In Fujisawa, Kanagawa, an elderly man has been arrested for stealing more than 1,400 books and magazines from a local public library.. Apparently he repeatedly stole the books and magazines, which range from novels and philosophy books..
Tomio Okawa, 73, a pensioner from Fujisawa, when asked why he did it, told this to the authorities..
“I love books, and I wanted to keep the books in case I couldn’t visit the library,”
Local police have confiscated from Okawa’s home 1,469 books and magazines that belong to the Fujisawa City Library… The man must be one heck of a thief, or the librarians are totally blind to not spot the accumulating missing books..
I wonder what happened that leads to his arrest.. He took so much books that he can open his own library.. But that might lead to a “library war”.. XD
Well, at least he took only books, a very good bookworm.. And it’s still better than being a pantsu thief.. (‘ ~ ‘)
Source: Xorsyst, Mainichi Daily News
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ok even if i accept his reason for stealing but why didn’t he return the books after reading? or maybe he is just lying, he just want to keep the books for himself.
@ gordon: I think so too.. He collected alot of book from the library which means he went to the library alot of times..
What a liar..