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Naperville Man Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $330K In Computer Equipment From Air Base

(CBS) -- A Naperville man most likely faces at least two years in prison for stealing more than $300,000 in computers from the U.S. military, reports WBBM's Steve Miller.

It was in Afghanistan that a U.S. air base where the federal government 51-year-old Timothy Maurer of Naperville stole computers, even breaking a lock to get at some of them. The U.S. Attorney's office says Maurer was working for a Pentagon contractor, Raytheon, last year when he stole more than 150 computers and other electronics on base and then shipped computers to vendors and re-sold them. The equipment was worth more than $332,000.

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Maurer will be sentenced in April now that he has pleaded guilty to theft of government property. He could get up to 10 years in prison, but sentencing guidelines suggest at least two years.

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