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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOMG they lost Fat Leonard
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Fat Leonard, set to finally be sentenced in long-running Navy bribery scheme, is on the lam
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/courts/story/2022-09-05/fat-leonard-fugitive
The military contractor known as Fat Leonard, the mastermind behind the worst public corruption scandal in U.S. Navy history who was three weeks away from being sentenced in the case, is on the run.
Leonard Glenn Francis, who has been under house arrest, cut off his GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and absconded from his San Diego home sometime Sunday morning, said Supervisory Deputy U.S. Marshal Omar Castillo.
Pretrial Services, the federal agency monitoring Francis, was alerted to an anomaly with Francis bracelet, and Francis defense team went to check on him, knowing he has a history of health issues. An attorney called San Diego police about 1:45 p.m., saying Francis was not answering their knocks or messages, and asked for a welfare check at the home in the Torrey Highlands neighborhood, according to police officials.
Officers arrived and entered the home through an unsecured door in a central courtyard and found the home empty save for the sheared GPS bracelet left behind, according to police and marshals.
The U.S. Marshals Office was called to assist, and the San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force was activated to begin the high-profile manhunt. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which spearheaded the massive case against Francis more than a decade ago, is also helping.
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OMG they lost Fat Leonard (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Sep 2022
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SCantiGOP
(13,868 posts)1. I would check Trump's closet
niyad
(113,232 posts)2. Why was this corrupt scum under house arrest?? OF COURSE he would run.
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uponit7771
(90,335 posts)6. +1, he was facing some solid years too ... 25 years
Mr.Bill
(24,274 posts)3. San Diego?
He's in a boat headed south.
niyad
(113,232 posts)7. He could have just walked across.
Brother Buzz
(36,412 posts)9. He's horribly overweight, has cancer and can barely walk
niyad
(113,232 posts)10. ah. In that case, driven.
Danascot
(4,690 posts)4. Probably called the vacuum cleaner salesman
dalton99a
(81,432 posts)8. Kick
Nevilledog
(51,064 posts)11. Kick