Drunk unlocks police car with own key




YOKOSUKA, Kanagawa -- A man who unlocked a police investigation vehicle with his own car key while drunk, then drove to an empty lot and fell asleep in the vehicle has been arrested, police said.

The man Shinichi Kiyono, 32, was arrested on suspicion of theft following the incident, which occurred in Yokosuka early on Wednesday. He said he did not initially realize he was not in his own car.

"I was at a year-end party and I mistook the vehicle for my own one. My key opened the door and the engine started as well," Kiyono was quoted as telling investigators after his arrest.

When police tested the key, they found that it could be used in both vehicles.Investigators said Kiyono got into the investigation car at the Uraga Police Station in Yokosuka at about 6 a.m. on Wednesday, then drove two kilometers to an empty lot where he fell asleep.

When he awoke at about 8 a.m., he realized that the car wasn't his, and turned himself in to police. It was subsequently realized that the vehicle was one that was used for police investigatons.

Kiyono told police that he had been drinking from the previous evening, and when police tested him he was found to an alcohol level of 0.4 milligrams of alcohol per liter of expelled breath.

Kiyono's car and the investigation vehicle were of the same make and gray color, but the models were different. Police said there was no evidence suggesting that either the key or the vehicle had been tampered with.

A spokesman for Nissan Motor Co., the maker of the vehicles, said the firm produced more than 20,000 types of keys for its vehicles, and that it was almost impossible for separate keys to be used in different cars, even if they were the same model, but that it was not impossible for keys to very occasionally fit other cars. (Mainichi Shimbun, Japan, Dec. 18, 2003)


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That's funny! In high school there were two guys who had the same truck....Jason and Chad. Well Jason could unlock Chad's truck and even start the truck but Chad couldn't do the same with Jason's. Well, Jason being the practical prankster he was often moved Chad's truck - and Chad would have to search all the while cursing Jason. It was quite comical!