A U.S. Navy sailor based in Japan has been charged with espionage and communicating defense information to an employee of a foreign government on more than one occasion.
Bryce S. Pedicini, a chief petty officer (CPO) fire controlman aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Higgins, is suspected of handing over documents to a foreign citizen at least seven times between 2022 and 2023 in Hampton Roads, Virginia, and one final time while in Japan, according to the charge sheet.