Camp Lejeune Marine, Sgt. Darryl L. Bennett, Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Crimes

A noncommissioned officer from Camp Lejeune, N.C., was sentenced to 16 years in the brig and dishonorably discharged from the Marine Corps on Thursday after admitting he sexually assaulted a juvenile relative over a three-year period, officials said.

During his special court-martial at Camp Lejeune, Sgt. Darryl L. Bennett, 37, with 2nd Supply Battalion, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pleaded guilty to charges of rape, sexual assault and sodomy. The military judge, Lt. Col. Robert Ward, reduced Bennett’s rank to private and ordered that he forfeited all of pay and allowances.

Bennett joined the Corps on June 30, 1996, and was trained as an ammunition supply technician, officials said.