( CNN ) -- A U.S. Marine corporal who was declared a deserter twice has turned himself in to authorities and is on his way to Virginia . Cpl . Wassef Ali Hassoun failed to report for duty in January 2005 at Camp Lejeune , North Carolina , the Marine Corps said in a statement . He is expected to arrive in Norfolk , Virginia , on Sunday . `` The Naval Criminal Investigative Service worked with Cpl . Hassoun to turn himself in and return to the United States to face charges under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice , '' the statement read . Hassoun , 34 , is believed to have been in Lebanon for much of the time he was gone , according to a U.S. official who was not authorized to talk to the media . It was not immediately clear where he turned himself in to authorities . Before his 2005 disappearance , he had disappeared in Iraq , just one year earlier . The Marines charged Hassoun , who served as a truck driver and translator , with desertion and theft . Hassoun denied deserting then and was not held in confinement . Marine officials did not believe he was a flight risk because he had turned himself in in Lebanon . Hassoun disappeared from a Marine camp outside the Iraqi city of Falluja in June 2004 . Originally listed as a deserter , his status was changed to `` captured '' after the release of a videotape showing him blindfolded , with a sword hanging over his head . Islamist Web sites reported that he had been executed by an Iraqi militant group , but Hassoun turned up with relatives in Lebanon and was returned to the United States . He failed to report in North Carolina after authorized leave to see his family in West Jordan , Utah , Marine official said . Celebrated at first , Bergdahl 's release raises questions . CNN 's Barbara Starr contributed to this report .
Cpl . Wassef Ali Hassoun has been declared a deserter twice . He is accused of disappearing in Iraq , and then failing to report for duty in North Carolina . Comment: