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Blogging Leads to Criminal Charges
By admin | March 9, 2008
Kazuyoshi was wanted for an alleged 1981 murder of his wife in Los Angeles, California. He has since been living in Japan and Japan refused to extradite him to the United States because he was already prosecuted their for the same crime. However, a personal blog written by the defendant which was read by Los Angeles Police, led to Mr. Miura’s arrest in Saipan. He is 60 years old.
Ironically, on Mr. Miura’s website, he promotes himself as a human-rights advocate who helps those falsely accused of crimes.
According to his blog, he mentioned international travel plans, including a possible trip to Saipan, a U.S. territory and popular tourist destination north of Guam. Former LAPD Detective Jimmy Sakoda allerted LAPD who in turn alerted Immigration and Customs officials in Saipan to be on the lookout.
They were unable to arrest him during his arrival, but immigration agents on the island arrested Miura, last Friday when he attempted to leave for Japan.
Miura, who has repeatedly denied involvement in his wife’s murder, is awaiting extradition to Los Angeles. Miura has reportedly retained high profile lawyer Mark Geragos. Geragos previously represented Scott Peterson, Michael Jackson, and Winona Ryder.
In Japan this case is big news, the equivalent coverage of the O.J. Simpson Trial. In this case there is a Japanese version of the O.J. Simpson case. In this case, there are allegations of a hit man, a conspiracy with a former adult actress and a $650,000 life insurance policy he reportedly purchased.
The moral of the story? Don’t write a blog about where you are going to if the police are after you.
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