Pacific briefs: Sasebo sailor held for alleged hit-and-run

Pacific briefs: Sasebo sailor held for alleged hit-and-run
Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Wednesday, December 24, 2008

A Sasebo Naval Base sailor was in Japanese police custody Monday after being accused of a hit-and-run over the weekend, according to local police and a Navy spokesman.

Petty Officer 1st Class Keavon Rashad Pinder, 28, was arrested Saturday after he allegedly rear-ended a motorcycle and another car in Sasebo’s Tenjin-cho area around 4:20 p.m., a Sasebo police spokesman said. After the collisions, Pinder fled the scene, the spokesman said.

On Monday, police referred the case to the prosecutors’ office with the recommendation of hit-and-run and vehicular injuries by negligence charges.

The motorcyclist sustained bruises on his left leg and the other driver sustained no injuries, the spokesman said.

The spokesman said they detected alcohol in Pinder’s breath. The police are also investigating the possibility of drunk driving charges.


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