NEW CHURCH, Va. – An Accomack County man has pleaded guilty in a wide-ranging federal case involving the theft and destruction of U.S. Navy materials and a separate COVID-era loan fraud scheme.
According to court documents acquired by WBOC, Almount Gunter, of New Church and a civilian contractor at Naval Station Norfolk, admitted on Tuesday to using his job access to repeatedly enter a secured supply yard and cut valuable “ship-to-shore” power cables between April and September of 2023. He would then bring the cut cables to a recycling center for cash, according to court documents.
Gunter struck multiple times at the naval station in an ongoing theft scheme, according to prosecutors. Investigators say he used his credentials to access the base more than 60 times outside his normal work schedule, often late at night or on weekends, specifically targeting large spools of high-voltage cable stored in the Naval Facilities supply yard…