--- title: "3 Marines got drunk in Japan over Halloween weekend and were treated to jail in three separate incidents" description: "Not one but three U.S. Marines got into drunken fights in Okinawa, Japan over the Halloween weekend — and all three were treated to all-inclusive stays in local jail cells" date: "2020-11-02" modified: "2020-11-02" authors: - name: "Paul Szoldra" job_title: "Editor" link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/paul-szoldra/" url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-corps-okinawa-drunk-halloween/" categories: - "Around the World" - "Japan" - "Marine Corps" - "Military Branches" - "News" tags: - "indo-pacific command" - "justice" --- # 3 Marines got drunk in Japan over Halloween weekend and were treated to jail in three separate incidents ![]() ![]() *Staff Sgt. Jeffery Worley, substance abuse control officer on Marine Corps Logistics Base Barstow, Calif., administers a breathalyzer test to Sgt. Darren Cole, October 24, 2013. The Marine Corps administers random breathalyzer tests in addition to urinalysis tests to help prevent substance abuse within the Corps.* Not one but three U.S. Marines got into drunken fights in Okinawa, Japan over the Halloween weekend — and all three were treated to all-inclusive stays in local jail cells, [according]() to Stars & Stripes. The [fire team (-)]() of debauchery included a staff sergeant and two lance corporals who were involved in three separate incidents on the military-heavy island. First up was Lance Cpl. Deantwan Isiah Jefferson, a 23-year-old Marine at Camp Kinser, who was arrested at around 11:30 p.m. on Saturday "on suspicion of stabbing a fellow Marine" from Camp Hansen "with a foldable knife." A police spokesman said Jefferson did not take a Breathalyzer test but was indeed "intoxicated at the time," according to Stripes. About 20 minutes later, Staff Sgt. Eric Ralen Roberts, 35, was arrested after he allegedly assaulted a 52-year-old man at a restaurant in Nago City. Roberts' blood-alcohol level was 0.18 percent, according to police, which is just into the '[confusion stage]()' of intoxication and well over the Japanese legal driving limit of 0.03 percent. Then, at around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday, Lance Cpl. Kaimelye Helotu Politoni allegedly threw a restaurant employee on the ground after the 20-year-old Marine got into an argument with other patrons and was asked to leave. Politoni was intoxicated at the time, according to a police spokesman, and said he didn't remember the incident. I can't imagine why. Still, these Marines arguably have nothing on the intoxicated 27-year-old [sailor arrested in Feb. 2019]() after a Japanese couple found him in their home naked and using their shower. Or the drunken Marine who [allegedly broke into a home]() in Florida in Sept. 2019, cooked himself some breakfast, and told the homeowner to "go back to sleep." Or the Marine gunnery sergeant [who allegedly got drunk in June 2019,]() stole a car from a convenience store in Iwakuni and then crashed it into two other vehicles in a parking lot about a half-mile away. Perhaps they can all compete in some sort of drunken debauchery March Madness-style tournament for world domination. But before that happens, the U.S. military's "ambassadors in Japan" may need to brush up [on the liberty policy]() for the island and learn to "exhibit exemplary and attentive behavior." *After* they get out of jail, of course. ## Author Paul Szoldra was the Editor in Chief of Task & Purpose from October 2018 until August 2022. Since joining T&P, he has led a talented team of writers, editors, and creators who produce military journalism reaching millions of readers each month. He also founded and edits [Duffel Blog](), a popular satirical newsletter for the military. Before becoming a journalist in 2013, he served as a Marine infantryman in Afghanistan, Korea, and other areas of the Pacific. His eyes still go up every time a helicopter from Camp Pendleton flies over his office in Southern California. ### Author social links [Twitter]() [LinkedIn]() [Facebook]() [Instagram]()