U.S. military authorities are refusing to hand over four children of American servicemen sought for the attempted murder of a motorcyclist in western Tokyo, sources said.

According to police, the four, aged between 15 and 18, stretched a rope across a road, knocking a 23-year-old company employee from her motorcycle around 11:30 p.m. on Aug. 13. The woman suffered a fractured skull.

Japanese police are treating the case as attempted murder.

Police obtained an arrest warrant for the teens, whose parents serve at Yokota Air Base, on Nov. 24, but the U.S. military has refused to comply, the sources said.

The police were forced to obtain a new arrest warrant Tuesday because of the delay and are pressing the U.S. military authorities to cooperate.

The four were identified as suspects based on witness accounts and security camera footage.(IHT/Asahi: December 3,2009)

This is awesome. I can just see the active duty military members paying a price for this one.

F*** that hand their dumb a**** over for being f****** stupid. Better yet lets beat them in public like that one ass hole in korea I think it was. Beat them until they stop moving. How f****** stupid can you be? Why are we protecting these dumb a****.

I agree they should totally be handed over and punished for their total stupidity!!!

Update

Dec. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Four teenagers, dependants of U.S. military personnel based in Japan, have been arrested by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police on charges of attempted murder, the Asahi Newspaper said today, citing the police. The four, ages 15 to 18, are accused of causing a near-fatal accident on Aug. 13 by stretching a rope across a road near the Yokosuka naval base and knocking a woman off her motorcycle. Japanese authorities issued warrants on Nov. 24 demanding the U.S. military transfer custody of the suspects.

This says "Yokosuka naval base", but this actually happened in Tokyo.

This story is all over the Japanese television. I just watched a short clip on it.

UPDATE FROM MAINICHI DAILY NEWS

Headline: Teen children of U.S. military personnel arrested on suspicion of attempted murder

Four teenage children of U.S. military personnel at the U.S. Air Force's Yokota Air Base have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder, law enforcers said.

Police suspect the teens, aged between 15 and 18, were responsible for an incident on Aug. 13, in which a rope was stretched across a roadway in Musashimurayama, Tokyo, catching a woman riding a scooter and leaving her with a fractured skull.

The U.S. military had initially expressed reservations about handing over two of the teens who lived on the base, but on Friday officials told the Metropolitan Police Department that it would hand them over.

The rope had been stretched out to block the entrance of a transportation firm. At the time of the accident, one end of the rope had been untied and fastened to an electrical pole on the other side of the road.

Investigators said there were no witness reports of the teens tying the rope to the pole, but they determined that the four were involved based on footage from a security camera in the area that showed the teens immediately before the accident.

ON A PERSONAL NOTE, this really sucks and gives another black eye to Uncle Sam over here when we're trying to go out of our way with all the Open Base Disney-Land's.

Like last year, with the taxi driver murder. Or in October, Stateside, when those 3 boys set another boy on fire over a small amount of money and a friggin video game. No wonder the number of countries who look to us/respect us are dwindling.

I'd make them go face that poor woman..I don't know if they'd even feel guilty though. If you purposefully hurt another individual and find it funny, there's a chance you're not all there in the head.

UPDATE FROM NEW YORK TIMES ON-LINE EDITION
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/06/w...?ref=world

Headline: 4 American Teenagers Arrested in Japan

By HIROKO TABUCHI
Published: December 5, 2009

TOKYO — Four teenagers from an American military base in Japan were arrested on charges of attempted murder on Saturday for allegedly toppling a woman riding her motorbike, causing her to suffer a serious head injury.

In the August episode, which has received national coverage in Japan, a 23-year-old motorbike rider suffered a fractured skull when she hit rope that the authorities say had been strung across a road by the four teenagers near the Yokota Air Base in Tokyo.

The suspects are three boys and a girl, ages 15 to 18, who all are children of United States military personnel. Local police officers arrested them after surveillance videotapes showed them near the site of the crash.

One of the teenagers sought help from a passer-by for the injured woman, according to news reports.

The police said that American officials were cooperating in the investigation.

Base-related crime is a delicate issue in Japan, where about 47,000 American troops are stationed under a mutual security pact. The United States and Japan are still negotiating the relocation of another United States military base, the Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, in the aftermath of a public outcry over the rape of a local schoolgirl by three American servicemen in 1995.

Good for them hope they throw the book at them, they should beat them in public too.

I would like to see jail terms for the attempted murder, and the parents sent back to the states. We don't need poor parenting here in Japan, and obviously discipline is in order for the little bastards involved.

We've reached CNN headlines status.

If they remove alcohol from the base again I'm going to go beat these damn kids myself.

A few bad apples screw it up for the rest of us law-abiding gaijins.

And the rest of us get punished for it. Makes perfect sense, doesn't it? The rest of us have to suffer because some people can't raise their kids right.

Dr. Phil I think you're wrong, I think we should go back to beating our kids and holding them responsible because these kids now days are disrespectfuly, lazy and just wretched!!!! Glad they are being held accountable. I just pray that I can get my teen through these next 2 1/2 years without incident so he can graduate, even though the school is worthless.

If you go to JapanToday.com, you can read about all kinds of interesting stories and crime that goes on in Japan. Also, people make comments on each story. It's quite interesting to see what Japanese (and other) people think about the different stories. This particular story has been on there quite a bit.

Hey thanks Polly good find.
I dont think they should get jail time they should have to care for the lady until she recovers from her injury also be beaten in public biblical style son.

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We've reached CNN headlines status.

If they remove alcohol from the base again I'm going to go beat these damn kids myself.
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don't get riled up.... Asahi beer tasted better anyways