This is the current article about sentencing. Previous article describing stolen ammo is at the bottom.

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Henderson man gets 18 months for selling stolen military goods

Updated December 23, 2017 - 1:20 pm

A 38-year old Henderson man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for selling military goods stolen from Nellis Air Force Base, including smoke grenades, ammunition and bulletproof vests.

U.S. District Chief Judge Gloria M. Navarro also sentenced Temogen Noguni, 38, to two years of parole after his release.

Noguni pleaded guilty in August to the unauthorized sale of property of the United States. He was charged in 2015 after an undercover federal investigation revealed he had been selling stolen military ammunition and equipment from Nellis on the internet.

According to court documents, Noguni met Staff Sgt. Jonathan Owens in August 2015 through a group known as Vape and Shoot, whose members smoked e-cigarettes and shot firearms, often meeting at Las Vegas shooting ranges.

The two met from eight to 10 times in various locations, including a Kmart parking lot south of Nellis, where Owens sold Noguni stolen items. Owens also supplied stolen items to co-defendant Daniel Schwartz.

In fact, on two occasions Noguni sold .50 caliber Raufoss Mk211 armor-piercing ammunition to undercover agents, the documents said. That ammunition is not available for sale to the general public.

Owens was sentenced to a year in prison in October for stealing approximately $97,000 of U.S. military ammunition and equipment. In January Schwartz received three years probation for retaining stolen property of the United States.

At Friday’s sentencing hearing, Noguni said he did not know what he was doing was illegal. His attorney, Justin Marcello, also argued that his client did not understand the seriousness of his crime because “all of the items in this case are commercially available.”

But Assistant U.S. Attorney Jared L. Grimmer said the fact that the weapons had markings denoting their military unit as well as the secretive nature of Owens and Noguni’s meetings negated that argument.

“It almost seems like a bit of a drug trade,” the way the items were exchanged, Grimmer said.

Marcello said that Noguni had changed his life in the last two years: He recently opened an esports gaming business and became a father to two twin boys.

Noguni’s girlfriend sat in the back of the courtroom Friday with their 4-month-old sons.

In an interview with the Review-Journal in November, Noguni said he was resigned to spending time behind bars.

“I’ve kind of accepted it,” he said. “I’ve dealt with this for two years. It was hard for me the first year. I kind of became a hermit, but then I started getting my life together.”

Marcello also said Friday that fatherhood had changed Noguni’s view of guns.

“Once you’ve had children, you realize you pushed an item into the world whose sole purpose is to destroy,” Marcello said.

Noguni is set to begin his sentence March 23.


Contact Madelyn Reese at mreese@viewnews.com or 702-383-0497. Follow @MadelynGReese on Twitter.

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Earlier article stating he was combat arms training manager for a rescue squadron at Nellis. I'm pretty sure the HH-60Gs are equipped with 50 cals.

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Grand jury indicts three in Nellis AFB ammunition theft

By Jeff German Las Vegas Review-Journal
December 8, 2015 - 7:27 pm


An airman and two other people were indicted by a federal grand jury Tuesday in the alleged theft and illegal sale of military ammunition and equipment from Nellis Air Force Base.

Among the items alleged to have been stolen by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Owens were several hundred rounds of .50 caliber armor-piercing ammunition. Owens is the combat arms training manager for the 58th Rescue Squadron at Nellis, according to prosecutors.

The elite squadron supplies the skilled forces who travel the world from Nellis-based helicopters to rescue downed servicemen in combat conditions.

Owens, 25, was charged with one felony count of theft of government property. The indictment alleges he stole $97,000 worth of ammunition and equipment between Aug. 1 and Nov. 18.

Another defendant, Daniel Schwartz, who owns Zen Vapors at 10430 S. Decatur Blvd., was charged with one count of retaining stolen property of the United States and one count of unauthorized sale of property of the United States.

Schwartz sold an undercover federal agent 2,000 rounds of 9 mm ammunition and two smoke grenades stolen from the Air Force base, a criminal complaint alleges.

The third defendant, Temogen Noguni, 36, who worked at Zen Vapors, was charged with two counts of unauthorized sale of property of the United States.

Noguni sold 80 rounds of the armor-piercing ammunition to an undercover agent and another 240 rounds of the ammunition with night vision goggles, according to the complaint.

All three defendants have been summoned to federal court for arraignment on the charges Dec. 16.

The undercover investigation was conducted by the Air Force’s special investigations office and the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.



Contact Jeff German at jgerman@reviewjournal.com or 702-380-8135. Find him on Twitter: @JGermanRJ

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At Friday’s sentencing hearing, Noguni said he did not know what he was doing was illegal. His attorney, Justin Marcello, also argued that his client did not understand the seriousness of his crime because “all of the items in this case are commercially available.”

Not a very compelling argument. The other remarks his attorney made were equally absurd. The following stood out:


Marcello said that Noguni had changed his life in the last two years: He recently opened an esports gaming business and became a father to two twin boys.

Really?

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
remarks his attorney made were equally absurd. The following stood out:


Marcello said that Noguni had changed his life in the last two years: He recently opened an esports gaming business and became a father to two twin boys.

Really?

This is Vegas, after all.

Wow, those Raufoss rounds are $75 each on Gun Broker.