Police in Sapporo have arrested a 24-year-old man for causing damage to a taxi after he got into the vehicle naked and caused a ruckus when the driver asked him to get out.
According to police, the man, a part-time worker, was naked went he opened the door and got into the taxi at a taxi stand near Sapporo's Odori Park at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Fuji TV reported. When the driver looked back and saw that the man was naked, he stopped the taxi and asked him to get out. Police said the man became violent and pounded the acrylic panel between the passenger seat and the driver's seat, breaking it.
Police said the man, who was charged with destruction of property, was drunk when he was apprehended and quoted him as saying he doesn't remember anything about the incident.
© Japan Today
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Yubaru
Now where have I heard this excuse before?
kickboard
Sure it wasn't a member of SMAP?
Laguna
Skid marks?
Yubaru
Details sketchy? Reread the article please.
If he was as you try to allude to here a victim, odds are pretty damn high he wouldnt be breaking an acrylic panel with his bare hands. Also if he was a victim, don't you think he would have said so and not go off his rocker?
Yukiii
Unbelievable. Such a people always say "I don't remember because of too much alcohol ". Above comments cannot be accepted anymore. I hate that.
M3M3M3
My first thought was actually that it's a bit cruel for the taxi driver to force him out without trying to find out what happened to him. Details are obviously sketchy but it's also possible that this man might have been the victim of some pranksters/criminals who thought it would be funny to steal clothes from drunk people. If I woke up naked on the street, a taxi would be a logical place to seek refuge.
papigiulio
read the article.
The taxi didn't stop, it was waiting at a taxistand and the guy opened the door.
I have to agree with Disillusioned, those panels are pretty damn thick panels, pretty hard to break it.
FightingViking
Well, at least he wasn't "physically" hiding anything - like a knife or an icepick...
Nippori Nick
How had he planned on paying?
janedoo
Why wasn't he charged with public indecency?
FizzBit
Maybe he didn't want know where he was keeping his taxi fare.
Harry_Gatto
Read the article and you'll see the words "he opened the door and got into the taxi at a taxi stand".
Just a user
It wasn't accepted, he was charged with destruction of property
Strychnine
If he was naked, how did he pay for the ride?
clamenza
Naked, drunk, and in a public park in the evening. 2 members of SMAP better make room for him in the closet
Peter Qinghai
I shared this with people back home; some of them used to live here... Just a dit of nostalgia, really.
WilliB
Fizzbit:
LOL! You owe me keyboard
Disillusioned
Eh? These things are only acrylic plastic? They are made from unbreakable polycarbonate where I come from.
Nice to see the "I was drunk and don't remember" excuse getting mileage again.
SenseNotSoCommon
The J Cop multiple choice charge sheet?
It really is multiple choice in our experience, and they very kindly suggest the answers for you!
bones
Why aren't there any stories like this involving women?
Mocheake
''Butt I DON'T remember a thing. That is the naked truth, officer''
ironsword
Such a funny story.
Good for the girls and the gays I guess but for the taxi driver, as others have hinted, i bet he was hoping the guy has cleaned his ass before!
danalawton1@yahoo.com
You know..... you really have not had an interesting life without at least one naked episode in it. Good for him.... shouldn't have gotten violent though.
MsDelicious
Where was his wallet?
Christopher Glen
How weird
pudus
Acted like it was on Spice/K2 ?
fuzzylogic
"doesn’t remember anything about the incident."
more like schizoid, bipolarism...
Monozuki
If he was a victim being ripped off his clothes by bad fellows and such. He should have run into a koban first. They may have given him some clothes to wear.
Thunderbird2
Haaaaaaaahahahahahahahahaha.... koff
The greatest excuse for a crime of them all.
nath
you can't make this stuff up...
Clare Yoshida
But taxi drivers in Japan open the passenger door with a button. Why did the taxi driver not notice he was naked before letting him in?
Nessie
Forget it Jake. It's Odori Beer Gardentown.
noirgaijin
Given the fact that he was naked, chances that he have would pay the fare were slim.
Thunderbird2
I think the white cover on the back seat might need replacing too... yuck
David Wagner
Um....why did t he driver a) stop and b) open the door?
HonestDictator
Get out of my taxi! I don't want your butt stank on my seats!!!!