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2013 April 10 - 16 [US FORCES]

Another drunken driving by US marine in Okinawa

Okinawa police on April 12 arrested a U.S. marine on the spot for drunk driving.

He is a 27-year-old U.S. serviceman stationed at U.S. Camp Zukeran (Camp Foster) in Okinawa.

According to police, the marine’s car hit a Japanese woman’s car around 9 p.m. on a street in Okinawa’s Kitanakagusuku Village. Policemen who rushed to the spot measured an alcohol level twice the legal limit in his breath. The woman was not injured.

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On the next day in Kyushu, a 26-year-old U.S. airman was arrested for allegedly stealing a woman’s wallet at a restaurant in Fukuoka City. He is stationed at the U.S. Yokota base in Tokyo.