{"id":31405,"date":"2023-01-09T03:08:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-09T03:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/01\/09\/marine-who-dumped-thousands-of-rounds-of-stolen-ammo-loses-appeal\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:56:27","slug":"marine-who-dumped-thousands-of-rounds-of-stolen-ammo-loses-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2023\/01\/09\/marine-who-dumped-thousands-of-rounds-of-stolen-ammo-loses-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine who dumped thousands of rounds of stolen ammo loses appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A year after being sentenced to 16 months in the brig for his role<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/07\/03\/recon-marine-sentenced-for-stealing-ammunition-from-california-range\/\" target=\"_blank\"> in stealing ammunition from the government,<\/a> and then dumping even more ammo and explosives in a ravine in a panicked attempt to avoid getting caught, a former Marine sergeant says he\u2019s working hard to make good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/05\/26\/california-recon-marine-charged-with-dumping-thousands-of-rounds-of-ammo-two-grenades\/\" target=\"_blank\">Former Sgt. Gunnar Naughton<\/a> was sentenced in July 2021 by a military judge at Camp Pendleton, California, after pleading guilty to dereliction of duty, wrongful disposition of military property, larceny and obstruction of justice. In addition to time in confinement, his sentence included forfeiture of all pay and allowances, reduction in rank to private and a bad-conduct discharge. In October 2022, a military appellate court opted not to lessen his punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2021\/03\/29\/missing-ammunition-on-pendleton-leads-to-first-article-32-hearing\/\" target=\"_blank\">The ammunition Naughton dumped<\/a> was worth more than $4,000 and included three nonlethal grenades and more than 11,000 rounds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2020\/01\/06\/two-rifles-still-missing-from-camp-lejeune-but-marines-no-longer-actively-searching\/\" target=\"_blank\">small arms ammunition<\/a>, according to a published charge sheet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In exclusive statements to Marine Corps Times, Naughton, 29, said he hasn\u2019t given up hope on the appeals process \u2015 and he\u2019s working to make himself a different person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI used to wake up every morning and go to bed every night thinking, \u2018I\u2019m a Marine,\u2019\u201d Naughton said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow I wake up in the morning and go to bed at night haunted by the word \u2018felon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2021\/07\/03\/recon-marine-sentenced-for-stealing-ammunition-from-california-range\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"183\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2494331.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Marine sentenced for stealing ammunition says he was pressured by recon community<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">It was the culture of the recon community that put Sgt. Gunnar I. Naughton in the position he\u2019s in, he claimed.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past year, he said, he has graduated from a vocational school, made progress toward a college degree in social science and engaged a life coach through the nonprofit Anti-Recidivism Coalition. He said he\u2019s also become involved in the organization Sheep Dog Impact Assistance, which supports veteran healing through camaraderie, outdoor activities and volunteer work. He traveled with that organization to Kentucky to assist with flooding relief and to Florida to help in the wake of Hurricane Ian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He was released from the brig in February 2022, having been credited with 147 days\u2019 time served at sentencing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While he said he has \u201cno hope\u201d of vindication, he plans to ask the Court of Appeal for the Armed Forces, the highest military-specific appeals court, to review his case again in hopes it will grant him the opportunity to request clemency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Dumping ammo <\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naughton had been assigned as an arms, ammunition and explosives officer with 1st Reconnaissance Battalion \u2015 a role that meant he was in charge of accounting for the unit\u2019s ammunition and collecting and reorganizing unused ammunition at the end of each training day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In September 2020, Naughton and a handful of troops hatched a scheme that would exploit the trust inherent in that role: They\u2019d pocket some of the ammo instead of returning it to military storage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naughton, according to court documents, would then falsify logbook entries to cover up the crime. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Naughton\u2019s attorney would argue the Marines were filching some 840 5.56 mm rounds and other ammunition so that they could shoot it on their own time, one of the perps, Cpl. Jason Peters, tried to sell some of it online. He was arrested in February 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After learning of Peters\u2019 arrest, Naughton made a desperate attempt to destroy all evidence of the conspiracy. He told one of the troops, Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Arthur Goldsborough, to delete Signal and WhatsApp messages in group chats that might implicate the Marines and hauled several cans of stolen ammo out of the home of another conspirator, Staff Sgt. Brian Newport, so he could hide them off base. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ultimately, Naughton tried to destroy all the remaining evidence by dumping it into the ravine. He was apprehended, however, in the same law enforcement sting that ensnared Peters and seven more troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his appeal to the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, Naughton alleged that his defense counsel did not effectively defend him. He said they failed to obtain a \u201csubstantial assistance\u201d letter from the military prosecutors stating that Naughton\u2019s help in building cases against the other conspirators merited a lighter sentence. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naughton also argued that his legal team could have taken that same recommendation letter and submitted it to the convening authority \u2015 the general overseeing the prosecution \u2015 to request clemency consisting of a suspended bad-conduct discharge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the per curiam appellate ruling, the judges shut these arguments down, finding Naughton\u2019s own actions and responses to his legal team may have had a negative effect on his case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They write that his civilian attorney, Phil Stackhouse, in a sworn declaration responding to Naughton\u2019s claims, did attest to asking about obtaining a substantial assistance letter, adding that a member of the military prosecution team responded that they\u2019d investigate it, but never followed up further. The declaration also suggests there were reasons the prosecution team didn\u2019t write the letter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reached via email, Stackhouse declined to comment on the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Naughton had two post-trial meetings with law enforcement officers, the appellate ruling states, he balked at sharing information about another person close to him who had allegedly been given some of the stolen ammo. This, it states, angered the prosecution team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It adds that this encounter prompted an email from the regional trial counsel expressing concerns that Naughton might not be complying with his plea agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven the circumstances of [Naughton\u2019s] lackluster assistance to law enforcement and the trial counsel\u2019s reaction, we find it reasonable that trial defense counsel did not further pursue a substantial assistance letter because they had no reason to believe trial defense counsel would provide one,\u201d the ruling states. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Naughton said he hopes the higher appeals court takes a broader view of the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhat I am seeking is for the higher court to give the Convening Authority the chance to evaluate what I have done to atone for my actions and choose whether to have mercy or not, just like is done for every other court-martialed service member,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Sgt. 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