American tourist arrested in Japan for defacing a religious shrine …
A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan after being accused of vandalizing a shrine. Steve Lee Hayes was ... pillar of Meiji shrine gate in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward around 11am on ...
American tourist arrested over defacing of Meiji Shrine torii gate
1 day ago · The arrest stems from an incident that occurred around 11:15 a.m. on Tuesday, when Hayes allegedly used his fingernails to etch five letters into one of the shrine’s wooden torii gates.
American tourist arrested in Japan for allegedly defacing shrine gate
1 day ago · An American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a pillar of a gate to a shrine in Tokyo. Steve Lee Hayes, 65, was arrested on Wednesday on suspicion of property ...
American tourist arrested for allegedly defacing gate at Tokyo shrine
19 hours ago · A 65-year-old American tourist has been arrested in Japan for allegedly carving letters into a torii gate at a Tokyo shrine. The suspect, Steve Lee Hayes, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of ...
American tourist arrested in Tokyo for vandalizing Meiji Shrine gate
1 day ago · Steve Lee Hayes has reportedly admitted to writing “his family member’s names” on the pillar of a torii gate at the Meiji Shrine in the Shibuya ward of Tokyo on Tuesday, the Japan Times ...
Tokyo police arrest American tourist for allegedly defacing shrine …
1 day ago · Nov. 14 (UPI) --Tokyo authorities arrested a 65-year-old U.S. tourist for allegedly defacing the gate of a local shrine. Police detained the suspect, identified as Steven Lee Hayes, at his hotel ...
U.S. Tourist Arrested for Vandalizing Historic Shrine in Tokyo
1 day ago · Steve Lee Hayes, 65, allegedly carved five letters into the wooden pillar of a traditional Japanese gate, known as a torii gate, at the entrance to the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward ...
Police arrest US man for scratching letters into Japanese shrine
1 day ago · Staff at the Meiji Jingu shrine, constructed in 1920 to honour the spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife Empress Shoken, discovered the damage the same day and alerted police, who arrested Hayes ...
American man arrested for defacing Tokyo's Meiji Jingu shrine
2 days ago · Police said Wednesday they have arrested a 65-year-old American male for allegedly defacing Meiji Jingu shrine in Tokyo earlier this week by using his fingernails to scratch letters in a torii gate there. Steve Hayes, who arrived in Japan for a holiday with his family on Monday, claimed he was writing his family members' names as a prank ...
Japan police arrest American tourist, 65, accused of defacing one …
Steve Hayes, a 65-year-old American, was holidaying in Japan with his family and arrived in the country on Monday. He visited one of Tokyo’s most famous shrines, Meiji Jingu, and allegedly ...
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