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Washington Times
March 15, 2007
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An Army soldier from Bowie is accused of smuggling out of Iraq machine guns that were used in a series of local bank robberies, including one caught on tape by a television news crew.
Prosecutors said Leonard Stephan Lockley, 26, was arrested Tuesday on charges of receiving, possessing and selling machine guns while on active duty near Baghdad.
According to court documents, a witness in 2003 saw Mr. Lockley placing four disassembled AK-47-style rifles into a large black metal chest with a false bottom.
The witness said the soldier told him that he had the chest made and was using it to send the weapons to the U.S.
The court documents state that when Mr. Lockley returned home in 2004, he sold some of the weapons, which were later used in the bank robberies.
He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted.
March 15, 2007
Pg. B3
An Army soldier from Bowie is accused of smuggling out of Iraq machine guns that were used in a series of local bank robberies, including one caught on tape by a television news crew.
Prosecutors said Leonard Stephan Lockley, 26, was arrested Tuesday on charges of receiving, possessing and selling machine guns while on active duty near Baghdad.
According to court documents, a witness in 2003 saw Mr. Lockley placing four disassembled AK-47-style rifles into a large black metal chest with a false bottom.
The witness said the soldier told him that he had the chest made and was using it to send the weapons to the U.S.
The court documents state that when Mr. Lockley returned home in 2004, he sold some of the weapons, which were later used in the bank robberies.
He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison if convicted.
