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Marine faces 3 ½ years in prison with hard labor for drunken assault on Okinawa taxi driver

By MATTHEW M. BURKE AND AYA ICHIHASHI | STARS AND STRIPES Published: January 28, 2021 CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – A Marine is facing 3 ½ years with hard labor in a Japanese prison for a night of drinking in American Village that ended in a taxi destroyed and the driver injured and shaken. Lance Cpl. Jamison Michael Bissett, 20, assigned to Camp Hansen, pleaded guilty Monday to assaulting the driver, Hideki Enokawa, 61, and stealing and crashing the cab while drunk the night of Nov. 7. He also pleaded guilty to obstruction of business, making threats, larceny and violation of Japanese traffic laws. Bissett, in Naha District Court for trial Monday and Thursday, returns at 11 a.m. Monday for sentencing by Judge Tatsuto Sakamoto.

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