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A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a deadly car crash is transferred to US custody, his family says

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By ERIC TUCKER
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Navy officer jailed in Japan over a car crash that killed two Japanese citizens has been transferred into American custody and returned to the United States, where he was booked into a federal detention center. Lt. Ridge Alkonis had been serving a three-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to the negligent driving deaths of a woman and her son-in-law in 2021. Alkonis’ family in Dana Point, California, has said he lost consciousness in the car after suffering acute mountain sickness at Mount Fuji, causing him to slump over behind the wheel. But Japanese prosecutors contend he fell asleep while drowsy, shirking a duty to pull over.

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