Staff sergeant charged with rape on Okinawa

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Staff sergeant charged with rape on Okinawa
Staff report
Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 6:40:21 EDT

The Corps has levied five criminal charges, including rape, against a staff sergeant in the alleged Feb. 10 assault of a 14-year-old Okinawan girl, Marine officials in Japan announced Thursday.

The case against Staff Sgt. Tyrone L. Hadnott will be handled at a general court-martial, a decision made by Maj. Gen. Robert B. Neller, commander of the 3rd Marine Division, officials said in statement.

Hadnott, 38, is charged under the Uniform Code of Military Justice with the rape of a child under age 16, abusive sexual contact with a child under age 16, making a false official statement, adultery and kidnapping.

No date for the general court-martial has been scheduled.

Hadnott has been held in confinement since he was turned over by Japanese authorities, after local prosecutors investigating the allegations dropped their charges when the teenager withdrew her complaint.


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