OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police on Tuesday introduced the arrest of a center faculty instructor presently on paternity depart for allegedly abandoning a stolen bicycle on practice tracks in Sakai City, reviews the Asahi Shimbun (Apr. 7).
According to the Kita-Sakai Police Station, Taiki Nakamura, 33, allegedly stole a college pupil’s bicycle from a avenue in Sakai City late on March 21.
He then deserted it at round 12:10 a.m. the next day at a railway crossing between Nakamozu and Shirasagi stations on the Nankai Koya Line.
The lead automotive of a six-car native practice sure for Mikkaichicho from Namba collided with the bicycle, dragging it roughly 26 meters. No one, together with passengers and crew, was injured.
“I stole it to use as transportation to get home. I didn’t want to leave something I’d stolen near my home, so I casually abandoned the bicycle on the tracks,” Nakamura stated in commenting on allegations of endangering practice site visitors and theft.
Nakamura’s involvement arose from investigations utilizing safety digital camera footage close to the scene.
The suspect had been on paternity depart since January.