European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and stripes saturday March 24 2007 airman jailed for not using Oha to pay rent by Jennifer h Svan stars and stripes Misawa air base Japan senior airman Boderick m Ben Netts own men carted him away a 35th Security forces squad Ron member who served combat Tours in Iraq and Afghanistan Bennett was ordered to four months confinement thursday in a special court martial he pleaded guilty to not paying his rent with his overseas housing allow Ance and misusing his govern ment travel credit card after his trial Security forces personnel were called to take Ben Nett to jail military officials said thursday they were unsure whether Bennett 27 would serve his time in a Squadron detention cell or elsewhere Bennett admitted in court to de positing his Oha in his Bank account rather than using it to pay his rent unlike with the Basic Al Lowance for housing received stateside military members Over seas must use Oha to pay rent and utilities trial prosecutor capt Jared Grimmer said Bennett who lived in the base dormitory at the time had agreed to watch the of base House of a fellow airman while she was deployed but he ended up moving into her House and without her permission getting his name put on the lease As a Roommate Grimmer said from november 2005 to july 2006 he pocketed about in Oha while the deployed airman continued to pay the rent capt Jonathan Wasden Misawa area defense lawyer said that while Bennett did indeed violate government regulations the act resulted from a misunderstand ing Bennett he said had an arrangement with the other airman to live at the House and pay the utilities though he also neglected to pay those military investigators became aware of the wrongdoing after the deployed airman returned and was told she owed the govern ment months Worth of Oha for the period during which Bennett was receiving Oha Worth half the Homes rent Grimmer said after the court martial Bennett paid Back the Oha and utilities debt before the trial Grimmer said with his travel card Bennett racked up about in unauthorized purchases including car rental and gasoline he used to visit friends and family in the United states while he was in route to and from a deployment in an unworn court statement Bennett said he deployed six times during his 10 years in the air Force while a machine gun Ner on a humvee in Kirkuk Iraq there were Days i thought i would die he said All i ask is you consider my service to my country and my family he told the judge the judge also reduced Ben Nett to the rank of Al and or dered him to forfeit of his pay and allowances per month for four months Bennett was scheduled to Sepa rate from the air Force in june his wife is expecting their first child in the fall email Jennifer h Svan at us civilian in yokes guilty in death of my by Allison Batdorff and Hana Kusumoto stars and stripes Yokosuka naval base Burns Nolan pleaded guilty to All of the prosecutors findings thursday but disputed the allegation that he forcefully shoved a 70yearold japanese Man who later died of his injuries Nolan director of commander naval forces japans human re sources office is charged with bodily injury resulting in death in a nov 2 incident in which Nolan said he pushed Katsumi Nakagawa outside a bar located a few blocks from Yokosuka naval base Nakagawa Lay bleeding on the sidewalk until a passerby called an ambulance he died four Days later at a Yoko Suka Hospital from a brain Contu Sion Nolan first Day of trial thursday at Yokosuka District court lasted four hours and included statements from both sides and testimony from a live bar Buzz bartender and the victims brother Nolan was an owner and investor in live bar Buzz where the Inci Dent occurred according to court documents and testimony Nolan told the three judges that words like firmly and strongly didst accurately describe How he pushed Nakagawa i didst push my strongly but All the other facts Are Correct Nolan said defense attorney Midori Tanaka maintained that Nolan was not try ing to confront Nakagawa but try ing to avoid him because of an ill Ness she said his Nolan blood Doest coagulate he feared the victims violent this Nolan blood Doest coagulate he feared the victims violent actions Midori Tamta defense attorney actions Tanaka said in her open ing statement adding that Nakagawa attacked Nolan bartender Sayuri Ishii described Nakagawa As being a Well known drunk in the area and said he was causing a disturbance mat night but she said she didst see him at tack Nolan Nolan weighed 260 pounds at the time compared to Nakagawa 154 pounds and his height May have obscured her View she said she said she did clearly hear Nolan say Here is my oar get out neither Ishii nor Nolan called emergency services after Nakagawa fell on the sidewalk outside the bar because they thought he was just unconscious they said that oversight said Nakagawa younger brother was unforgivable As a quicker emergency Call could have saved Nakagawa life he said the family would not accept no lans offer of a 1 million yen about payment and asked the court to give Nolan the severest punishment possible Nakagawa brother spoke to Nolan in angry English in the court room you look Down on Japan and Jap anese he said i want my brother Back right now Nolan 54 lives off base with his japanese wife he was released feb 20 from anese custody on a 3 million yen about Bond a conviction of bodily injury resulting in death carries a prison term of a minimum of three years and a maximum of 20 years the trial is set to continue May 10 email Allison Batdorff at Ernail Hana Kusumoto acc Kitty Hawk sailors driving violations sentence suspended by Hana Kusumoto and Allison Batdorff stars and stripes Yokosuka naval base Japan a uss Kitty Hawk Sailor was found guilty of several driving violations but the judge at Yokosuka District court suspended the sentence thursday Petty officer 3rd class Rickey Ray Williams or 20 was Given five months imprisonment with hard labor but the sen tence will be suspended for three years judge Takashi Chuhachi said Williams without a Drivers License drove his Boss car to club Geo Dana in the Honch District around Midnight Jan 14 he drank five bottles of Beer then started driving to another club with a Friend on one of Yokosuka main streets Williams forcefully changed lanes without looking and crashed into Yuichi Wash Nikitas car fearing he would get in trouble Williams fled the scene Chuhachi said was Hikita blocked Williams car and called the police prosecutors later charged Williams with driving under the in fluence driving without a License and i Landrun Chuhachi called the crime vicious and said accidents caused under the influence of alcohol have been strongly criticized in Japan but Williams actions called for suspending the sentence Chuhachi said the judge listed off Williams 167001 yen about payment to the victim for damages a payment to his Boss for junking the car his remorse his Promise not to drive in Japan again and the fact that will iams will be severely punished by the Navy As reasons for onetime leniency Chuhachi who warned Williams not to commit crime in the future explained that the sentence would be suspended unless a japanese court finds Williams guilty of another crime within three years email Hana Kusumoto at email Allison Batdorff at Californi grand Kopeinig March 15 Yokohama California pizza Kitchen Lala port Yokohama Lala port Yokohama 3f 40351 Ike Echo stud Okiku Yokohama Kanagawa tel0454142415 open California pizza Kitchen Lazona Kawasaki Lazona Kawasaki Plaza 4f 721 Morik Wacho said Haiku Kawasa Kishi Kanagawa 2128576 Japan Tel 0448748434