Sonar Ping

Sonar Ping

I got a call from Hillary earlier today, looking for Ty because he hadn't shown up for work today. I explained the situation.

I got another call from her asking me to call her boss, who wanted to help look for him. Together, she called the police and started the process of filing a proper missing persons report. She called back later to ask me to come to the Nagareyama Police Station tomorrow to give a detailed description.

I got another call later from Ty's boss asking me to come with them today, since it had been so long since he was last seen, but while I was in the shower I missed a call, and come to find out it was an Officer from the Harajuku Police Station, informing me that my presence was required as part of an investigation concerning the arrest of one Ty W. So I called back, and found out that shortly after I parted ways with Ty on the train he assaulted a Japanese person and was arrested shortly afterwards.

I have to go down to the station tomorrow with the aid of an interpreter to give a formal statement regarding the case. It seems he's been arrested for Assault, and well, I don't know the laws concerning assault in this country, but I'm sure they are not beyond deporting him back to the States. For this I am concerned, but, fundamentally I'm relieved because he's alive and that's the most important thing.

So, tomorrow I will go down and give a statement about what I remember and do my best to leave a good impression on the Legal System of Japan, but, having said that, I don't know what the best approach is to do this without unintentionally making his situation worse. Anybody out here intimately familiar with the Japanese legal system?