Marine sentenced for sexual misconduct

Marine sentenced for sexual misconduct
By Travis J. Tritten, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Sunday, May 11, 2008

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan — An Iwakuni lance corporal was sentenced to no more than one year in prison and a dishonorable discharge Friday for his role in the alleged gang rape of a Japanese minor.

Lance Cpl. Larry Dean was found guilty of wrongful sexual conduct, fraternizing with his superiors, drinking while underage and disobeying liberty restrictions during his court-martial.

He was the first of four Iwakuni Marines to face charges in the Oct. 14 incident.

During a night out in Hiroshima, he and the three other Marines picked up a 19-year-old woman from a club and drove her to a deserted parking lot, where they had sex with her six times.

The woman said she was kidnapped and raped by the four men.


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