A U.S. civilian employee at a Marine Corps base on Okinawa was sentenced to four years in prison with labor by a Japanese court Monday for attempted rape and unrelated theft convictions.
Rushane Joel McKoy, 25, of Chatan Town, was arrested in July after a local woman accused him of trying to force her to have sex in mid-April. The theft charge stems from a separate incident in August 2020, when he was accused of taking a shoulder bag containing 7,000 yen in cash.
Spc. Kenyatta Lane was accused of having 0.92 grams of powder containing MDMA, an ingredient in the drug ecstasy, sent through the mail from the United States to the Marine Corps’ Camp Kinser.
Marine in Court Admits to Sexual Assault on Okinawa; Judge Delays Case
A gavel cracks down in the 56th Fighter Wing Staff Judge Advocate courtroom, Oct. 11, 2018, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. (Aspen Reid/U.S. Air Force)
21 Apr 2021
NAHA, Okinawa A Marine accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Naha parking lot and then shoving a police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday during his first appearance in Naha District Court.
Pfc. Marvin Earl James Jr., 24, a transmission systems operator with 3rd Marine Division at Camp Courtney, is charged with forcible indecency and interfering with the public duties of police.