In his final year of elementary school, he was caught on numerous occasions for stealing, and was eventually sent to juvenile court, where he was sentenced to three years in a juvenile reformatory and training school for corrective education.
國小六年級時，一而再、再而三的偷竊失手被捉，好幾次後，他就被送到法院少年法庭審理，判入撫育院受感化教育三年。