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Yamanashi: Police officer accused of molesting girl after reported theft
By Tokyo Reporter Staff on February 25, 2021
YAMANASHI (TR) – Yamanashi Prefectural Police have arrested a police officer over the alleged molestation of a girl in Uenohara City after she reported a theft, reports NHK (Feb. 24).
Last November, Yuki Watanabe, of the Uenohara Police Station, allegedly fondled the body of the girl, aged in her teens, through her clothes at her residence.
At around 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, police arrested Watanabe at his residence in Higashimurayama City on suspicion of indecent assault.
Yuki Watanabe (Twitter)
“I wanted to get along with her,” the suspect was quoted by police in admitting to the allegations.
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