A 34-year-old man was arrested for robbery in the city of Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Sunday, police said Monday, adding that they are looking into a possible connection between that crime and a spate of other violent robberies in the area shortly after.
Police identified the suspect as Hideo Nakano, who works as a truck driver. They said that he allegedly approached a 27-year-old female restaurant employee as she was walking home around 1:50 a.m. Sunday, grabbed her by the arm and threatened her with a knife. He demanded cash and made off with about 45,000 yen.
Over the next hour, five other robberies were reported. Police said that in all the cases, an adult male brandished a knife and robbed four male taxi drivers and a female restaurant employee.
Police picked up Nakano because he was seen driving a black car that matched a description of the getaway vehicle.
© News reports
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goddog
Glad they nailed him...probably had no time to spend the money either.
smithinjapan
Do you think the guy was maybe stretching it a bit? Should have stopped earlier. Glad they got him, though.
tamanegi
Seems that crime is on the up down Fukuoka way.
No Saitama connections in any of these recent crimes?
kyoken
First it worked all to well, but then he couldn't stop.
WilliB
A criminal mastermind... not
noirgaijin
Those illegal drugs running through his skull (only a crack head junkie or mad man would do that) must have made him forget that he was a on the run from the last four robberies
crazychibi17
Why can't american cops be this fast!
usaexpat
This man is a quick worker, going for maximum efficiency it seems.
BurakuminDes
5 robberies in an hour? If only all the other youth of Japan had his energy for enterprise - in a good way of course - this country may eventually get out of it's two-decade slump!
In seriousness, I hope this maggot cops a 15 year stint at the government's pleasure.
OgieDoggie
Police picked up Nakano because he was seen driving a black car that matched a description of the getaway vehicle.
Well of course we all know that the bad guys drive black cars - this was an easy one the police to solve.
UnlcleJamal
Kyushu is one gigantic Saitama
Roppichan
Probably there is a lot of information missing here. A bloke robs 5 people in one night and besides his part time job he is a truck driver. Lovely; probably the usual shabu head. But shabu is seldom mentioned, because we all know that Japan has no particular shabu problem.