An Army sergeant pleaded guilty on Friday of conspiracy to accept bribes to pilfer fuel at a forward operating base in Afghanistan.

Sheldon Morgan, 36, stationed at Fort Wainwright in Alaska, pleaded guilty to a one-count charge that he participated in bribery and defrauding the U.S. during a deployment in Afghanistan from May 2010 to May 2011. The forward operating base in Afghanistan stored and distributed fuel to neighboring military bases.

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