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Police have arrested a Tokyo man who made 28,000 prank phone calls to emergency number 110.
According to police, Teruo Nozaki, 44, a part-time convenience store worker, made the hoax calls from his cell phone from January 2012 until June this year, NTV reported.
Police said that Nozaki sometimes called 110 up to 1,500 times a day and when someone answered, he would immediately hang up.
Nozaki was quoted by police as saying "I did it because I was irritated by the fact that I was always watched by police," NTV reported.
© Japan Today
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TokyoGas
Up to 1,500 calls in one day? That is nuts.
jumpultimatestars
It took 28000 calls over a year and a half to find the guy responsible for tying up precious emergency lines? Wow. Also this guy clearly has undiagnosed mental issues if he'd sit there doing this over 1000 times in one day because he's 'watched' so I hope they take that into account...
CrazyJoe
Japanese police can trace number withheld calls easily, so why did it take so long? Out of 1,750,000 calls to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department in 2012, about 300,000 were prank calls of which 20,000 were from the suspect.
smithinjapan
It only took 28,000 calls for the police to do something?
Mirai Hayashi
Another "touched" personal. Paranoia must be a bitch
Frungy
Paranoid schizophrenia. He did have a legitimate emergency, he was severely ill (mentally).
This guy doesn't need prison time, he needs a bit of time in the psych wing of the hospital until they can find the right meds for him, and then regular outpatient visits to check he's taking his meds.
FightingViking
@Frungy
Preferably in a "straight-jacket", so that he can't reach his cellphone...
CrazyJoe
His mental balance sheet needs an overhaul.
DudeDeuce
Now he can get watched tons more, congratulations
FightingViking
@DudeDeuce
Who knows ? Maybe that's exactly what he wanted !
Aaron Loki Brummett
What a waste! He could have become a full time telemarketer!
gogogo
What a moron
Disillusioned
Cos he was always watched by police? Hello!!! Is there a bed in the nut house for this whacko?
Skeeter27
I'm sorry but why does it take two years to catch this guy?
Bartholomew Harte
That's Some BIG Phone Bill!
Baibaikin
At least the nutjob wasn't calling out the emergency services, which is what a lot of prank callers do. I suspect that this is the only reason he wasn't apprehended earlier.
Brian Wheway
I think the simple way to punish him would be to give him the bill for all of the emergency services wasted time,
El Diablo
What a NUTJOB. I'll bet he lives with his mother
Miltonhills679
Maybe he is really really reallllly a phoney
Scnadal.Lova
Two words, NO wait for it... LIFE