Police and Fire

Police seek robber who hit store twice

Police are seeking the public’s help in finding a man who robbed the Nana­kuli Fastop twice in February.

In both robberies the man approached the cashier, brandished a handgun, demanded money and left on foot in an unknown direction, police said. The robberies happened at about 3:30 a.m. Feb. 14 and about 1:45 a.m. Wednesday.

The robber is described as 20 to 30 years old, 5 feet 8 to 6 feet tall, 160 to 200 pounds, with coarse black hair and dark eyes.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME from a cellphone.

Woman is wanted for using stolen card

Police are asking for help to find a woman who used a stolen debit card on Oahu last month.

The woman used the card to withdraw money and make purchases at Safeway, Walmart, First Hawaiian Bank and Bank of Hawaii on Feb. 11. She used the card between 5:55 a.m. and 11:28p.m. that day.

She is in her 20s, about 5 feet 4 to 5 feet 6 inches tall, about 100 to 120 pounds, and has long black hair and brown eyes.

Man, 48, arrested in quarrel over boat

A dispute between boat owners at Sand Island led to a man’s arrest Friday morning.

Police said one man, 48, got angry about a 23-year-old man anchoring his boat near the Sand Island marina at about 9:30 p.m. Thursday.

The first man confronted the second man and assaulted him using what police described only as a dangerous instrument, detectives said. The victim was treated at a hospital and released, police said.

The suspect was arrested at the marina and is being held on suspicion of attempted murder, assault and criminal property damage.

Thief swipes truck from gas station

Police were looking for a man who stole a truck from a customer at the Chevron gas station Friday near Kahala Mall.

The man got into a truck parked at a gas pump with the keys in the ignition and drove off before the truck’s owner could stop him, said Kinis Eria, a Chevron cashier who witnessed the theft.

She said the thief was in the store only moments earlier, lingering a bit too long before eventually buying a drink and a candy bar. The thief walked outside and got into the truck while the truck’s owner was in line in the store.

The owner cautiously went out to his vehicle as if he thought the man was making a mistake, Eria said, but had to jump out of the way as the driver took off.

He ran after his white vehicle but couldn’t stop the man.

Police opened an attempted murder and auto theft case.