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Colonel jailed for sex crimes

An Air Force officer once assigned to a secretive Pentagon office will serve five months in prison for committing sex-related crimes as well as give up his $6,000 monthly paycheck while he is behind bars, according to the service.

Col. Carey Stegall pleaded guilty Aug. 24 to adultery, viewing pornography on a government computer, sending explicit e-mails to a married woman and impeding an investigation, said Aletha Frost, a spokeswoman for the Air Force District of Washington.

Stegall, in the service for 28 years, was working in the Office of Net Assessment when prosecutors charged him in September 2008.

Air Force and Defense Department spokesmen have not commented on Stegall’s role at the Office of Net Assessment, often described as the Pentagon’s think tank.

Stegall has been working a desk job at the Air Force District of Washington headquarters at Joint Base Andrews, Md., since being charged.