Suspect held for stealing wallet of man sleeping in station parking lot Dec. 16, 2020 05:45 am JST Dec. 16, 2020 | 07:21 am JST YOKOHAMA
Police in Yokohama have arrested a 34-year-old suspect on suspicion of stealing the wallet of a man who was sleeping in a train station parking lot in July.
The incident occurred around 6:30 a.m. on July 11 in the parking lot near Tsunashima Station in Kohoku Ward, Sankei Shimbun reported. A 48-year-old male company employee from Tokyo was snoozing after missing his stop on the train.
Police allege Shohei Tamura, a company employee from Yokohama City, stole the wallet containing 5,500 yen and the victim’s driver’s license, as well as other personal items, from his bag.