"Glass Cups from the Sky..." Woman in Her 30s Arrested for Throwing Objects From Pyeongtaek Apartment for Six Days

"Admitted to throwing objects, saying she was 'under a lot of stress'
Police filmed the scene to pinpoint where they were thrown from"

A woman in her 30s who repeatedly threw dishes and glass cups from a high floor of an apartment building in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, was apprehended after an intensive police investigation.

Yonhap News reported on October 18 that the Pyeongtaek Police Station had apprehended the woman, identified only as A, on suspicion of special assault.

A police line is in place at an apartment in Godeok-dong, Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, where an object-throwing incident occurred. Yonhap News.

A is accused of throwing ceramic dishes and glass cups from her apartment unit in Godeok-dong, Pyeongtaek, onto the ground four or five times between October 12 and 3 p.m. on October 17, when she was apprehended. Fortunately, no one was injured, but a passerby struck by an object falling from a high floor could have suffered serious injuries.

As a result, the apartment management office posted a notice to residents on October 13 informing them of the object-throwing incidents and urging them to be cautious when passing through the area. After receiving a report on October 12, police installed a police line around the landing area to keep residents away and increased patrols. They also used the locations where the objects had landed to trace where they had been thrown from.

However, it was difficult to identify the suspect because the apartment building has dozens of floors and there were no closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the location that could capture the objects being thrown. Believing there could be further incidents over the weekend, police set up a tripod at the scene at around 9 a.m. on October 17 and continuously filmed the building's exterior with a mobile phone. They captured another object falling and used the footage to identify the unit from which it had been thrown.

Police entered the unit and found items similar to those thrown earlier. A reportedly admitted during questioning that she had thrown the objects, saying that she had been under a lot of stress.

Police determined that A might commit further offenses, taking her health condition into account, and arranged for her emergency hospitalization with the cooperation of her guardian. They said they could not disclose details of her medical history.

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