Plumber arrested for obsessive phone calls

Published: May 26, 2008 at 8:22 PM
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TOKYO, Jersey, May 26 (UPI) -- A Japanese plumber was arrested for allegedly tying up a phone line for 3,000 hours so he could hear the recorded voice of a woman, police said.

Tokyo resident, Hiroyuki Nomoto, 38, was accused of dialing a toll-free number of a food company about 500 times to listen to a woman speak on a recorded message, Sky News reported Monday.

"The company has the number for 24-hour order-taking with a female voice. He said he wanted to hear a woman's voice," a police spokesman said.

Nomoto was arrested for allegedly obstructing the business of the company, which is based in the city of Takasaki.


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