‘I wanted to go to prison’: Homeless man arrested for setting fire in store toilet“我当时想进监狱”：流浪汉因纵火焚烧商店厕所被捕
Fukushima Prefectural Police have arrested a 63-year-old homeless man for allegedly starting a fire inside a store restroom in Fukushima City
FUKUSHIMA (TR) – Fukushima Prefectural Police have arrested a 63-year-old homeless man for allegedly starting a fire inside a store restroom in Fukushima City.
According to TBS News (Sep. 8), Hideo Sato, an unemployed man of no fixed address, claimed he committed the act because he wanted to be sent to jail.
Sato is accused of using a lighter to set fire to a basket in the store’s toilet at around 3:00 p.m. on September 5. He was arrested on suspicion of property damage.
According to police, the store filed a damage report following the incident, but Sato later turned himself in at a local police station. Upon his arrest, he readily admitted to the allegations, reportedly telling investigators, “I wanted to go to prison.”
Authorities are now investigating Sato for other potential crimes. On the same day as the restroom incident, a separate fire broke out at a bicycle parking area of an apartment complex in the city, scorching a section of the building’s outer wall. Police are currently probing whether Sato was connected to that blaze as well.
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福岛（TR）——福岛县警方逮捕了一名63岁的流浪汉，他涉嫌在福岛市一家商店的洗手间内纵火。
据 TBS 新闻（9 月 8 日）报道，无业游民佐藤秀夫声称，他实施犯罪行为是因为他想被送进监狱。
佐藤被指控于9月5日下午3点左右用打火机点燃了商店厕所里的一个篮子。他因涉嫌破坏财物而被捕。
据警方称，事发后商店提交了损失报告，但佐藤后来向当地警察局自首。被捕后，他坦然承认了指控，据报道他告诉调查人员：“我想坐牢。”
当局目前正在调查佐藤是否涉嫌其他犯罪行为。就在厕所事件发生的同一天，该市一处公寓楼的自行车停放区发生火灾，烧毁了部分楼宇外墙。警方目前正在调查佐藤是否与这场火灾有关。
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