Page 13 - IAV Digital Magazine #575

iAV - Antelope Valley Digital Magazine
‘I was lonely’: Japan Police Arrest Woman For Allegedly Making Over 2,700 False Emergency Calls
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/y4Kg_CxhG5g
CHIBA - A woman in Japan was arrested on Thursday for allegedly making 2,761 unneces-
sary emergency calls over a peri- od of about two years and nine months, The Mainichi reported.
The Chiba prefec- tural police arrest- ed Hiroko Hatagami, an unemployed resi-
dent living in Matsudo, a city lying in the east of Tokyo, on sus- picion of obstruct- ing the operations of a local fire department.
Hatagami is accused of repeatedly mak- ing emergency calls from her home and neigh- bourhood.
The 51-year-old suspect has reportedly admit- ted to the allega- tions, and was quoted telling investigators: “I was lonely and wanted someone to listen to me and give me attention.”
During such emergency calls, she was said to
have complained about stomach ache, drug over- dose and aching legs, among other symptoms. According to the report, she had requested the Matsudo Fire Department to dispatch ambu- lances to her home between August 15, 2020, and May 25 this year.
When the ambu- lances arrived, she reportedly refused to be transported and said: “I don’t want to take an ambu- lance... I didn’t make the call.”
Despite receiving warnings from the fire department and the police station to stop
making unneces- sary calls, she continued to do so.
This prompted the authorities to file a damage report with the police on June 20.
In 2013, Japanese police arrested a woman for calling
them more than 15,000 times over a six-month peri- od.
Police said they visited the 44- year-old woman’s home about 60 times before slap- ping handcuffs on her.
A police official said her calls had no meaning, and she could be just be too lonely.
iAV - Antelope Valley Digital Magazine