Acupuncturist Arrested in Albuquerque

AN ALBUQUERQUE ACUPUNCTURIST IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ASSAULTING A FEMALE PATIENT. 69 YEAR OLD MEGUMI HIRAYAMA IS NOW IN CUSTODY AFTER TURNING HIMSELF IN THURSDAY MORNING. APD’S SIMON DROBIK SAYS THE INCIDENT ALLEGEDLY OCCURRED LAST AUGUST AT HIRAYAMA’S PRACTICE ON MONTGOMERY, NEAR JEFFERSON.

DROBIK SAYS DNA TESTING PROVED IT WAS HIRAYAMA’S DNA FOUND ON THE VICTIM. NOW APD IS ASKING OTHER VICTIMS TO COME FORWARD. :

DROBIK SAYS THE VICTIM WAS BADLY TRAUMATIZED BY THE INCIDENT. ACCORDING TO A CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, THE CHANCES THAT THE DNA IS NOT FROM HIRAYAMA ARE ONE IN 3.8 TRILLION.

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