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Police in Hanyu, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 33-year-old police sergeant on suspicion of sexually assaulting a woman in her 20s in a car in the parking lot of a commercial facility.
Police said Takahide Ikeda, who was arrested on Wednesday, has denied the charge, Sankei Shimbun reported. According to the arrest warrant, Ikeda attempted to grope the woman at around noon on April 4.
Police said that Ikeda had previously assisted the victim over another matter at the police station where he was assigned to the community affairs division.
On the day of the alleged assault, Takeda was off duty and wearing regular clothes. He called the woman's cell phone and asked her to meet him.
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LearJet
What the police department does or not do, will directly represent the departments policy, practice and values.
Let's all see what happens.
Toshihiro
a cop copping a feel. No I was drunk and couldn't remember excuse?
saitamaboy
who is Takeda ? all of a sudden!
JerseyDevil
JN Innocent until proven guilty
Non JN guilty until proven Innocent
James
Alleged is the key word.. Innocent until proven guilty. He has denied the allegation.
Toasted Heretic
Filth.
AdamP75
C'mon guys give the man a break, he was stressed out from work and was probably drunk so he doesn't remember it.
jalan5
how ironic ...at the community affairs division?
more like a wigwam sidewinder ploy.
Aly Rustom
exactly.
excellent point.
A little over 20 years ago at work, one of my American colleagues was being stalked. She called the cops and was escorted home for her own safety (I cant remember why), but when she got to her apartment the cop who was her escort tried to get her digits. She quit and went home shortly after that.
Jonathan Prin
What is an attempt to grope ?
He must have done it but terms changed as if it was just an idea with no consequences.
Mocheake
Hopefully, he'll be a former police officer very soon.
snowymountainhell
“Police” seem to always get the benefit of the word “Alleged”.
blahblah222
I mean what is stopping him? There’s rarely any punishments or consequences for rape or sexual assaults in Japan.On the contrary, rape and sexual assaults often results in reduced sentencing if another crime is also committed. If anything he is getting several weeks of paid leave/vacation until this case is almost certainly going to be dropped by the prosecutors.
Zaphod
Saitama again?
skotmanforyou
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