CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — A Japanese court handed a U.S. soldier on Okinawa a two-year, suspended sentence for beating a bar owner unconscious with a beer mug.
Pfc. Dalton Housenick, 23, pleaded guilty on Sept. 9 in Naha District Court to assault resulting in injury for the Dec.
The unnamed bar owner in his 50s was hospitalized and suffered two lost teeth and a broken collarbone, according to the indictment.
“There is no reason to justify the defendant’s actions,” Kato said after passing the sentence.
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