Japanese Man Arrested for Stealing 101 Manga Volumes

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YÅ?ichi Yonechata, a 23-year-old unemployed man, was charged in Tokyo's Edogawa Ward on November 14 with the theft of 101 volumes of manga. The suspect reportedly said, "I'm in deep debt, so I was going to resell the books back to used bookstores." He is suspected of stealing Detective Conan, Hana Yori Dango, and other manga worth about 60,000 yen (US$500) from the Tsutaya's main Edogawa store on November 3 between 4:20 and 4:40 p.m. He tried taking 50 volumes out of the store in a plastic bag, hiding them in a parking lot, and then going back to get more. He was caught when a nearby bicycle store's employee spotted him. Source: Asahi Shimbun, Jiji Press

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