The 26-year-old was charged with assaulting a pop star he allegedly tracked down online using her selfies and Google Street View.
TBSTokyo — Tokyo police have charged a 26-year-old unemployed man with injury caused by forcible indecency for allegedly assaulting a woman in Tokyo whom he tracked down using a combination of her own selfies and Google Street View.
By enlarging the photos, Sato was allegedly able to discern telling details indicating which train station the victim commuted from.
Triangulating these landmarks via Google Street View, he pinpointed the station and staked out his victim, police said.
Just before midnight on September 1, he allegedly attacked and molested the woman as she entered her building.