A former civilian employee of the U.S. Defense Department was sentenced to one year in prison for his role in a scheme to illegally sell government property from California military installations, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.
A military judge on Thursday began deliberating the punishment for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl after defense attorneys asked for no prison time while prosecutors sought more than a decade behind bars.
Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has decided to be tried by a judge — not a military jury — on charges that he endangered comrades by walking off his post in Afghanistan.