Bicycle Samaritan

[Mulboyne]

An unemployed 62 year old man has been arrested for interfering with bicycles left in a lot near a bus stop in Kobe. Police were astonished to discover he would polish them up. repair them and give them new locks. They have confirmed he didn't sell any of them or do anything for any monetary gain. The man has admitted to interfering with around 50 bikes and said he did so because he thought they "looked sad" lying around in the lot. Japan's netizens are talking about him as the "mysterious bicycle lot ghost" or the "Mother Teresa of bikes". They are also wondering exactly what he did wrong if the bikes he handled had actually been abandoned.

Link (Japanese)

[Ganma]

What a pity he didn't meet this cop. They could have gone into business together.

Police to send papers on 'thieving cop'

YOKOHAMA--Police said they will send papers to prosecutors over a senior police officer who allegedly stole a bicycle because he was worried about being late for work.

The Kanagawa prefectural police will punish the police officer, whose duties include preventing bicycle thefts.

The policeman, 25, of Takatsu Police Station, allegedly stole a bicycle parked outside a video rental shop in Saiwai Ward, Kawasaki, on the morning of Aug. 3 and rode it two kilometers to Kashimada Station on the JR Nambu Line. The bicycle belonged to a part-time worker at the store. ...

[Taro Toporific]

.... Japan's netizens are talking about him as the "mysterious bicycle lot ghost" or the "Mother Teresa of bikes".
Link (Japanese)

I couldn't help but post my photo of Mother Teresa on a bike.

[wuchan]

What a pity he didn't meet this cop. They could have gone into business together.

Police to send papers on 'thieving cop'

YOKOHAMA--Police said they will send papers to prosecutors over a senior police officer who allegedly stole a bicycle because he was worried about being late for work.

The Kanagawa prefectural police will punish the police officer, whose duties include preventing bicycle thefts.

The policeman, 25, of Takatsu Police Station, allegedly stole a bicycle parked outside a video rental shop in Saiwai Ward, Kawasaki, on the morning of Aug. 3 and rode it two kilometers to Kashimada Station on the JR Nambu Line. The bicycle belonged to a part-time worker at the store. ...

Something seems odd here...

[Ganma]

Something seems odd here...

The older ones have all been arrested for panty theft.

[BigInJapan]