U.S. Air Force civilian worker sentenced

U.S. Air Force civilian worker sentenced

NAHA, Japan - Rufus James Ramsey III (R), a 24-year-old salesclerk at a U.S. base shop in Okinawa Prefecture, heads for the Naha District Court in the prefecture on Feb. 22, 2012. The court sentenced the U.S. Air Force employee to 18 months in prison over a fatal vehicle collision in January the previous year, in the first application of new Japan-U.S. arrangements over crimes involving nonmilitary personnel at U.S. bases.

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