Firefighter dismissed for groping woman on bus; his third such offense

He’s very sorry…that he got caught again. Hopefully now he’ll be spending the next two years in lockup.

3 strikes and you're out, and just 21, how odd, as everyone expects it to be old pervert!

Third time, ye that’s right third, can you believe it? Well, he obviously a pervert no doubt addicted to vile online pornography. I hope his devices have been checked for more crimes, these types often film their crimes and are in online groups with other perverts.

Needs to put a hose on that flame!

I'm surprised they didn't fire him after the second time arrested if not the first.

"We take this case seriously and will work to prevent it from happening again."

Well, OBVIOUSLY they take it seriously! The first two times they let the sexual assault slide -- I mean, as we all do, right? -- and now instead of the prison time he should automatically be getting for committing yet another crime despite having his previous sentence suspended, he just gets begrudgingly let go. They could have prevented it from happening again twice so far, but hey -- they are taking it seriously!

The kid is addicted to groping no one in his right mind will do it while indicted and sentenced to two years in prison suspended for four years. The man is seriously, sick and need mental help.

Had his sentence not been suspended it would not have happened again, at least not yet.

Now he deserves 4 years jail, not suspended, with a clear warning that if he ever does it again it will be 25 years.

a 21-year-old firefighter after he was arrested on suspicion of groping a woman on a bus.

Just way too young to do such lewd act, it's more acceptable if he's middle age salary man.

October and November last year. He was subsequently indicted and sentenced to two years in prison suspended for four years in May.

Does putting him in jail without mental help guarantee he won't do it again after sentence completion?

Some Japanese men are creepy

Fire station chief Mitsuru Okada commented, "We take this case seriously and will work to prevent it from happening again."

What they MEANT was that now that it has happened three times they will NOW take it seriously. Moronic.

Fire station chief Mitsuru Okada commented, "We take this case seriously and will work to prevent it from happening again."

so, the first TWO times, wasn't taken seriously?

and sentenced to two years in prison suspended for four years in May.

2 years? apparently that didn't take?

 I am very sorry,

no, you're not

This firefighter damages image of all his coworkers because he can not control himself.

I thought that happens only in the porn movies hahaha

According to police, Narada was arrested twice before by police for groping women on buses — in October and November last year. I guess Narada took a four month break in between getting caught or perhaps he never stopped until he was caught! Now he is looking at a prison sentence. The weird thing is the fire station chief said "We take this case seriously and will work to prevent it from happening again." AGAIN? how many times was AGAIN?

A lot of you don't know, but in Japan, if you're willing to compensate the victim financially, they usually drop the charges depending on how serious the offense is. This is how suspects get away with crimes and without any serious punishments or criminal records.

"We take this case seriously and will work to prevent it from happening again."

After third time !! ?

Yah SURE.

After he has fulfilled his punishment, why waste his training? Place him in some rural area in the disaster response team or something. Someplace remote with hardly any women.

Let him atone for his sins by doing something useful...such as helping the old folks in rural areas whenever there is a disaster or something.

Or give him a job in the prison itself as a fire responder.