Former Marine charged in FBI grenade case

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Former Marine charged in FBI grenade case
The Associated Press
Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 9:24:15 EDT

WORTHINGTON, Ind. — A former Marine technician charged with conspiring to sell shoddy stun grenades to the FBI said prosecutors want to hurt his credibility as a witness for his alleged co-conspirators.

Glenn D. Cundiff who worked as an engineering technician at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Crane for more than 43 years before retiring in May 2006, was arrested Wednesday by FBI agents.

After an arraignment in U.S. District Court, Cundiff was released on his own recognizance. He was ordered to appear on May 5 in federal court in Macon, Ga.

Cundiff was charged as part of in an alleged scheme to re-label and sell shoddy stun grenades to military and police agencies across the U.S. Byron, Ga.-based Pyrotechnic Specialties Inc. and three of its employees, including chief executive David Karlson, also were charged April 17 in Macon, Ga.

Three FBI agents were injured Oct. 14, 2004, in the Philadelphia area when a defective grenade detonated prematurely in a vest pocket of one agent, the indictment said.


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