NISHINOMIYA, Hyogo -- A man being questioned over a car break-in escaped from a police station while a 19-year-old officer dozed, sparking a search involving 170 officers before the suspect turned himself in.
Nishinomiya Police Station officials said the 32-year-old suspect, Takami Yonezawa, a resident of Osaka, escaped from the police station at about 4:30 p.m. on Monday. The station quickly deployed a search team with about 170 officers looking for the 32-year-old, who turned himself in at the same police station on Tuesday afternoon.
Officials said that Yonezawa was arrested on suspicion of stealing a bag from a vehicle in a coin-operated parking lot in Nishinomiya at about 3 a.m. on Monday. A 34-year-old sergeant and a 19-year-old officer began questioning Yonezawa in an investigation room at the police station at about 3:30 p.m. on Monday. However, when the sergeant left the room for about 10 minutes to print out a report, the suspect fled. The younger officer was dozing at the time and reportedly did not notice Yonezawa escaping.
Police said Yonezawa's handcuffs had been removed in the investigation room, but he was tied to a chair with a leash. The door to the room was unlocked, and Yonezawa apparently untied the leash and escaped through the corridor.
"It's extremely unfortunate that he escaped while we were questioning him," police station head Chiaki Yoneda said.
The 19-year-old officer had emerged from a police academy at the end of January, and was assigned to the police station, where he was undergoing criminal investigation training.
容疑者逃走：男が出頭、身柄を確保…兵庫県警西宮署
兵庫県警西宮署内で窃盗容疑の取り調べを受けていた容疑者の男が逃走していた事件で、２１日午後、住所・職業不詳、米沢隆美容疑者（３２）が同署に出頭、身柄が確保された。
同署の調べでは、最初の逮捕容疑は２０日午前３時ごろ、西宮市内のコインパーキングに駐車中の乗用車からキャリーバッグを盗んだ疑い。その後同日午後４時半ごろ、西宮署内の取調室で男性巡査（１９）が居眠りしていたすきに逃走した、としている。【中里顕】
Mainichi
April 21, 2009
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