A U.S. Army lieutenant colonel facing court-martial on a shoplifting charge blames the Army for mistakenly reducing the medicine he takes to curb his urge to steal.
Lt. Col. Rodney Page, a 28-year Army veteran, admits to stealing $37 worth of challenge coins at the Fort Benning, Ga., post exchange but says he is a kleptomaniac, the Army Times reports.
"That impulse is so strong that it just overrides your common sense," Page, 58, tells the Times in recalling the theft. "I am ethical, even though I have this problem. I've never taken anything from anyone I know. You can leave money on the table; I'm never going to touch it."
A prior conviction for stealing sandals and flags from a PX in Kuwait is the "main factor" in Maj. Gen. Mike Ferriter's decision to court-martial Page, the Army says. Page received 60 days' confinement, fines and a reprimand in the 2008 incident.
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