Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Cop arrested for molesting woman he called out to interrogate

TOCHIGI, Tochigi -- A police assistant inspector who molested a woman he asked to come in for questioning has been arrested, police said.

Tomohiro Kamioka, 51, the assistant inspector from the Tochigi Police Station, was arrested for abuse by a special public officer.

Kamioka admits to meeting alone with the woman who accuses him of indecently assaulting her, but denies the allegations against him.

Yasuo Yamate, a spokesman for the Tochigi Prefectural Police, expressed regret.

"It's a shame a police officer supposed to be protecting everyone's safety has caused an incident like this. We offer a heartfelt apology to the woman, her associates and the people of the prefecture," he said.

Police said that during the middle of March Kamioka twice called out for questioning the woman in her 30s from Ashikaga, Tochigi Prefecture, and performed sex acts on her while parked in her car in the parking lot of an Ashikaga supermarket.

The alleged victim filed a criminal complaint with the police on March 26.

Kamioka was off duty on both occasions he met the woman.

任意で事情聴取した女性を深夜に呼び出し、みだらな行為をしたとして、栃木県警監察課は17日、栃木署刑事1課の警部補、上岡友洋容疑者(51)=下野市緑5=を特別公務員暴行陵虐容疑で逮捕した。上岡容疑者は女性と2人で会ったことは認めているが、行為は否認しているという。

 調べでは、上岡容疑者は足利署刑事1課に所属していた3月中旬、捜査で事情聴取した足利市内に住む30代の女性を2度にわたり同市内のスーパー駐車場に呼び出し、女性の軽乗用車内でみだらな行為をした疑い。女性が同26日に同署へ届け出た。上岡容疑者が女性と会ったのは2回とも勤務時間外だった。

 山手康男・警務部長は「皆様の安全を守る立場の警察官がこのような事件を引き起こし誠に遺憾。女性とその関係者、県民の皆様に心からおわび申し上げます」と話した。【山下俊輔】

Mainichi Newspaper

June 18th, 2008

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Tokyo cop collared for sneaking into women's restroom at park

Tokyo cop collared for sneaking into women's restroom at park

ICHIHARA, Chiba -- A Tokyo police officer faces charges for sneaking into a women's restroom at a park here, police said.

Chiba Prefectural Police reported the 45-year-old sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Department to prosecutors, accusing him of trespassing. He admitted to the allegations during questioning.

The sergeant followed two junior high school girls into a women's room at Ichihara Ryokuchi Sports Park in Ichihara at around 1:30 p.m. on Feb. 23, according to investigators. When the girls noticed him, he showed his police ID and identified himself before leaving the scene.

Police believe the officer was trying to pass himself off as on official duties. The incident came to light after the junior high school girls reported him to a local police station.

建造物侵入:公園の女子トイレに忍び込む 警官を書類送検

 のぞき目的で公園の公衆トイレに忍び込んだとして、千葉県警市原署は6日、警視庁上野署警務課の男性巡査部長(45)を建造物侵入容疑で千葉地検に書類送致した。容疑を認めている。

 調べでは、巡査部長は2月23日午後1時半ごろ、市原市岩崎の市原緑地運動公園の女子トイレに、女子中学生2人の後を追って侵入した疑い。

 直後に中学生に見つかったため、警察手帳を示したうえで名前や所属を言って立ち去ったが、不審に思った中学生が市原署に通報した。警察手帳を示すことで、捜査を装ったとみられる。【寺田剛】

Mainichi Newspaper

June 7th, 2008

Saturday, June 7, 2008

Police officer faces charges over train groping incident

YOKOHAMA -- A police officer who molested a woman on a train and then ran away down the tracks back in April is now facing charges.

Kanagawa Prefectural Police reported the 27-year-old sergeant to prosecutors, accusing him of violating a prefectural public nuisance ordinance. He has admitted to the allegations.

The officer, whose name was not immediately disclosed, resigned after he was slapped with a one-month suspension from duty.

The sergeant fondled the buttocks of a 31-year-old woman from Yokohama on a JR Yokohama Line train at around 7 p.m. on April 15, prefectural police said.

The woman grabbed his arm and forced off the train at Tokaichiba Station. However, the officer jumped onto the tracks and ran about 200 meters before getting back onto the road and hailing a taxi, according to investigators.

