CHIBA -- Public prosecutors filed charges against a Chiba prefectural police officer on Wednesday for molesting a 22-year-old woman who was being held at a detention facility.
The 26-year-old officer, Kenji Nakamura, stands accused of cruelty as a special public officer. The prefectural police inspection office sacked Nakamura the same day.
According to the charges, Nakamura hugged the woman and fondled her breasts and private parts in a detention facility on two occasions at about 12:15 a.m. on Feb. 8, and 1:15 p.m. on March 15.
The prefectural police inspection office said the officer, who worked at Urayasu Police Station in Chiba Prefecture, was suspected of carrying out similar behavior dozens of times, but due to a lack of evidence, only two incidents were used to form a case against him.
警官免職：拘置女性へのわいせつで起訴 千葉
千葉県警警察官による拘置中の女性（２２）へのわいせつ行為事件で、千葉地検は２６日、県警浦安署巡査長、中村憲司容疑者（２６）を特別公務員暴行陵虐罪で起訴した。県警監察官室は同日、中村被告を懲戒免職にした。
起訴状によると、中村被告は２月８日午前０時１５分ごろと３月１５日午後１時１５分ごろ、留置場内で女性を抱きしめ、胸や下半身を触るなどした。監察官室によると、このほかにも２月上旬から３月下旬にかけ、数十回にわたり同様の行為を繰り返していたとみられるが、十分な証拠が得られた２件についてのみの立件となった。
一方、監督責任を怠ったとして、監察官室は当時の警務課長（５７）を戒告処分にしたほか、同じく浦安署長（５１）▽警務課看守係長（５２）▽同看守係長（３４）を本部長訓戒とした。【山本太一】
December 26, 2007
Mainichi
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