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A U.S. sailor stationed at Atsugi, Japan, has been accused of walking through the unlocked front door of a home in Ebina City while intoxicated ‪at about 5:10 a.m.‬, the Kanagawa Shimbun reported Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019.

A U.S. sailor stationed at Atsugi, Japan, has been accused of walking through the unlocked front door of a home in Ebina City while intoxicated ‪at about 5:10 a.m.‬, the Kanagawa Shimbun reported Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019. (Ebina Police Station/Kanagawa prefecture Japan)

YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — A U.S. servicemember was arrested Saturday in the home of a Japanese couple who found him naked after he’d used their shower, according to local news reports.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Williams, 27, is accused of walking through the unlocked front door of a home in Ebina City while intoxicated ‪at about 5:10 a.m.‬, the Kanagawa Shimbun reported Saturday.

Williams is assigned to the Aircraft Intermediate Maintenance Depo at Naval Air Facility Atsugi, Navy officials said Saturday evening.

Williams was discovered after an unidentified 44-year-old man who lives in the home woke up to use the bathroom and heard water running, the Kanagawa Shimbun report said.

The man thought a family member was using the shower, but soon saw Williams emerge naked from the bathroom, according to the newspaper.

The man then woke up his wife, who called police, the Asahi Shimbun reported.

Police arrested Williams on suspicion of trespassing, a Kanagawa prefectural police spokesman told Stars and Stripes ‪on Saturday afternoon‬.

Officers detected alcohol on his breath, according to the Kanagawa Shimbun report.

The residence is on the second floor of an apartment building. There were no signs of forced entry, so police believe Williams entered from an unlocked front door, according to the newspaper.

Police planned to send the case to the prosecutors office on Sunday, the police spokesman said.

The Navy is “continuing to monitor and cooperate with local police regarding the alleged illegal residential break-in,” said Naval Air Facility Atsugi Public Affairs Officer Sam Samuelson.

“Of course, the Navy takes this matter very seriously and will continue to cooperate fully with local law enforcement as the investigation continues,” Samuelson said.

Williams was still in police custody in Ebina City as of Saturday evening, Samuelson said.

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Caitlin Doornbos covers the Pentagon for Stars and Stripes after covering the Navy’s 7th Fleet as Stripes’ Indo-Pacific correspondent at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Previously, she worked as a crime reporter in Lawrence, Kan., and Orlando, Fla., where she was part of the Orlando Sentinel team that placed as finalist for the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. Caitlin has a Bachelor of Science in journalism from the University of Kansas and master’s degree in defense and strategic studies from the University of Texas at El Paso.
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Hana Kusumoto is a reporter/translator who has been covering local authorities in Japan since 2002. She was born in Nagoya, Japan, and lived in Australia and Illinois growing up. She holds a journalism degree from Boston University and previously worked for the Christian Science Monitor’s Tokyo bureau.

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