He later told his superior that he had been mistaken for a groper, but later admitted to being the culprit.
痴漢:警官が電車内で 線路上を逃走し送検・処分 神奈川

 神奈川県警監察官室は6日、電車内で痴漢をした後、線路上を走って逃げたとして、県警組織犯罪分析課の男性巡査部長(27)を県迷惑防止条例違反容疑などで横浜地検へ書類送検し、停職1カ月の懲戒処分とした。巡査部長は同日付で依願退職した。

 調べでは、巡査部長は4月15日午後7時ごろ、JR横浜線鴨居-十日市場間を走行中の普通電車内で、横浜市のアルバイト女性(31)の尻を触った疑い。女性に手をつかまれ十日市場駅で降ろされたが、巡査部長は手を振りほどき線路に降りて約200メートル逃走。フェンスを乗り越えタクシーで帰宅したという。その後、上司に「痴漢に間違われた」と虚偽の相談をしていた。

 女性が駅員を通じて県警に通報していたため発覚。巡査部長は「女性の尻に手の甲が当たり触りたいと思ってしまった」と容疑を認めているという。【鈴木一生】

Mainichi Newspaper

June 7th, 2008

Thursday, June 5, 2008

4 men assault two police investigators, rob one of his ID

CHIKUSHINO, Fukuoka -- Four men threatened two police investigators with a gun, bashed one of them and robbed the other of his ID in the predawn hours of Thursday, police said.

Local police are searching for the four men, suspecting that they are yakuza, on suspicion of robbery and of obstructing officers from performing their official duties.

The incident occurred at a parking lot in Chikushino early Thursday when a 47-year-old assistant inspector and a 31-year-old sergeant were investigating an incident in which a yakuza organization illegally sold paint thinner for sniffing, according to investigators.

The two investigators approached an unmanned car belonging to one of the targets of their investigation at around 3:15 a.m. when four men wearing balaclavas suddenly got out of another vehicle parked nearby, prefectural police said.

One of them threatened the officers with a gun and asked, "Are you members of the Kyushu Seido-kai (gang)?"

The assistant inspector showed his ID saying, "We're police officers." One of them snatched the ID and another hit the sergeant with a steel bar before they fled, investigators said.

The sergeant suffered minor injuries to his left elbow. The investigators were not carrying their guns at the time.

The parking lot where the officers were assaulted is located in a residential area near Haruda Station on the JR Kagoshima Line.

警察手帳:捜査中の警察官、4人組に奪われる 福岡

5日午前3時15分ごろ、福岡県筑紫野市原田(はるだ)6のJR鹿児島線原田駅近くの駐車場で、捜査中だった県警少年課の警部補(47)と巡査部長(31)に、男4人組が拳銃のようなものを突き付け「どこの組の者か」と脅し、警部補の警察手帳を奪って逃げた。巡査部長は鉄パイプで殴られ軽傷。筑紫野署は抗争中の指定暴力団道仁会関係者の可能性もあるとみて、強盗と公務執行妨害容疑で4人の行方を追っている。警察官2人はいずれも私服で、拳銃は所持していなかったという。

 同署などによると、警察官2人は暴力団が絡むシンナー密売事件の捜査中。現場の駐車場内に、捜査対象だった無人の乗用車が止まっていたため、中を確認しようと近づいたところ、近くに止まっていた別の乗用車から、目出し帽をかぶりパイプを持った4人が出てきたという。

 警察官2人は逃げようとしたが、警部補は駐車場内で転倒。男1人に馬乗りされ、別の男から頭に拳銃のようなものを突き付けられた。「警察だ」と言うと、男からズボンのポケットの手帳を奪われたという。その間に巡査部長も近くの別の駐車場で別の2人に同様に拳銃のようなものを突き付けられ鉄パイプで左腕などを殴られた。手帳はひもでズボンの腰につなげてあったが、固定用のクリップを外されたらしい。

 警察官2人は男たちに「走って逃げろ。もう行け」と言われ現場から離れた。4人組は捜査対象だった乗用車と別の乗用車の2台に分乗して逃走したとみられる。現場は原田駅近くの住宅街の一角。

Mainichi Newspaper

June 5, 2008

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Police officer faces charges for flashing at girl working at convenience store

CHIBA -- A police officer faces charges for flashing his private parts at a high school girl working at a convenience store here last weekend, officials said.

Chiba Prefectural Police are poised to send an investigation report to prosecutors, accusing the officer in his 20s of indecent exposure. He admitted to the allegations during questioning.

The officer exposed his private parts to the 17-year-old girl, who works at the convenience store, on its premises in Tako, Chiba Prefecture, on Saturday evening while he was off duty, the force's inspection office said.

Alerted by the store, local police launched an investigation into the case. Investigators tracked him down from the license plate number of the car he drove to the store.

公然わいせつ:警官が露出容疑…千葉県警、書類送検へ

 千葉県警の20代の男性警官がコンビニエンスストアで下半身を露出したとして、県警が公然わいせつ容疑で任意で事情聴取していることが2日分かった。県警はこの警官を書類送検する方針。

 県警監察官室によると警官は5月31日夕、同県多古町のコンビニエンスストアの敷地内で、アルバイト店員の女子高校生(17)に下半身を露出して見せた疑い。店外に出てきた女子高校生に「ごみ箱にごみを捨ててもいいか」などと尋ねた後、ズボンを下げた。事実関係を認めているという。

 店からの通報で県警香取署が捜査。来店時の車のナンバーなどを基に警官を割り出した。当時は非番で、これまで勤務態度に問題はなかったという。【寺田剛】

Mainichi Newspaper

June 3, 2008