OKINAWA (TR) – Okinawa Prefectural Police arrested a 25-year-old U.S. airman stationed at Kadena Air Base after he allegedly uncovered himself at a neighborhood buying middle late Saturday evening, stories the Sankei Shimbun (Nov. 15).
Hunter Edrington, a corporal with the U.S. Air Force, was taken into custody by Okinawa police on suspicion of public indecency.
According to investigators, officers arrived on the scene at roughly 11:05 p.m. to search out Edrington together with his trousers down, reportedly shouting “look” in English to passersby.
Police acknowledged that Edrington was so closely intoxicated on the time of his arrest that he was unable to reply questions or cooperate with the preliminary investigation.
The incident marks one other embarrassing breach of conduct for the U.S. navy in Okinawa, which is presently beneath heightened scrutiny following a brutal robbery-murder case involving an American service member in October.
In response to that incident, the navy imposed a 30-day midnight-to-5 a.m. curfew for all personnel beginning October 9. While the final curfew expired, restrictions have been prolonged till December 7 for lower-ranking personnel—a class that features Edrington.
The incident occurred simply an hour earlier than the navy’s mandated curfew was set to take impact.
The arrest follows a separate incident earlier on the identical day, by which a captain from the identical base was arrested by the identical police precinct on suspicion of driving drunk.
Local authorities proceed to precise frustration as arrests involving intoxicated U.S. navy personnel stay a persistent problem regardless of ongoing pledges by base command to enhance self-discipline.