence in El Paso where they recovered five (5) AN/PVS-14 night vision monocular devices, fifty-two (52) PMAG 5.556 x 42 military magazines, and nineteen (19) M-16 magazines (government owned).
