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Ex-staff sergeant charged with bribery

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Federal prosecutors say a former Army staff sergeant has been indicted on charges of bribery and theft in an alleged plot to solicit bribes from a government contractor in Afghanistan.

A three-count indictment was returned Tuesday against Stevan Nathan Ringo, 26, of Marrero, La.

The indictment alleges that between December and February, Ringo, who was stationed at an Army installation in Afghanistan, solicited and took $400,000 in cash from a government contractor in exchange for his creation and submission of fraudulent paperwork. Prosecutors say the paperwork allowed the contractor to steal $1.4 million worth of fuel.

Last week, 27-year-old Michael Dugger of Jonesboro, Ga., also a former Army sergeant, pleaded guilty to a criminal information charging him with bribery as a public official in the same case.