Serial burglar suspected of over 100 thefts

Guess he won't have to worry about leisure expenses now...

^^^Not for a week or so anyway... and what a bad choice of target. 12 rings and jewels valued at ¥98,000... From a UFO catcher?

"Police in Tokyo have arrested a 41-year-old construction worker"

"Yoshio Sasahara broke into the apartment of a 35-year-old woman by climbing in through the window"

"he has admitted to committing more than 100 burglaries in other wards of Tokyo"

whoa this should be quite a list of criminal felony charges

He should become a spy!

God....our house got robbed last year at Tsujigaoka by breaking window and we have lost about 6 lakh yen jewels,we are Indians and we filed police complaint,but no use.am just curious nw..

I love how all criminals in Japan always admits to a slew of other crimes, effectively incriminating themselves ad infinitum. And I bet nobody sees the weirdness in that. I bet more than the old phonebook is innthe interrogation room.

knox- I'd say there's three possibilities for the slew:

I'd imagine they found evidence of what he'd taken apr, or strong evidence of similar methods. Also for some criminals, bragging about their exploits is a big part of their thing.

Then there is the possibility that some or all crimes were a forced confession, the cops just wanted to clear a bunch of cold cases, a 41 year old construction worker is likely to be poorer, have less education, perhaps no family to help him, etc, and be a good target for the lazy cops.