{"id":170318,"date":"2025-04-09T14:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170318&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-04-09T14:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T05:11:49","slug":"man-arrested-over-1000-silent-emergency-calls","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/man-arrested-over-1000-silent-emergency-calls\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka Man Arrested For Over 1,000 Silent Emergency Calls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 46-year-old unemployed man from Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, was arrested on suspicion of obstructing public operations after making over 1,000 silent calls to the city\u2019s fire department emergency line over a three-month period. According to police, the suspect, Keita Ohira, made 1,013 calls between September and November last year, often staying silent or hanging up quickly. He reportedly told investigators he was disturbed by the sirens of fire trucks and police cars and sought to retaliate. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/news.tnc.co.jp\/news\/articles\/NID2025040825019\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TNC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170313\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_unsplash-dark-phone_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fukuoka Man Arrested For Over 1,000 Silent Emergency Calls\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_unsplash-dark-phone_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_unsplash-dark-phone_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_unsplash-dark-phone_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fnn_unsplash-dark-phone_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gilles Lambert<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Unsplash<\/span><\/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 46-year-old unemployed man from Higashi Ward, Fukuoka City, was arrested on&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170316,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170318","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-higashi-ku","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170318","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=170318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}