A contractor at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia has admitted to lying to Army investigators about a violent assault.
Eric T. Nakamura, 49, of Beaufort, S.C., pleaded guilty to one count of False Statement Made to a Department or Agency of the United States, according to David H. Estes, Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia.
Nakamura faces a possible statutory penalty of up to five years in federal prison, along with substantial financial penalties and up to five years of supervised release following any prison term.
The assault allegedly occurred on July 20, 2020, when Nakamura claimed he was stabbed with a knife and robbed by an unknown person in an Army uniform with the name tape “Brown” while in the lab where he worked.
However, after being confronted with video evidence from a building across the street from the lab, Nakamura admitted that he had stabbed himself with a kitchen knife.
“Deliberately lying to our agents about being attacked on this installation showed poor judgement,” said Supervisory Special Agent Michael David, of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division’s Hunter Army Airfield CID Office.
Nakamura is scheduled to be sentenced for his crime.
The case is being prosecuted by Southern District of Georgia Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Darron J. Hubbard.
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Key Facts
- State: Georgia
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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