Posted on Jul 15, 2022
U.S. Navy officer facing 3 years in jail for deadly car crash in Japan
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The family of a U.S. Navy officer sentenced to three years in prison in Japan for a deadly car crash is shattered. For months, they'd hoped a judge at an appeals court would suspend Lt. Ridge Alkonis' three year sentence for what they insist was an innocent accident.
He was convicted of killing two pedestrians in May 2021 after blacking out at the wheel of the family car.
In an exclusive interview, Alkonis' wife told CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer that she hadn't understood the verdict when it was read out in court. But her husband understands Japanese, and he did.
He was convicted of killing two pedestrians in May 2021 after blacking out at the wheel of the family car.
In an exclusive interview, Alkonis' wife told CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer that she hadn't understood the verdict when it was read out in court. But her husband understands Japanese, and he did.
U.S. Navy officer facing 3 years in jail for deadly car crash in Japan
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"What happened to Takashi Inoue after the crash?
After the crash near Fujinomiya, he was arrested by Japanese authorities and held for 26 days in solitary confinement at a police detention facility, interrogated multiple times a day and was not given a medical treatment or evaluation, according to a statement of facts provided by a family spokesman."
"What happened to Takashi Inoue after the crash?
After the crash near Fujinomiya, he was arrested by Japanese authorities and held for 26 days in solitary confinement at a police detention facility, interrogated multiple times a day and was not given a medical treatment or evaluation, according to a statement of facts provided by a family spokesman."
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That's sad. It sounds like we're not protecting our service members from charges that are truly accidental and then get Marines and other service number out in the country before they get charged for other worse things. It's no wonder our relations in Okinawa are strained. This verdict is just a symptom of our poor leadership and management of personnel stationed in Japan.
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