Sergeant Charges Breast Enhancement & Car to Pentagon

Sunday, August 17, 2003

(6:46 PM ET) (22:46 GMT)

The Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana
A Marine received 14 months in a military brig for using a military credit card for an unauthorized six-figure shopping spree that included a car, a motorcycle and breast enhancement surgery.

Staff Sgt. Sherry Pierre worked for Marine Forces Reserve Headquarters Command in New Orleans when she made $129,709 in improper purchases in 2000 and 2001, military officials said.

Pierre pleaded guilty to stealing from the government in a court-martial proceeding held in New Orleans in June, Capt. Jeff Pool, a spokesman for the Reserve, confirmed Sunday.

Pierre also received a bad-conduct discharge, a $30,000 fine and a reduction in rank from staff sergeant to lance corporal.

The verdict is on appeal, a process Pool said occurs automatically in such courts-martial.
(Source: CNN.com)
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Dan