Tokyo metropolitan high school teacher arrested for breaking into private home with student and attempting theft
Quick Look
- The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Juvenile Crime Division announced that Ryosuke Kimura (26), a teacher at a metropolitan high school, was arrested on suspicion of attempted theft and residential burglary after colluding with two of his students to break into the house of a man in his 70s in Oshima-cho, Tokyo, through an unlocked window and search inside.
- Kimura partially denies the charges, saying, ``It felt like a test of my courage.''
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Why It Matters
In Oshima Town, multiple burglaries occurred between January and February, and the town issued a warning on social media. One of his students turned himself in in April, and the Metropolitan Police Department arrested six of his students on suspicion of theft and other charges between June and August.
On the 16th, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department's Juvenile Crimes Division arrested Tokyo Metropolitan High School teacher Ryosuke Kimura (26), from Motomachi, Oshima-cho, Tokyo, on suspicion of attempted theft and home invasion, after he allegedly broke into a private home with his student and attempted to steal money. He denied some of the charges, saying, ``It felt like a test of my courage.''
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According to the division, Kimura was aware that his high school student was repeating burglaries, but he instructed him on how to sell stolen goods and that ``pure gold sells for a high price.'' When his student invited him, he joined in and broke in through an unlocked window, but when he heard noises, he fled without taking anything.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of colluding with two of his students to break into the house of a man in his 70s in Oshima Town and search inside the house around 8 p.m. on February 2.
Multiple burglaries occurred in Oshima Town from January to February. After the town issued a warning on social media, one of the students turned himself in to Oshima Police Station in April. Between June and August, the division arrested six students on suspicion of theft and other charges. Four of them were placed on probation.
What to Watch
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Suspect Kimura will be tried and there is a possibility that he will be found guilty.
Likely · Within months
Tokyo metropolitan high school strengthens teacher monitoring system and takes measures to prevent recurrence
Very likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- The specific method in which suspect Kimura instructed his students on how to sell stolen goods
- Frequency of student burglary and amount of damage
- Suspect Kimura's teaching history and presence of past scandals
