Teens could be charged in two Okinawa taxi robberies By David Allen and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, April 6, 2008
OKINAWA CITY — Two U.S. teenagers being held by Okinawa police for allegedly stealing money from a cab driver the evening of March 16 also could face charges for assaulting and robbing another cabbie earlier that day.
And warrants have been issued for two 19-year-olds suspected of being involved in the first robbery, an Okinawa police spokesman said Friday afternoon.
A fifth American, a 21-year-old airman stationed at Kadena Air Base also is being questioned in that case, he said.
The detained teenagers’ names were not released because they are considered minors under Japanese law. The airman was not named because he has not been charged.
Okinawa prefectural police Friday said the two teens now in custody, a 16-year-old high school student who is the stepson of an Air Force servicemember and a 15-year-old high school dropout who is the son of a Marine, admitted to involvement in both incidents.
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