Apr 20 09:25 PM US/EasternNAHA, Japan, April 21 (AP) - (Kyodo)—A U.S. Marine has been arrested on suspicion of trying to rob a pharmacy owner of cash in Okinawa Prefecture, police said Tuesday.
U.S. Marine Cpl. Anthony Massimino, 30, allegedly demanded in English that the 70-year-old male drugstore owner in the city of Okinawa give him $20 at around 10:15 p.m. Monday, pretending he had a handgun, according to investigations.
Massimino denies the allegation, the police said.
Massimino fled the scene in a car empty-handed after a store employee who was also present at the time called the police, they said.
Police officers found Massimino about 15 minutes later and detained him, according to the police.
The owner and the employee were not injured in the incident. No handgun was found, they said.
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