He had served half of his three-year sentence in Japan and was expected to serve the rest of it in the United States, with an American agency deciding the length of his incarceration.
That agency, the U.S. Parole Commission, ruled on Friday that he had already served a long-enough sentence.
Lieutenant Alkonis “fell asleep” at the wheel, according to an accident report obtained by The New York Times.
Lieutenant Alkonis pleaded guilty to negligent driving in an effort to receive a suspended sentence.
At trial he said he had been suffering from “acute mountain sickness” just before the accident, but a judge disagreed.
Persons:
Ridge, Alkonis, Alkonis “, ”
Organizations:
Navy, U.S . Parole Commission, of Prisons, Yokosuka, Toyota, Mount Fuji, The New York Times
Locations:
United States, Japan, Tokyo