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Irregular News for Oct 14th 2005
Japan -- A man who stayed at a comic book cafe for nearly two months and escaped without paying 520,000 yen for his stay and drinks he ordered has been arrested, police said.
Kentaro Shimada, 33, a jobless man of no fixed address, is accused of fraud. Police are grilling him over the motives behind his crime.
Shimada stayed in a private room of a comic cafe in Nagaoka, where customers can read comic books while drinking cafe or tea, from Aug. 2 to Sept. 26, and escaped without paying 520,000 yen for his use of the room and the 140 drinks he ordered, local police said.
Whenever an employee demanded payment, he avoided doing so by saying he would pay later, according to investigators.
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Japan -- A man who stayed at a comic book cafe for nearly two months and escaped without paying 520,000 yen for his stay and drinks he ordered has been arrested, police said.
Kentaro Shimada, 33, a jobless man of no fixed address, is accused of fraud. Police are grilling him over the motives behind his crime.
Shimada stayed in a private room of a comic cafe in Nagaoka, where customers can read comic books while drinking cafe or tea, from Aug. 2 to Sept. 26, and escaped without paying 520,000 yen for his use of the room and the 140 drinks he ordered, local police said.
Whenever an employee demanded payment, he avoided doing so by saying he would pay later, according to investigators.
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