Shoplifter arrested after spraying security guard at bookshop in Sapporo

Monday 23rd March, 01:08 PM JST

HOKKAIDO —

A 61-year-old man was arrested for shoplifting at a bookshop in Sapporo on Sunday. Police said the suspect sprayed a security guard before fleeing. The security guard suffered minor injuries to his face, police said.

According to police, an employee of the bookshop spotted Toshio Sunaba shoplifting. He informed a security guard. Sunaba sprayed an unidentified substance at the guard and ran off but the guard gave chase and apprehended him.

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Nessie at 01:37 PM JST - 23rd March

Um...what bookshop?
FryingMonkey at 01:46 PM JST - 23rd March

What is it with the senior citizens shoplifting? It has been an ever growing phenomenon over the past few years and judging from the number of reports we get from the media they are not very good at it. I implore everyone to sit down with their grandparents and have a talk with them that stealing is bad! ;)
Nessie at 02:45 PM JST - 23rd March

What is it with the senior citizens shoplifting?

Time to kill.
timorborder at 02:46 PM JST - 23rd March

Sprayed with what? Urine? Mace? Please be a bit more specific.
Altria at 02:51 PM JST - 23rd March

What did he spray him with? Bodily fluids?
spudman at 03:09 PM JST - 23rd March

What nationality was he?
dennis0bauer at 03:15 PM JST - 23rd March

I also wonder what he did shoplift, Dual Master cards?
BBLeo at 08:08 PM JST - 23rd March

JT please be more specific with this story. What was this spray? Was the suspect also 'unemployed DODO' or just lost his marbles. Hope that cop wasn't sprayed with perfume, because this will cause a huge trouble to cop if he was married. 'HONESTLY JT THIS IS VERY POOR STORY, WITHOUT NECK AND TAIL.'
Kokubuspider at 10:52 PM JST - 23rd March

Its only Monday BBLeo, to be honest JT is very fast and on the ball, and I think they do a great job.

Strange old coot, no surprises (the 61 year old, not you BBLeo :)
Zellmer at 07:12 PM JST - 24th March

It's like posting "A man arrested after doing something to a security guard in a book store." Just leaves you saying, uh....