{"id":168868,"date":"2025-02-12T17:13:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=168868&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-02-12T17:13:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:13:01","slug":"fukuoka-city-employee-arrested","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-employee-arrested\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Employee Arrested for Break In"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Fukuoka City Chuo Ward Office employee, Shinichi Kitahara (58), was arrested on February 10 for allegedly breaking into a female acquaintance\u2019s home disguised as a delivery worker and assaulting her. The incident occurred on January 31, leaving the victim with minor injuries. Surveillance footage led to Kitahara\u2019s arrest, but he denies the allegations, stating he has no memory of the event. The Chuo Ward Office issued a statement calling the arrest &#8220;deeply regrettable.&#8221; <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20250210\/5010027101.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-168875\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_chuo-ward-office-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka City Employee Arrested for Break In\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_chuo-ward-office-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_chuo-ward-office-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_chuo-ward-office-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/fnn_chuo-ward-office-photoac_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo from Photo AC<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Fukuoka City Chuo Ward Office employee, Shinichi Kitahara (58), was arrested on February 10 for allegedly breaking into&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":168884,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-168868","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-chuo-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/168868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}