Man arrested for binding girl's arms with tape

Someone's been reading too much Manga.

Creepy in every sense of the word.

The bicycle was discovered near the school, and police took Takahashi in for questioning when an officer on patrol saw him return to it.

a dog always returns to its vomit and a pig to roll in its muck.

Manga? I dunno, sounds like your average Hollywood horror movie or English-language scary story to me.

But whatever inspired the weirdo, it's terrifying to think of what his plans were for his next move after binding her arms. Poor kid. And I hope she was the first, after all, how many missing people are there? Who knows what this creep has already done to defenseless children?

The girl told police he offered to give her some sweets if she would put out her hands. When she extended her hands

This is a textbook example of what not to do when a man offers you candy. Stranger = danger?

7 years old and on her way home from school alone (I presume). When is it going to sink in - NOT SAFE ANYMORE.

Ring one up for the much maligned local plod. It is good that they were able to get this chap off the streets before something horrible occurred.

Furthermore, I can only stress what others have said. If the myth of Japan ever being safe existed, it does not exist anymore. Parents (and caregivers) should take every precaution in protecting their children, and they should not leave anything to chance.

Try that with my daughter and the world's finest doctor's wouldn't be able to get the roll of tape out of your arse (the bike would still be attached!)

There are too many sick perverts in this country.

Make that incompetent sick perverts.

but she managed to free herself and run away.

Doesn't seem like a dangerous criminal. Maybe metally challenged.

Incidents like this make me glad I don't have kids. Glad that girl got away.

Do not let this guy go.

Thank God this fiend didn't get the girl taped up, then get her on his bike and make his get away!!

Thank goodness the girl escaped! You would think, though, that after they questioned this lurking pervert yesterday that they could have sent out a few uniforms just to patrol the school. And sent an officer into the school to tell kids to stay away from any strangers. They were aware of this suspicious man but took no further action.

Thank God this fiend didn't get the girl taped up, then get her on his bike and make his get away!!

I can hardly imagine that someone can tape the girls hands, put her in the bicycle and get away with it in the middle of the day. It wouldn't even happen in the movies. It's wrong to make up stories like this without knowing all the facts.

I agree that he is apparently not too bright. Given enough time and the right incentives, though, even a slow learner will get the checklist right eventually. I hope he gets the attention he deserves.

Dolphingirl... hard to imagine her not escaping. If you think about it, you can figure out that she was probably firing on more cylinders than he was. Taping her hands and not her legs? Bicycle? She screams or runs, he flees. Then he comes back to the same place with a roll of tape three weeks later? So after three weeks of thinking quietly in his closet how to pull off the perfect crime, he buys a new roll of tape and gets back on his bike to try again. PLUS he leaves the bike with the tape someplace and goes off hunting on foot? I am thinking he would have given his next victim the candy and then said... "Oh wait, I had it here... oh... can you wait here? I left something with my bike." Not only does he leave his tool of choice together with the getaway vehicle---both useless to him---he leaves them both far enough away and in plain sight. So all the police have to do is watch and wait.

The guy is demented. If he were not 32, I would say it was Alzheimer's.

Klein2: You're right about this guy. He does seem a few beer short of a six-pack. A bicycle and tape are not exactly weapons of choice for your average kidnapper/molester. Still, pretty creepy and definitely scary for a 7-year-old girl.

Quite possibly he felt a bike and some tape were perfectly serviceable weapons when attempting to abduct a seven-year-old girl. Who expects a little girl to actually have enough presence of mind to get the heck out of danger? Thank God she did, and thank God this man was caught. He might not have been teh brightest bulb on the tree, but most criminals will start small and then escalate their crimes as the thrill wears off.

darn, i really hate pervs like that.... all people like that either need to die or to get serious rehabilitation...

:(