Airman drops in on couple in hotel

[unhappycamper]

Airman drops in on couple in hotel
By David Allen and Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, September 23, 2008

MISAWA, Japan — A Japanese couple in an off-base "love hotel" had an unexpected visitor this weekend when a U.S. airman dropped through the roof of their rented room.

Airman 1st Class Lawrence A. Bopp Jr., 21, was in Japanese police custody Monday after he allegedly broke into a business that caters to couples renting rooms for "short terms," said a spokesman for the Aomori prefectural police in Misawa.

The spokesman said Bopp, assigned to Misawa Air Base, is accused of climbing onto the roof of the single-story building, breaking out a small attic window, and then maneuvering through a crawl space to the ceiling of a guest room.

According to the police report, Bopp was removing some tiles, possibly in order to get a better view of the room, when he fell through the ceiling, startling a 38-year-old Japanese man and his companion, who were asleep. The incident took place about 3:50 a.m. Saturday.

Bopp was arrested at the scene by police officers shortly after the hotel guest called hotel staff, the spokesman said.


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[babylonsister]

1. Bopp 'bopped' in!

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