Tokyo Police Crack Down: Second Suspect Nabbed in Katsushika District Robbery and Assault Case

Amid a string of robberies in the Tokyo metropolitan area, the Metropolitan Police Department recently arrested a 23-year-old Tokyo resident suspect for his role as an “actor” in a robbery and wounding incident at a residence in the Tokyo neighborhood Katsushika , Tokyo I did this this month.

The arrested suspect was Hisota Motohashi (23), an unemployed man from Shinjuku, Tokyo.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, around midnight on the 2nd of this month, a man broke the glass with a brick and entered a house in Higashimizumoto, Katsushika neighborhood, tying the resident, a man in his 70s, with tape sticker, attacked him and stole money and other items. He is suspected of robbery and causing bodily harm while fleeing the scene.
Suspect Yuta Yamauchi (29), a restaurant employee in Hachioji, Tokyo, had already been arrested in this case, but security camera footage suggests that Motohashi was also involved as an “actor”. Turns out there’s something.
According to the investigation, Motohashi said: “I wanted money, so three days before the accident, I searched for “same day part-time jobs” on SNS and applied. I was shown a reward of tens of thousands of yen, and when we met near the crime scene, the supervisor told me, “I’m at home.” “He told me to get something from him,” and when I refused, he threatened me.”
The suspects are believed to have searched the room for around 10 hours before a neighbor noticed something strange and called 911. The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating details of the incident and whether it is linked to a series of robberies in Masu.

[Come il sospettato ha fatto domanda per un lavoro part-time oscuro]
According to investigators, Motohashi searched for “same day part-time work” on his old Twitter account “X” on the 30th of last month, three days before the incident.
When I sent a direct message to the account I found, I was asked to communicate using the highly confidential communication app “Signal”.
When the suspect asked, “What kind of work do you do?”, the other person told him “tataki,” “burglary,” “transporter,” and “receiver,” all of which indicate robbery.
I was told that the reward would be several tens of thousands of yen for each session.

[Il giorno, vai in un parco vicino al sito]
Next, you will be asked if you are free on the night of the 1st of this month and will be directed to a park near the site in the Katsushika neighborhood.
At the park they met with another “actor”, suspect Yuta Yamauchi (29), a restaurant employee from Hachioji, Tokyo.
This was the first time the two met.
When the two men met, the director allegedly told them to “get something from home.”
Motohashi refused, but the supervisor threatened him and told him not to give up, so he broke the glass with a brick and forced his way in.
It is believed that Motohashi was in telephone contact with an “instructor” at the time and was receiving real-time instructions.

[Anche lui è scappato dopo l’incidente…]
Motohashi temporarily left the scene, but when he returned near the scene, police officers had gathered, so he fled, leaving Yamauchi behind.
However, on the 4th, two days after the incident, the suspect’s girlfriend went to a police booth in Tokyo and complained that she might be involved in a robbery in the Katsushika neighborhood.
Based on this information and footage from nearby security cameras, the Metropolitan Police Department suspected he was involved in the incident and arrested him on the 5th.

[Riassunto di una serie di rapine a Tokyo e in 3 prefetture]
According to the National Police Agency, the number of robberies in Tokyo and three prefectures since August rose to 18 from 5, and in 15 of those cases, 40 people were arrested.
According to a summary from NHK, 4 people were teenagers, 27 people were in their 20s, 8 people were in their 30s, and 1 person was in their 40s. According to people involved in the investigation, “I was in debt” or “I had difficulty making a living.” There are many people who say they applied for obscure part-time jobs for financial reasons, such as “I was struggling.”
Most arrested suspects are “executors” or “watchmen”, but also include “recruiters” who collect executors, “debt collectors” who collect stolen money, and “murder weapon preparers”. ‘ AND.
The “instructor” however was not arrested.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department’s Joint Investigation Headquarters and the Saitama, Chiba and Kanagawa police departments are working to uncover the true nature of the group in order to identify the instructor and mastermind.

[Elenco degli incidenti in ordine di occorrenza]
August 27 to 28: Park robbery, wounding, arrest and imprisonment in Saitama City
Preliminary robbery of a precious metals shop in Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture, on August 29
Preliminary pawnshop robbery in Yachiyo City, Chiba Prefecture, on August 29
August 31 Preliminary home robbery in Saitama City
August 31: Robbery of a used designer goods store in Atsugi City, Kanagawa Prefecture, resulting in injuries.
September 3: Pawnshop robbery and wounding in Kamakura city, Kanagawa Prefecture
September 18: home robbery and wounding in Saitama City
September 26: home robbery and wounding in the city of Funabashi, Chiba prefecture
September 28: Robbery at a house in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, resulting in injuries
September 30: Home robbery in Kokubunji City, Tokyo, resulting in injuries
October 1: home robbery and wounding in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture
October 9: home robbery and wounding in the city of Funabashi, Chiba prefecture
October 15: Home robbery and murder in Aoba Ward, Yokohama City
October 16: Residential burglary in Shirai City, Chiba Prefecture, resulting in injuries
October 17: home robbery and wounding in the city of Ichikawa, Chiba prefecture
October 30: Attempted home invasion in Mitaka City, Tokyo
November 2: home robbery and injury in Katsushika neighborhood, Tokyo
November 3: Home robbery in Yotsukaido City, Chiba, resulting in injuries