From time to time, some of us would fall asleep during class or work. But can you imagine a police officer falling asleep in the questioning room and letting the suspect escape?!
A 32-year-old man, Takami Yonezawa, was arrested for theft on Monday afternoon. However he managed to escape from the Nishinomiya police station after the 19-year-old police officer watching him in the questioning room dozed off.
Even though the department mobilised 170 policemen after him, they didn’t managed to find him.
Interestingly, he turned himself in on Tuesday at around 1 p.m., accompanied by a lawyer. He denied the allegation of theft, and did not elaborate on why he ran out of the police station nor why he turned himself in.
He was supposedly being detained for questioning by a 34-year-old sergeant and a 19-year-old constable. However, the sergeant left the room for 10 minutes to print out some documents, during which time the constable fell asleep.
Yonezawa was not handcuffed while in the room, but was bound to the chair he was sitting in by a rope. He was able to free himself from that, left the room, and managed to leave the police station without being seen.
Police said the 19-year-old constable had graduated from the academy in January, after which he was dispatched to Nishinomiya police station. This month, he has been undergoing training in criminal procedures.
As to why he fell asleep, the constable said he was tired, and along with the sergeant may be subject to disciplinary measures.
Source: JapanToday
My 1st question: Why was the thief tied up with rope instead of handcuffs? Sounds S&M …
My 2nd question: How did the police fall alseep? The thief’s statement was too boring? LOL
Hahahaha where do you find these? I love them!
And I thought I’ve heard of everything…and so I was wrong hahaha
Times are tough man, a rope is much cheaper than handcuffs.
Haha I hope they didn’t reduce budget and hired substandard policemen too ^^