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Cop charged with snatching second kid

Hiroyuki Tomita

A Fukuoka Prefectural Police officer charged with kidnapping a 9-year-old girl in Saga Prefecture last month was served a fresh warrant March 13 on suspicion that he abducted another schoolgirl in November.

Saga police took Hiroyuki Tomita, 25, into custody last month for allegedly abducting a 9-year-old girl in Tosu. He has been indicted on a charge of kidnapping with intent to commit an obscene act.

Tomita has denied the charge. The Fukuoka police have suspended him from duty.

The Saga police allege Tomita forced the other elementary school girl into his car Nov. 4 when she was on her way home from school in Tosu.

They believe Tomita drove around with her in Tosu for about an hour before releasing her a few hundred meters from where she was snatched.

The police said they identified Tomita's car on the basis of statements by the girl, who remembered the interior and other features of the vehicle.

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