KANAGAWA (TR) – On September 3, police arrested Makoto Takai, 29, on suspicion of theft and assault at a pawnshop in Kamakura Metropolis.
In finishing up the caper, Takai and one other suspect, who fled the scene, used a crowbar to smash glass instances contained in the store, situated close to JR Ofuna Station.
The apprehension of Takai got here through a valiant takedown administered by an worker of the store, all of which was captured on safety digicam footage.
At round 6:30 p.m. the 2 males enter the pawnshop. They then shortly crouch down and take out a crowbar from a duffle bag. The second suspect swings the crowbar at a present case, shattering the glass.
The aforementioned worker enters the body and pins Takai up in opposition to the present case. The opposite man, who had been watching what was occurring, flees in a panic. The pinned man desperately resists and tries to flee.
Then the worker’s mom seems. She requires assist exterior. In the meantime, the worker desperately clings to the person who’s making an attempt to shake him off. They collapse onto the ground and start wrestling.
About 5 minutes later, police arrive to apprehend Takai. The second suspect stays on the run.
The injury amounted to 2 watches, price a complete of twenty-two,000 yen.
“I’m going to show myself in to the police”
The pawnshop worker, 41, suffered numerous accidents, together with a minimize to his mouth.
“I believe I acquired minimize when the opposite man’s shoulder or one thing hit me whereas we have been struggling,” he says to Nippon Information Community (Sep. 4).
Throughout the scuffle, Takai was begging the worker to let him go, suggesting that there was a misunderstanding.
“I don’t know if it was an excuse, however he was saying issues like, ‘No, it’s not true,’” the worker continues. “He mentioned another issues I didn’t perceive, however it was an excuse to run away. Stuff like, ‘I’m going to show myself in to the police.’”
“It’s a bit scary”
The incident occurred simply after 6:30 p.m., when there are normally lots of people within the space. It occurred in a busy downtown space lined with izakaya eating places and “snack” bars, lower than 100 meters away from JR Ofuna Station.
“I heard a crashing sound coming from this facet. I heard some yelling,” an individual at a close-by retailer tells the community.
An individual from one other close by retailer says that the close by Nakadori space is sort of busy. “I by no means thought a theft would occur right now of evening,” the particular person says.
An individual from a 3rd retailer says, “It wasn’t in the midst of the evening or early within the morning, so I used to be a bit stunned. It was a time when there have been lots of people round. It’s a bit scary.”
That is the second such incident to happen in Kanagawa Prefecture within the final week. On August 31, a theft and assault occurred at a pawnshop in Atsugi Metropolis. Three individuals have been arrested in reference to that case.
The police are investigating whether or not the 2 instances are associated.
Replace: Police have arrested two different suspects within the Kamakura case, 22-year-old Daiki Taketani amd 21-year-old Koki Koshi. Safety digicam footage confirmed a car pushed by Taketani leaving the scene of the crime. Police discovered the 2 suspects contained in the car on September 6.
The three males didn’t know one another earlier than finishing up the crime, suspecting that they turned acquainted by way of a web based solicitation for an unlawful part-time job, studies NHK (Sep. 7).
