YOKOHAMA (Kyodo) Prosecutors indicted a U.S. sailor Friday on robbery-murder charges in slaying of a woman in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Jan. 3.

William Reese, a 21-year-old sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk, is alleged to have killed Yoshie Sato, 56, and to have stolen 15,000 yen from her. Reese was arrested Jan. 7.

The prosecutors said Reese told investigators he wanted money for drinks.