from:alt.conspiracy As, always, Caveat Lector Om K ----- Click Here: <A HREF="aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:614818">U.S. Navy SEAL arrested in explosives thefts</A> ----- Subject: U.S. Navy SEAL arrested in explosives thefts From: "M. E." <A HREF="mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> Date: Mon, May 8, 2000 11:05 AM Message-id: <8f6vn1$2n2$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Report: Navy SEAL arrested in explosives thefts Wednesday, 3 May 2000 13:20 (ET) SAN DIEGO, May 3 (UPI) - A Navy SEAL commando has been arrested on charges of stealing a variety of military explosives and selling them to a surplus dealer in Virginia. The San Diego Union-Tribune said Wednesday that Petty Officer Jonathan Dean Cripe, 39, was taken into custody Tuesday at a San Diego-area naval base on charges contained in a federal indictment issued in Richmond, Va. Cripe, a member of a SEAL unit at the Naval Amphibious Base in Coronado, is charged with four conspiracy counts related to the theft and transportation of government property, explosives, ammunition and firearms. He was awaiting arraignment in a federal jail in San Diego on Wednesday. The newspaper said Cripe allegedly sold dozens of hand grenades, anti-personnel mines, C-4 plastic explosives and other ammunition to Daniel F. Robinson, a Hopewell, Va. military surplus dealer; the relationship between the two reportedly began in 1994 when Cripe, who was then assigned to the Naval Amphibious Base in Little Creek, Va., met Robinson at a gun show. Federal authorities say Cripe at one time stole enough ordnance that he needed a rental truck to haul the cache to Robinson's home. The alleged theft ring, which continued after Cripe was transferred to Seal Team 5 in Coronado, was discovered when a truck driven by an employee of Robinson was stopped by police for a traffic infraction in Tennessee and was found to contain stolen munitions. A subsequent search of Robinson's home turned up about 1,000 firearms, including machine guns, as well as silencers and a night vision scope. It was not immediately known who Robinson's alleged customers were or what his plans for the explosives were. -- Copyright 2000 by United Press International. All rights reserved. -- ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
