Former civilian contractor admits to stealing thousands of dollars worth of property from Camp Pendleton

SAN DIEGO - A former civilian contractor admitted yesterday, Tues., Aug. 28, that he stole thousands of dollars worth of property from the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps base.

James Dean Salmon, 47, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 16 in federal court in San Diego.

Salmon, of Escondido, admitted in his plea that he exploited his position as a civilian contractor to cause unnecessary purchases of equipment. In doing so, Salmon would falsely represent functioning equipment as broken, or repairable equipment as un-repairable.

When new equipment would arrive, Salmon would then falsely claim to have...