> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Larceny Charges at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023: Pleas, Verdicts, and Sentences - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-121-2019-2023/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:33:56.000Z - Updated: 2026-11-03T01:48:01.000Z - Description: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 32 courts-martial charging Article 121 (larceny) from 2019–2023, and every case ended in a conviction. 94% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 61% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 121 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Article 121, Navy-Marine Corps [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) › [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-camp-lejeune-north-carolina/) › Article 121, 2019–2023 **Short answer:** Camp Lejeune, North Carolina tried 32 courts-martial charging Article 121 (larceny) from 2019–2023, and every case ended in a conviction. 94% of convicted enlisted members received a punitive discharge, compared with 61% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 121 cases. The median confinement was 7 months, compared with 6 months. Based on 32 cases · 2019–2023 · Navy and Marine Corps records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Almost Every Convicted Member Received a Punitive Discharge The largest difference between Camp Lejeune's larceny cases and the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps is the discharge share. Of 31 convicted enlisted members, 29 received a punitive discharge: 27 bad-conduct and 2 dishonorable. Across Article 121 cases in the Navy and Marine Corps, the share was 61%. Either court level can impose a bad-conduct discharge. A punitive discharge is a bad-conduct or dishonorable discharge for an enlisted member. The officer equivalent is a dismissal. A sentence without one does not rule out a later administrative separation, which these records do not capture. No officers or warrant officers appear in this group. ## Almost Every Conviction Included Confinement All 32 cases ended in a conviction, and 31 of the sentences included confinement. Only 3% of convictions had no confinement, compared with 20% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 121 cases overall. The median confinement was 7 months, slightly longer than the 6 months across the service. A quarter of the sentences were 1 year or longer. Sentences longer than one year were more common: 7 of 32 convictions (22%), compared with 15%. No conviction reached 5 years. These are adjudged sentences, before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. They cover every charge in the case. | Adjudged confinement | Convictions | Share here | Share, Navy and Marine Corps Article 121 cases overall | | ------------------------------- | ----------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | No confinement | 1 | 3% | 20% | | Under 6 months | 11 | 34% | 32% | | 6 months to 1 year | 13 | 41% | 32% | | More than 1 year, under 5 years | 7 | 22% | 14% | | 5 years or more | 0 | 0% | 1% | ## More General Courts-Martial 14 of the 32 cases were general courts-martial (44%), compared with 29% in the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence. A special court-martial caps confinement at one year and cannot impose a dishonorable discharge. Sentences differed by court level. The median confinement at general courts-martial was 1.2 years. The median at the 18 special courts-martial was 4 months. Only a general court-martial can impose more than one year of confinement. ## Larceny Charged With Conspiracy and Obstruction Larceny was rarely the only charge: 28 of the 32 cases included at least one other article. Article 92 (orders violation) appeared in 14 cases and Article 81 (conspiracy) in 11\. Article 131b (obstruction, numbered since 2019) appeared in 10, Article 107 (false official statement) in 9, and Article 112a (drug) in 6. A conspiracy charge alleges an agreement with at least one other person to commit an offense. In 11 cases, the larceny was charged with a conspiracy. The records do not link co-accused or describe what was taken, so they cannot show whether several of these cases arose from the same events. ## How Often Were Cases Contested? Only 15 of the 32 records list a plea. Among those, 10 accused pleaded guilty and 5 contested at least one charge with a not-guilty or mixed plea. The contested share was 33%, higher than the 22% in Navy and Marine Corps Article 121 cases. So many pleas are missing that this figure is based on only 15 cases. Every case here ended in a conviction on at least one charge, so none of the contested cases ended in a full acquittal. Navy and Marine Corps records before December 2020 often omit the plea, and the counts here use only the records that list one. ## A Junior Group of Accused The accused were 20 junior enlisted members, 11 NCOs, and 0 officers. The group is more junior than the rest of the Navy and Marine Corps. No convicted officers appear, so the discharge figures above describe enlisted members only, and no dismissal figure applies to this group. ## Cases by Year The cases were tried from February 2019 through November 2023\. The yearly counts were 16 in 2019, 2 in 2020, 10 in 2021, 2 in 2022, and 2 in 2023\. Together they made up 11% of all 283 courts-martial at Camp Lejeune in 2019–2023. The records give trial dates only, so they cannot show when the thefts took place or whether cases in the same year were connected. ## Rules in Effect and Data Gaps Since 2019, a special court-martial can be tried by a military judge alone, capped at six months of confinement with no punitive discharge. The records do not give offense dates. They cannot show which rules applied to each case. The records also leave out the evidence, the plea terms, and any larceny handled through nonjudicial punishment or administrative separation. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 121 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Courts-martial tried at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina in 2019–2023 that charged Article 121 (32 cases), compared with every Navy and Marine Corps case charging Article 121 in those years. Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com. ## Related Analysis - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina: Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/courts-martial-at-camp-lejeune-north-carolina/) (hub) - [Article 121 (Larceny): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-121-courts-martial/) (hub) - [By Installation](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-installation/) (hub) - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Courts-Martial, 2019–2023: What 283 Cases Show](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2019-2023/) - [Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2017–2018: Charges, Verdicts, and Sentences in 140 Cases](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2017-2018/) - [What Was Tried at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2024–2026? 119 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-courts-martial-2024-2026/) - [Did Larceny Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina Change After 2019?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/camp-lejeune-north-carolina-article-121-before-after-2019/) - [How Has Article 121 Changed in Navy-Marine Corps Courts-Martial Since 2017?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-121-trend-2017-2025/) - [Article 121 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-121/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) ## Military Judges Who Presided Over Article 121 Cases at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, 2019–2023 - [Keaton Harrell](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-keaton-harrell/) - [Nicholas Henry](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-nicholas-henry/) - [Glen Hines](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-glen-hines/) - [Ryan Lipton](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-lipton/) - [Benjamin Robertson](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-benjamin-robertson/) - [Ryan Stormer](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judge-ryan-stormer/) Names and links only. Each judge's record of pleas, findings, and sentences is on their Know Your Judge page, part of the [Court-Martial Characters](https://www.bodiesburied.com/judges/) membership. **Compare: federal court.** [Theft and Fraud by Dollar Loss: Federal Sentences vs. Article 121 Courts-Martial](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/federal-theft-fraud-dollar-loss-vs-article-121/) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.