Suspicion of indecency to a baby girl Babysitter arrest for app dispatch June 12 17:35
A babysitter that had been dispatched through a matching app was arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department for being obscene with a 5-year-old girl at an apartment in Meguro-ku, Tokyo. Another man has been arrested for committing an obscene act on the app.
The person arrested was Ken Arai (30), whose occupation in Kamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo, is unknown.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, from late April to last month, there was a suspicion of forced obscene activity, such as touching the body of a 5-year-old girl in a mansion in Meguro Ward, which was dispatched as a babysitter, etc. I am.
At that time, the girl's mother was working at home due to the influence of the new coronavirus, so she requested the dispatch of Suspect Arai eight times through a matching app that introduces babysitters.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, it seems that the girl repeatedly touched the body of the man in the condominium that the mother could not see and in the toilet in the nearby park.
In response to the investigation, after admitting the suspicion, he stated that he could not hold back his feelings.
Arai was qualified as a nursery teacher and a kindergarten teacher, and was registered with the matching app that introduces babysitters in July, Otoshitoshi.
Another man dispatched with the same app
Another 29-year-old man who was registered in the same matching app as Ken Arai who was arrested this time has also been arrested by the Metropolitan Police Department for having acted obscenely with his child.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, Susumu Akinori Hashimoto (29), whose address is undecided and unemployed, was arrested in April last year because he acted obscenely, such as touching the body of a 5-year-old boy in an apartment in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. In September and November of last year, he was arrested again on the 10th for being obscene with another boy who lives in Adachi Ward.
It is said that Hashimoto had a childcare worker qualification, was registered in the matching app around July last year, and has been involved in childcare for about 80 children so far.
It is said that the app operating company has a system that accepts inquiries 24 hours a day, and regularly checks the career of the babysitter and the status of qualifications.