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Police in Toyama City have arrested a 44-year-old man, who barricaded himself for 11 hours inside his home on Tuesday, on suspicion of theft and obstructing police in the line of duty.
According to local media, at around 9:30 a.m., a police officer from Kahoku, Ishikawa Prefecture, visited the residence of Hisashi Takayama, whose occupation is unknown, about the theft of a CD from a store in Kahoku on May 18. When Takayama opened the door, he pointed a knife at the officer and locked the door.
Takayama refused to come out and at 8:45 p.m., police broke into the apartment and took him into custody. A woman in her 30s and her 10-year-old child were also in the apartment but were not injured, police said.
© Japan Today
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Sanjinosebleed
A CD theft??? Shirley the Police have more important stuff than this to do??!!
shogun36
Alright, we have just entered The Onion Zone.
What 44 year old…..no, what human, with apparently a wife and kid is stealing a CD, let alone barricading himself and pulling blades on cops?
Is this an upcoming J-Drama series?
Rodney
In California you can legally shoplift up to $250 of goods. But if the they come to your house and you show a weapon you will be shot dead and probably your ten year old child in crossfire. The guy and his family is very lucky.
but a CD? Probably eight police there for 11 hours. Then the forensic team, and all neighbours prevented access to their home. Wonder what music it was?
602miko
CD... Was Wondering who's his fav group band or girl's pop.?