The Marine Corps released Whelan's service record, showing that he was convicted in a 2008 court-martial on charges related to larceny.
He joined the Marine Reserves May 10, 1994, and was an administrative clerk and administrative chief. He rose to the rank of staff sergeant in December 2004 and was deployed in the war against Iraq for several months in 2004 and 2006.
He was convicted at a special court-martial in January 2008 on several charges related to larceny and was given a bad-conduct discharge in December 2008 at the rank of private.
Whelan's last place of duty was Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in California.
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