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Sun JournalTwo former Blackwater employees were sentenced in U.S. District Court in New Bern this morning to three years of probation for possession of stolen firearms.
Chief U.S. District Judge Louise Wood Flanagan said the details in this case should be kept sealed.
Kenneth Wayne Cashwell of Virginia Beach, Va., and William Ellsworth “Max” Grumiaux of Clemmons cooperated with federal prosecutors. Officials say the men agreed to testify in other Blackwater cases.
Blackwater is a private security company in Moyock that employs about 1,000 contractors to protect diplomats and perform other jobs in Iraq. Cashwell and Grumiaux pleaded guilty in early 2007 in federal court in Greenville to possession of stolen firearms that had been shipped in interstate or foreign commerce and to conspiracy to aid in the sale of firearms.
However, the guilty pleas never addressed whether the men shipped any arms overseas. There was no mention in court about whether the weapons were shipped to or sold in Iraq.
In their plea bargains, which called for a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine, the men agreed to testify in any future proceedings.
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