Prosecutor recommends 4 years for former Marine in theft case

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Prosecutor recommends 4 years for former Marine in theft case
By Chiyomi Sumida, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Friday, February 6, 2009

OKINAWA CITY — A Naha District Court prosecutor on Monday recommended a four-year prison sentence for a former Marine charged with illegal entry to a military installation, car theft and other crimes.

Christopher Chad Hoskins, 28, admitted in earlier hearings that he stole items valued at $970 from a car parked in the Plaza Housing Area. He admitted he also stole another Marine’s car and items inside, valued at total of $3,350, according to the indictment.

In both cases he gained access to the base by climbing over barbed-wire fences, prosecutor Mutsuro Ozono said.

Hoskins was arrested by military police on Aug. 28 when he was spotted peeking inside cars parked in a housing area. He was on probation at the time for a 2007 conviction for illegally entering a military installation.

Hoskins also faces a charge of breaking into the Jehovah’s Witness church in Kitanakagusuku in November 2006 and stealing 16 items, including TV sets, valued at $5,760. The charges were filed after Hoskins’ DNA matched that of blood left on a glass cabinet in the church.


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