A rather polite robber was arrested after calling a konbini to apologize for threatening a female clerk and spraying her with alcohol disinfectant during an earlier robbery attempt.
47-year-old Nobuyuki Nagata was arrested for threatening and attempting to steal money from a clerk at a 7-Eleven store in Komono-cho, Mie Prefecture. After failing the robbery, he ran away and called the store, saying, “I’m sorry about earlier.”
The perpetrator attempted to rob the 7-Eleven at around 7:40 a.m. on April 15, where a 55-year-old female clerk was sprayed with alcohol disinfectant. He also threatened to kill the woman.
Nagata eventually ran away without taking anything, but a few minutes later, he called the store to apologize, and a police officer called back and questioned his whereabouts, leading to his arrest.
When questioned by the police, Nagata partially denied the charges, saying, “There is no doubt that I threatened her, but I didn’t really want money.”
And here i though Gentleman thief were fictional.
Just because you’re a badguy, doesn’t mean you’re a BAD GUY.
Reminds me of a robbery where the thief was told that only the manager has access to the safe and he wasn’t on shift till a certain time. So the idiot gave them his number to call when the manager was there…
Or the “Bank Robber” who called a bank and claimed he was sending someone to the bank to pick up money (No dye packs!) at a certain time. He then went to the bank himself… and got arrested.