United States v. DeCoster

DECISION

ARROWOOD, Senior Judge:

The accused was found guilty by military judge alone of several offenses of larceny from the mails, forgery and absence without leave, violations of Articles 134, 123 and 86, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 934, 923, 886.

The facts show that the accused, a member of the Air Force, forced open the mail boxes of several of his fellow service members and took Government cheeks that had been mailed to them. Two of the checks were income tax refunds, the others were the service member’s regular military pay checks. The accused took each check to a…