Espionage trial underway for Navy CPO

The chief is accused of sending classified documents to a foreign government. The catch: the Navy won’t publicly say which country it was.

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The court-martial trial of a Navy chief charged with passing classified information to a foreign contact is scheduled to begin Tuesday. Chief Fire Controlman (Aegis) Bryce Steven Pedicini’s general court-martial is scheduled to run through April 19, according to the Navy’s online trial docket.

Pedicini, has elected for a judge-alone trial, with no military jury, according to officials.
His Navy-appointed defense attorneys did not respond to a request for comment.
He faces eight espionage charge specifications for alleged crimes that occurred between November 2022 and May, according to a copy of his charge sheet obtained by Navy Times.

Pedicini is accused of delivering a classified national defense document to “a citizen and employee of a foreign government” on Nov. 22, 2022, in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and that the chief had “reason to believe that it would be used to the injury of the United States and the advantage of a foreign nation,” his charge sheet states.
The charge sheet does not state which foreign nation Pedicini allegedly worked with.

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Navy Chief Petty Officer begins Espionage trial