Olantunbosun Ugbogu

Olantunbosun Ugbogu
Born	Olantunbosun Ugbogu 1986 Nigeria
Charge(s)	Homicide
Penalty	Life in Prison
Occupation	Seaman

Olantunbosun Ugbogu was a Seaman assigned to the USS Cowpens, a ship of the United States Navy forward-deployed to United States Fleet Activities Yokosuka in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

On April 3, 2008, he was arrested and charged with stabbing and killing 61 year-old Japanese taxi driver Masaaki Takahashi on March 19. He admitted killing the driver. He has also been accused of failing to pay the $190 taxi fare.^[1]

The U.S. ambassador to Japan, the commander of the U.S. Navy in Japan and others visited the mayor of Yokosuka to apologize for this international incident.

References

1. ^ "U.S. sailor arrest in killing", Los Angeles Times: A10, April 4, 2008 

• U.S. Navy able seaman arrested for taxi driver's murder - Mainichi Daily News Retrieved April 3, 2008.
• Kyodo News - Story "U.S. sailor arrested over taxi driver's murder" Retrieved April 3, 2008.
• US sailor arrested in cab driver murder - MSNBC Wire Services- msnbc.com Retrieved April 3, 2008.
• Japanese police arrest U.S. sailor on murder charge _English_Xinhua Retrieved April 3, 2008.

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Name	Ugbogu, Olantunbosun
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Date of birth	1986
Place of birth	Nigeria
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