Marines may face charges in alleged cabbie attack

[unhappycamper]

Marines may face charges in alleged cabbie attack
By David Allen and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, January 10, 2008

OKINAWA CITY — Okinawa prefectural police are recommending that the Naha Prosecutor’s Office charge two Marines with robbery involving personal injury in connection with the assault of a 59-year-old Okinawan cab driver.

The recommendation was forwarded Tuesday to prosecutors, who have 20 days to question the two Marines with no lawyers present before deciding whether to present the charges for indictment.

The Marines remained in Okinawa police custody Tuesday.

Meanwhile, the Okinawa City Assembly announced it will hold an emergency meeting of its military affairs committee Wednesday to consider filing a protest resolution expressing outrage over the attack and demanding the U.S. military control the off-base behavior of servicemembers.

According to an Okinawa prefectural police report, the two Marines, Cpl. Joseph Wayne Riddle, 20, and a 19-year-old private first class whose name was not released because he is a juvenile under Japanese law, attacked the cab driver about 3:40 a.m. Monday when he demanded they get out and pay a 2,780 yen (about $25) fare.


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[MADem]

1. A couple of Marines murdered a cabbie for his earnings awhile back

Fucking assholes.

It was a HUGE story--I'm amazed that cab drivers on the island will even pick UP Marines.