Joseph Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty in June 2025 to the federal charges and was sentenced to four years in prison.
SEATTLE — A former U.S. Army sergeant who served at Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison and three years of supervised release for federal crimes related to delivering national security information to China, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Washington.
Joseph Daniel Schmidt, 31, pleaded guilty in June 2025 to attempting to deliver national defense information and retention of national defense information. U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour cited the seriousness of Schmidt’s conduct and
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