Kasandra Michelle Stephens, 45, the mother of Tech. Sgt. DariusOmar Stephens, 26, a military working dog handler at Kadena Air Base, pleaded guilty Jan. 18 in Naha District Court to violating Japan’s Cannabis Control and Customs Acts.
A Japanese man has been sentenced to 13 years in prison and fined about $35,000 for leading a ring that smuggled illegal narcotics into Japan through the U.S. military postal system on Okinawa.