Former AFRL contractor pleads guilty to taking classified documents
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DAYTON A former contractor with the Air Force Research Lab has pled guilty to illegally taking over 2,500 pages of classified documents.
Fairborn resident Izaak Vincent Kemp pled guilty in US District Court Thursday to taking over 100 documents classified at the Secret level from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, according to the office of David DeVillers, U.S. Attorney of the Southern District of Ohio.
Kemp, 35, was charged on Jan. 25 by a Bill of Information.
According to court documents, Kemp was employed as a contractor at the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) from July 2016 to May 2019, and later as a contractor at the U.S. Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC). While working at AFRL and NASIC, both located at Wright-Patterson, Kemp had Top Secret security clearance, DeVillers’ office said.
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