Cash for school trip pocket money Arrested 25-year-old teacher on suspicion of stealing September 17 19:29
The police arrested the school's 25-year-old teacher on suspicion of theft on the 17th, in a case where the cash, etc. that had been deposited from children as a pocket money for school excursions was lost from the safe at an elementary school in Nara City.
Arrested by a teacher of Tomo Kita Elementary School, Nara City, Susumu Higashiura (25).
According to the police, Higashiura teacher has been suspected of stealing 330,000 yen of cash previously deposited from children from the principal's safe in order to give them as pocket money for school trips from late April to early May. .
In May, another teacher noticed that the cash was gone, and the police were investigating by talking to the school officials and analyzing the video from the security camera.
The key to the principal's safe was placed on an unlocked shelf in the staff room, and Higashiura accused the investigation of "stealing it to repay the debt".
From the same vault, 50,000 yen for college students' practical training has been lost, and the police are investigating the relationship.