southern Japanese island of Okinawa . That case sparked outrage and stirred memories of an earlier rape committed by U.S. servicemen . Staff Sgt. Tyrone Luther Hadnott , 38 , was charged last month with the rape of a child under 16 , abusive sexual contact with a child , making a false official statement , adultery and kidnapping , the military said . In February , Japanese authorities released Hadnott after the girl dropped the allegations , but the Marine Corps conducted its own investigation to see if Hadnott violated codes of military justice . The military is holding him at a Marine facility . More than 40,000 U.S. troops are stationed in Japan , most of them on Okinawa , which accounts for less than 1 percent of Japan 's total area . The U.S. military presence has at times bred resentment among locals , who have long complained about crime , noise and accidents . Anti-American sentiment boiled over in 1995 , after three American servicemen were convicted in the kidnapping and gang rape of a 12-year-old Okinawan schoolgirl . Two years ago , a U.S. civilian military employee was jailed for nine years for raping two
TOKYO , Japan -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- A U.S. Marine accused of raping a 19-year-old Japanese woman last year was found guilty Thursday of `` committing wrongful sexual contact and indecent acts , '' the U.S. military said , but he was acquitted of rape . The sentencing hearing for Lance Cpl. Larry A. Dean , 20 , is scheduled to begin on Friday . Dean is among four Marines under court-martial in the case . The others are Sgt. Lanaeus J. Braswell , 25 ; Gunnery Sgt. Carl M. Anderson , 39 ; and Gunnery Sgt. Jarvis D. Raynor , 34 , the military said . Local media reported that the four men met the woman in a restaurant in Hiroshima on October 14 , 2007 , then allegedly attacked and raped her in a car in nearby parking lot . Japanese authorities investigated but decided in November not to file charges . Dean also was found guilty of conspiracy to commit indecent acts and two minor charges . He was acquitted of conspiracy to kidnap or rape . The case is similar to a recent alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl involving a U.S. Marine on the