KANAGAWA (TR) – Kangawa Prefectural Police have arrested a 34-year-old man over the alleged rape of an elementary school girl in Sagamihara City last year, reports TBS News (Feb. 8).
In September, Ayato Yamaguchi, of no known occupation, is suspected of luring the 8-year-old girl onto the grounds of a vacant house in Chuo Ward. He then sexually assaulted her.
“I got aroused after drinking alcohol,” the suspect was quoted by police in admitting to the allegations.
Just before the incident, the girl was on her way out to buy a present for her father. After the assault, she ran to her elementary school, where a teacher at the school called police.
Police later identified Yamaguchi as a suspect and put him on a wanted list in November.
On February 6, Yamaguchi’s mother reported that she had seen her son at a drugstore. Police officers searched the area arrested Yamaguchi in the parking lot of a convenience store.
During questioning, Yamaguchi admitted to the charges, saying, “I did it, there’s no doubt about it.”
