Posted on May 31, 2016
Sailor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Retaining Submarine Photos
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BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — A Navy sailor has pleaded guilty to charges alleging that he illegally retained photos he took with his cellphone of classified areas and equipment inside a nuclear attack submarine based in Connecticut.
Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Kristian Saucier of Arlington, Vermont, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Bridgeport to unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The photos were on a phone that was found at a waste transfer station in Connecticut.
Authorities say Saucier was a machinist's mate from 2007 to 2012 aboard the USS Alexandria at the Navy submarine base in Groton.
He's currently assigned to a Navy facility in Saratoga Springs, New York, and is awaiting an administrative separation board hearing.
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Federal prosecutors say 29-year-old Kristian Saucier of Arlington, Vermont, pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in Bridgeport to unauthorized possession and retention of national defense information. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
The photos were on a phone that was found at a waste transfer station in Connecticut.
Authorities say Saucier was a machinist's mate from 2007 to 2012 aboard the USS Alexandria at the Navy submarine base in Groton.
He's currently assigned to a Navy facility in Saratoga Springs, New York, and is awaiting an administrative separation board hearing.
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Sailor Pleads Guilty to Illegally Retaining Submarine Photos
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Perspective is Everything. What do you think of this Picture? It's from my Personal Collection. It was fine for me to have it but for the News Media of the Time, Not so Much. 150 Ft Parabolic Dish Antenna, NSGD Sugar Grove, WV.
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski This is great - this young man faces up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $250K for taking photos of classied material, but where is the justice with Hillary? Oh, the Navy Salior doesn't have millions of dollars to buy off everyone! I got it. The haves and the have nots. Bad example I know, couldn't resist!
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I am glad that U.S. Navy Machinist's Mate Kristian Saucier pled guilty to charges alleging that he illegally retained photos he took with his cellphone of classified areas and equipment inside the USS Alexandria SP5 Mark Kuzinski.
I am glad that the photos were discovered by us and hope they were not distributed or hacked into by those who wish to exploit that type of information for our harm.
I am glad that the photos were discovered by us and hope they were not distributed or hacked into by those who wish to exploit that type of information for our harm.
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