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05-15-08, 01:21 PM
Marine gets suspended jail term in forgery
Kyodo News Agency
Posted : Thursday May 15, 2008 12:17:01 EDT
NAHA, Japan — The Naha District Court on Thursday sentenced a Marine stationed in Okinawa to three years in prison, suspended for four years, for forging 42 $20 bills and making purchases with them outside U.S. military facilities.
:The defendant committed a premeditated act carried out with significant cunning, but there is the mitigating fact of the recent birth of his baby that needs to be taken into consideration,” said Presiding Judge Hiroyuki Yoshii, explaining the reason for suspending the sentence.
According to the court, Pfc. Philip Scott, 20, who is assigned to the Makiminato service area, produced the bills with a color printer at his barracks and used them to pay taxi fares and restaurant food in November. Public prosecutors had demanded three years in prison.
Ellie
Kyodo News Agency
Posted : Thursday May 15, 2008 12:17:01 EDT
NAHA, Japan — The Naha District Court on Thursday sentenced a Marine stationed in Okinawa to three years in prison, suspended for four years, for forging 42 $20 bills and making purchases with them outside U.S. military facilities.
:The defendant committed a premeditated act carried out with significant cunning, but there is the mitigating fact of the recent birth of his baby that needs to be taken into consideration,” said Presiding Judge Hiroyuki Yoshii, explaining the reason for suspending the sentence.
According to the court, Pfc. Philip Scott, 20, who is assigned to the Makiminato service area, produced the bills with a color printer at his barracks and used them to pay taxi fares and restaurant food in November. Public prosecutors had demanded three years in prison.
Ellie