Former Navy Warehouse Manager Pleads Guilty to Stealing Over $2.5M in Goods from the U.S. Navy
SAN DIEGO – Herbert Gutierrez, former warehouse manager at the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command Warehouse in San Diego, pleaded guilty today to stealing more than $2.5 million worth of goods from the Navy warehouse where he worked at the time.
According to his plea agreement, Gutierrez stole the items over a nine-month period, from July 2018 to April 2019. He advertised items from the warehouse for sale online, including through such websites as eBay, and then allowed private individuals into the Military Sealift Command (MSC) warehouse yard during work hours and after hours to take the government property, load it onto trucks, and haul it away.
For example, in February 2019, Gutierrez allowed a utility truck and a tractor-trailer to enter the MSC warehouse after hours – and when they left, the vehicle contained over $1 million in stolen copper nickel tubing.
That same month, Gutierrez sold numerous Caterpillar parts from the warehouse to a company he found online. Once again, Gutierrez allowed a private freight company to enter the MSC warehouse yard and load the items, which filled four pallets. He also created fraudulent paperwork to conceal his criminal activity.
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