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Police in Yotsukaido City, Chiba Prefecture, on Sunday arrested a 28-year-old man on suspicion of robbery and assault after be broke into a house, assaulted the resident and stole about 12,000 yen in cash.
According to police, the incident occurred at around 4:30 a.m., TV Asahi reported. The victim, a man in his 50s, lives in the house with his younger brother and mother.
Police said the suspect, identified as Yuta Kaneko, broke a window in the victim’s bedroom, then started punching him in the face, demanding he hand over his wallet.
A woman called 110 and said an intruder had assaulted her son and fled with cash.
The victim suffered facial injuries but his condition is not life-threatening, police said.
Police arrested Kaneko near the scene and are questioning him about his involvement in other home invasions that have occurred in the Kanto region over the last few months.
Police have learned that Kaneko bought gloves and adhesive tape at a nearby store on Saturday night and that he was speaking on a smartphone during the break-in.
© Japan Today
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3RENSHO
"Police have learned that the suspect bought gloves and adhesive tape at a nearby store on Saturday night..."
A criminal mastermind...!
WoodyLee
It is getting worse by the day, these petty thieves are working for a bigger boss or groups that shares with them their stolen goods and cash.
This is not an individual operation but groups who track and surveillance their victims then strike using these unemployed Punks who has nothing to lose.
It is happening in many locations across japan now and the police hasn't figure out yet the best way to deal with them yet.
People need to be informed by their communities of this new criminal activities by their local police and community centers, awareness is the key, increased police patrols.
Neighborhood watch groups are very effective way to deal with these situations.
Zaphod
Looks like "Yamibaito" again.
Roger Gusain
Japan used to be a safe country. Now you can be murdered in your own bed for a few thousand yen. How did people get this desperate?
Zaphod
Roger Gusain
It is still a safe country, and at the same time there has always been crime here. What is new is social networks and the ability of criminals to reel in gullible young losers to take on criminal assignments remotely. That is a current issue that needs to be solved.
Yumster100
@woodylee
excellent and well thought out comment! Thank you!
himawari23
Wow, all that for 1万…
Hope police continue to make examples of those involved in yamibaito to deter others.
NCIS Reruns
A thief so dumb he needs instructions from a call center to tell him how to rob someone? Amazing.
Tim Sullivan
The LDP has created the environment for these crimes by impoverishing the Japanese people while enriching themselves at the taxpayers' expense.