A 23-year-old U.S. Marine is in federal custody after allegedly stealing and selling military equipment from Camp Pendleton in California.
A grand jury has indicted Corporal Andrew Paul Amarillas for stealing and selling weapons of war, which include a Javelin missile system and over 2 million rounds of M855 ammunition.
Court documents alleged Amarillas stole the weapons from Camp Pendleton while he served as an ammunition technician specialist at the School of Infantry-West from 2022 to 2025.
AZ Family reported that Amarillas allegedly stole the weapons and proceeded to sell them to co-conspirators in his home state of Arizona.
Per The LA Times:
A U.S. Marine formerly stationed at Camp Pendleton is now in federal custody, charged with stealing weapons of war — including a shoulder-fired missile system — with the intent to resell them in Arizona, according to court documents.
Cpl. Andrew Paul Amarillas is accused of using his position as an ammunition technical specialist at the School of Infantry West at the San Diego base to access and steal military property, including at least one Javelin missile system, military-grade ammunition and other weapons-related material, between February 2022 and November 2025. Investigators say he transported the stolen weapons and ammunition to his home state of Arizona, where he sold them to a network of co-conspirators, who then resold the equipment to others.
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