
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: SATURDAY, August 28, 1993                   TAG: 9308280143
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

SECRETARY OF THE ARMY CITED FOR THEFT

The Army's acting secretary, John W. Shannon, has been charged with shoplifting a woman's blouse and skirt at a post exchange near the Pentagon, the Army said Friday.

The incident occurred Thursday at the Army PX at Fort Myer, Va., said Army spokesman Col. Steve Rausch. A store detective apprehended Shannon, the spokesman said.

Shannon was charged with misdemeanor theft of government property, an offense that carries a maximum penalty of a year in prison and a $100,000 fine, said Assistant U.S. Attorney Robert Chesnut, a federal prosecutor in Alexandria.

He was placed on administrative leave at his own request. - Associated Press

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