{"id":174926,"date":"2025-12-11T14:41:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=174926&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-12-11T14:41:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T05:41:41","slug":"teens-arrested-for-damaging-up-to-100-bicycles","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/teens-arrested-for-damaging-up-to-100-bicycles\/","title":{"rendered":"Teens Arrested for Damaging Up to 100 Bicycles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Police arrested two male high school students, aged 15 and 16, for allegedly puncturing a bicycle tire at Namiki Square in Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward on October 30. Both admitted the act, and one said he acted out of frustration after his own bicycle had been damaged previously. Investigators believe they used an awl and identified them from security-camera footage. Around 100 bicycles in the area were similarly damaged around the same period, and police are examining links to the broader series of incidents.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=16551036&amp;ymd=2025-12-10\" target=\"\u201c_blank\u201d\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174905\" style=\"width: 1410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174905\" class=\"size-full wp-image-174905\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_bicycle-tires_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1400%2C1050&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Teens Arrested for Damaging Up to 100 Bicycles\" width=\"1400\" height=\"1050\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_bicycle-tires_2025_WEB.jpeg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_bicycle-tires_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_bicycle-tires_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/fnn_bicycle-tires_2025_WEB.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-174905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Fukuoka Now, for image purposes only<\/p><\/div>\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>Police arrested two male high school students, aged 15 and 16, for allegedly puncturing a bicycle tire at Namiki Square in Fukuoka\u2019s Higashi Ward&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":174905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-174926","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\/174926","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=174926"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}