[Cubeoid]

Friday, May 14, 2004 at 05:59 JST
SAPPORO � A 34-year-old man, who was on the wanted list on suspicion of stealing a DVD video recorder worth 40,000 yen from an electric appliance shop in Sapporo in April, gave himself up to police Thursday after being chased by 18 police vehicles and two helicopters for 17 hours.


Yasuyuki Suzuki was spotted Wednesday afternoon in Otaru. After 17 hours of being pursued, he called a police station on his cell phone and said, "I give up. I'm yours." A police officer said, "We could have arrested him earlier if we had skimmed our vehicles against his, but we were afraid of involving the public." (Kyodo News)

[Lateralus]

...for something worth $335 USD?

[AKcrab]

He wanted to finish LOTR before he surrendered.

Thanks, I'll be here all week.

[Cubeoid]

Japanese police officers cream their pants when anything other happens then somebody asking them where the nearest McDonalds is.