U.S. sailor arrested for trespassing in house in Yokosuka

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http://www.japantoday.com/category/crime/view/u-s-sailor-arrested-for-breaking-into-house-in-yokosuka

U.S. sailor arrested for trespassing in house in Yokosuka
Crime Jan. 13, 2013 - 06:00PM JST

TOKYO —

Japanese police arrested a drunken 24-year-old U.S. Navy sailor early Sunday after he allegedly trespassed in a house, violating a night-time curfew imposed after a rape case last year, reports said.

Petty officer 2nd class Richard Lawton is stationed in Yokosuka, a port city south of Tokyo, and wrongly believed that his friends were staying in the house, Jiji Press and Kyodo News agency said. The residents of the house told local media they do not know Lawton.

Lawton, who was arrested at around 2:40 a.m., is suspected of violating a night-time curfew imposed by the U.S. military on all its servicemen in Japan after two sailors were arrested on charges of raping a woman in Okinawa in October.

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Despite the curfew, misconduct involving U.S. servicemen has continued to fuel anti-US sentiment in host communities. Incidents include trespass involving an airman and a marine under the influence of alcohol and drink-driving by another marine.


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stripes.com reports:

http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/bad-behavior-in-the-pacific/yokosuka-sailor-faces-trespassing-charge-after-entering-woman-s-home-1.203732

Incidents involving U.S. servicemembers have come under heightened scrutiny since October, when two Texas-based sailors were arrested for the alleged rape of a woman on Okinawa. Soon afterward, U.S. Forces Japan imposed the curfew. Other measures, aimed at curtailing late-night drinking, have been imposed since then as incidents have continued.



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