50-Year-Old Man Discharges Electronic Ankle Monitor and Strap; Arrest Warrant Issued After Threatening Knife Rampage (Roundup)
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Soo-yeon = A man in his 50s who threatened a knife rampage after draining and turning off his electronic ankle monitor during the interim stalking measure period has been arrested by the police.
A man in his 50s has been arrested by police for calling a probation office, threatening a knife rampage, and then turning off the power of an electronic ankle monitor while wearing it on suspicion of stalking. The Jongno Police Station in Seoul announced on the 1st that it had emergency arrested Mr. G, a man in his 50s, on charges of violating the enforcement of the electronic monitoring device requirement for stalking.
Controversy continues regarding the effectiveness of electronic ankle bracelets, which track the location of criminals in real time and monitor violations of restraining orders. Amidst repeated incidents where criminals damaged their ankle bracelets to escape or committed murder while wearing them, a recent incident has occurred in which a stalker stopped the device by failing to charge it and threatened a knife rampage. Critics point out that…
A man in his 50s who turned off his electronic ankle monitor after warning of a knife rampage targeting the Blue House and other locations has been arrested by the police. According to the police on the 2nd, the Jongno Police Station in Seoul emergency arrested Mr. A, a man in his 50s, on the previous day on charges of damaging his electronic ankle monitor. Mr. A is accused of turning off his ankle monitor after telling his probation officer, "I…
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