The San Francisco Chronicle reported that a third co-defendant in the weapons smuggling charges involving a Navy SEAL has entered a plea of guilty, in a court in Nevada. Richard Paul of Durango, Colorado, pleaded guilty to charges of selling smuggled weapons. His sentencing has been set for April 15, by U.S. District Court Chief [...]

Andrew Kauffman and Omar Aguirre, both accused of being involved in a weapons smuggling operation that included Navy SEAL Nicholas Bickle, have pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against them, according to a report on the Navy Times. The two men entered their plea before Senior U.S. District Court Judge Lloyd George in Las Vegas [...]

A report on the Navy Times shared that a special grand jury has indicted a Navy SEAL and two others in the weapons smuggling case that we reported in a previous post. The six-count, 16-page indictment was filed in the U.S. District Court, in Las Vegas, Nevada, Tuesday. The accused were charged with the following: [...]

Nicholas Bickle, the Navy SEAL who is accused of being involved in a smuggling operation that allowed 80 assault rifles from Iraq or Afghanistan into the United States, remains in jail pending an appeal of a decision by a federal judge, to release him on $150,000 bond, as reported in a Navy Times feature. According [...]

A Navy SEAL has been accused of being involved in a smuggling ring that brought high-powered weapons from Iraq and Afghanistan into the United States, according to a report by CNN. The Navy SEAL was identified as Nicholas Bickle, 33. He reportedly enlisted in 2004 and became a SEAL in 2005. He is set to [...]