Tokyo cops: Drunk Man Sets Laundry On Fire While Stealing Women’s Underwear

Officers from the Komatsugawa Police Station have arrested a man for allegedly stealing a woman’s underwear hanging out to dry and setting other laundry on fire (Nippon News Network)
TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 37-year-old man for allegedly setting laundry on fire while stealing women’s undergarments from a residence in Edogawa Ward, reports the Sankei Shimbun (Mar. 14).
At around 1:20 a.m. on Sunday, Tetsuharu Matsuda, a construction worker who handles scaffolding, allegedly climbed over a wall onto the balcony of the residence and stole three items of women’s underwear hanging out to dry. He also set a towel on fire with a lighter.
The suspect has been charged with causing property damage and theft. … (read more)
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