Tokyo fireman arrested for stealing underwear from woman's apartment

Wednesday 17th December, 09:17 AM JST

TOKYO —

A firefighter working at the Ebara branch of the Tokyo Fire Department was arrested for trespassing into a woman’s apartment in Suginami Ward, and stealing two pairs of her underwear, police said Tuesday.

According to police, the 27-year-old vice-captain entered the woman’s apartment around 4 a.m. on Sunday. She was asleep with a male friend at the time, but he awoke to the noise and was able to catch the fireman and hold him until police arrived. They arrested him with two pairs of the woman’s underwear in his possession.

The fireman told police he entered her apartment by mistake, confusing it with his friend’s apartment. The front door was unlocked, according to police. The fireman also said that he was intoxicated.

Kyodo News Service

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billclinton at 12:27 PM JST - 17th December

I guess he wanted to hose them down.
Dogdog at 01:21 PM JST - 17th December

"The Mrs. Jones Underwear Average fell 426 pairs today to close at 8,954. Investors say that lack of libido plated a major factor."

Thanks for the laugh, great post.

Where does this start? I notice it among Japanese kids, when they're very young. You give them something new and they will smell it first, then feel its texture. 'Western' kids, Brits, Italians, Spanish who I've taught, will feel its texture first, then test its durability. The smelling part was often secondary in that they would smell their hands, rather than the object directly.
techall at 01:43 PM JST - 17th December

Good thing the cop who exposed himself to a woman he was questioning because he saw underwear in her apartment got caught last week. If they had called him to arrest the fireman we would have had a real fiasco!!
ImYcare at 01:58 PM JST - 17th December

Ebara you say ? Well now I understand where my gf's panties went to...
oberst at 02:03 PM JST - 17th December

too cheap to buy them off the vending machines ?
dennis0bauer at 03:23 PM JST - 17th December

saving the panties from a future fire?
WilliB at 03:28 PM JST - 17th December

Must have been flaming hot underpants!
Yelnats at 03:52 PM JST - 17th December

They should have posted a picture of the undies with this article. I love undies.
Tachisan at 05:55 PM JST - 17th December

What an idiot? was he going to give them to her girlfriend as gift? Okashi ne ....
goodDonkey at 06:11 PM JST - 17th December

was he going to give them to her girlfriend as gift?

Doubtful. Usually these perverts come in two varieties: The kind that like to fondle their acquisition or the kind that want to slip them on.
BBLeo at 07:57 PM JST - 17th December

Was underwear, washed or dirty? He is probably practicing as a 'dog sniffer' to help police nab sooner the burglars. He should get job in ‘lingerie boutique,’ as servant in change room. I also wonder color does hi prefer to smell.
shiuu at 08:10 PM JST - 17th December

Liar, liar pants on fire.
airrunwesker at 11:40 PM JST - 17th December

...the 2nd best way to get fired it by trowing a shoe, or two, at your favorite president!
kavikahi at 04:04 AM JST - 18th December

Surely he was sober the following day.
kjunluc2 at 05:58 AM JST - 18th December

What was these guys' fetish before panties were introduced to Japan? Surely not those olive drab military skivvies where were rife during the occupation. This was the case around military towns.

There was a transvestite in Yokosuka named Horseface Charlie. He probably swiped fundoshi. In a world of 7 billion there has to be a few weird ones.