United States v. Burns

OPINION AND ORDER

MILLER, United States Magistrate Judge.

On April 28, 1998, defendant Clifton S. Burns, an enlisted member of the United States Navy, was charged with attempted larceny of government property of a value not exceeding $1000.00. The offense took place at the Navy Exchange (“NEX”) at the Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek in Norfolk, Virginia. A criminal information was later filed, on May 26, 1998, charging that Burns “willfully, knowingly, and unlawfully, did steal, purloin and convert to her (sic) use or the use of another, property of a department of agency of the United…