Man guilty of stealing $340K in copper
An Annapolis man admitted yesterday that he stole more than $340,000 of copper cable intended for use in the construction of unmanned drones destined for U.S. foreign military operations - possibly in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Levon Smith, 54, faces up to 10 years in prison when sentenced Dec. 17 in U.S. District Court in Baltimore.
"Theft of Defense Department property is an issue that reverberates throughout the contracting process," said Robert Craig, special agent in charge for the Mid-Atlantic field office of the U.S. Department of Defense's Defense Criminal Investigative Service. In a prepared statement, he claimed that such thefts raise safety concerns and cost taxpayers money.
"Our men and women serving in harm's way deserve better," he said.
Smith pleaded guilty yesterday to theft of government property.
According to a plea agreement, Smith was a senior material control analyst at AAI Corp., a defense contractor based in Hunt Valley that designs and builds aerospace equipment for the federal government and other entities.
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