Staff Sgt. Bryan Damone Cunningham, 33, of San Pedro, California has been arrested for an interesting, though morally bankrupt (and illegal) method of enticing recruits to enlist.

He has been charged with felony pimping and kidnapping, and police are looking into whether he used sex with a 14-year-old girl to entice potential recruits. Cunningham pleaded not guilty to seven felonies last Thursday. However, it seems he was pretty much caught with his pants down; police in Orange discovered Cunningham and two other men in a car with the 14-year-old girl.

The two men, ages 18 and 19, were potential Marine recruits, and the girl, since returned to her parents in Hemet, which is E/SE of LA, told police that she met Cunningham online and had sex with all three men.

The question of using the girl to entice recruits is an open one. Hemet police Lt. Joe Nevarez said:

"It's not proven ... but when you look at it, this is a grown man, a Marine staff sergeant. Why would he be taking them out to have sex with a 14-year-old girl?"