94 year old convenience store robbery...You're going to jail on purpose?
Mar 20, 2025
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According to Japanese media, including STV News, police arrested a 94-year-old man for breaking into a convenience store in Sapporo, Hokkaido, at around 0:30 a.m. on the 20th.
On this day, he broke into a convenience store and came to steal money from a 57-year-old male employee. Give me 500 yen (about 5,000 won)."
At that time, there were only male employees in the store and no other customers.
In response, the employee ignored the old man's words and reported it to the police.
The police who were dispatched caught the elderly man and inspected his belongings, and a 6cm-long fruit was found in the jumper pocket.
But the old man didn't mean to threaten the staff, he just went into the store to borrow money. I don't even remember saying I'm here to steal money", he denied the allegations. In response to the knife also found, he said "I kept it to trim the fish."
Police arrested him on charges of unauthorized intrusion, attempted blackmail and possession of a weapon.
Netizens are saying, "Is the robber also aging?", "Isn't it because he's uncomfortable living alone that he did it on purpose to go to prison?", "It's a sad story. They post comments such as "We need to investigate whether we have dementia or mental illness."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
