2nd Marine gets 600 days in gang-rape case

2nd Marine gets 600 days in gang-rape case
The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday May 21, 2008 6:39:09 EDT

IWAKUNI, Japan — A Marine accused in an alleged gang rape of a Japanese woman last year was sentenced to 600 days in prison Tuesday for “committing indecent acts” with a woman but cleared of rape charges, the U.S. military said.

A U.S. court-martial also found Gunnery Sgt. Jarvis D. Raynor, 35, guilty of larceny, “conspiracy to engage in indecent acts,” violating military orders and adultery, according to a statement by Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni.

His sentence includes a demotion in rank to private and a bad-conduct discharge.

Raynor is the second Marine sentenced by a military court-martial in the alleged rape and robbery of a 20-year-old woman in the southern city of Hiroshima in October.

Earlier this month, Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean, 20, was sentenced to two years in prison for his involvement in the case. Two others, Gunnery Sgt. Carl M. Anderson, 39, and Sgt. Lanaeus J. Braswell, 25, will be court-martialed in June.


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Somebody lock these men up and throw away the key