U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
San Antonio Man Pleads Guilty to Stealing Government Property
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Texas
In San Antonio today, 46-year-old San Antonio resident Zachary F. Walter pleaded guilty to stealing over $135,000 in spent brass from Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA), announced U.S. Attorney John F. Bash.
Appearing before Senior U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth, Walter pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement of government property. By pleading guilty, Walter admitted that from October 2015 to August 2017, he contracted with Joint Base San Antonio to take some 102,000 pounds of spent yellow brass ammunition casings and remit payment to JBSA. Walter, admittedly, sold the brass for approximately $135,164, wrote a check to JBSA, but later went to his bank and stopped payment on the check. JBSA was never paid for the spent brass.
Walter faces up to ten years in federal prison. Sentencing is scheduled for 3:30pm on May 4, 2020.
The Air Force Office of Special Investigations investigated this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Blackwell is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
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Updated March 2, 2020
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