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A 37-year-old man, who allegedly broke into a 76-year-old woman’s University-area high-rise apartment, fell to his death this morning while trying to flee, Honolulu police said.
The man entered the apartment, but fled when the woman awoke at 5:07 a.m., police said. While trying to escape, the man fell out of a window and died, police said.
The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man Thursday as Richard Hong of Honolulu, but did not release a cause of death.
Police classified the case as a first-degree burglary and an unattended death.
Breaking into high rise apartments? Ballsy .. and dangerous.Too many movies and TV shows for this guy.
Nut job.
Darwin Award winner.
Sounds like a typical plot out of a Hawaii Five O episode.
Well at least he did the taxpayers a favor !
No need to clog court system, no need to rearrest him because if he was caught the judges don’t really do anything.
HE DIED DOING WHAT HE LIKED TO DO!
“The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man Thursday as Richard Hong of Honolulu, but did not release a cause of death”…….sudden impact?……
Stupidity???
it wasn’t the fall–it was the sudden stop.
True!
One less criminal in this world.
Plus big savings from not having to pay his room and board for 20 years.
agree
Great news. I am very happy to know here is one less burglar scumbag on Oahu.
“Great news” that a man died?
You are definitely a Trump supporter! Sociopaths have to stick together!
THAT kind of man…yes. Victimizing senior citizens.
Yes, of course. At least you’re not trying to hide or disguise your loathsome racism.
Klastri – Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
And, this comment sums up the mentality of many posters on this forum. Perhaps you should go back to Oklahoma or Mississippi where the Trumpanzees appreciate your wit.
I normally disagree with you but I agree with you “that a man died”.
GOD – tried Convicted and passes sentence on Him. What does Trump have to do with that?
IRT klastri: why didn’t you Blame on Bush, Like other of your Clan?
He was Chinese and his race seems irrelevant here. Chinese have done very well in Hawaii as a general rule.
It costs the taxpayers $40,000 per year to keep a criminal in prison. That money can go to better use in our schools. So, the more criminals kill themselves off, the better for society. If you want them saved, you take care of these criminals yourself and see how long it takes them to rob and steal from you.
klastri and cellodad busting out the ignorant racism defense again. Real racism is when you mistreat or deny an opportunity someone due to their race. He was simply profiling, not acting out in a traditional racist way where he would deny a person of color a job or certain rights. I guess Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle are racists in your book too for profiling black people even though they’re both black themselves. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chappelle Go pound sand with your phony racism arguments!
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The 76 year old lady is lucky that instead of going back through the window he didn’t get violent and maybe even kill her. If that was your mother I don’t think you would be singing the same tune.
Not great news… but the “Law of Karma” has prevailed and justice has been served.
He’s doing his part to make America great again.
His reward for stealing.
glad that the cosmic forces came together to eliminate this person–thank you for the power of the “bachi” meting out justice–how unfortunate it would have been if the story was that a unknown burglary assaulted and battered a 76 year old grandmother to death– one less piece of XXXX we have to worry about–more stories like this is welcome such the cooper thief is severely burned while trying to steal cooper wire from city street lights–I love the power of the universe to carry out justice
Talk about BACHI…
More like gravity, amirite?
That’s awesome. Let this be a lesson to other burglars. Unless of course they break into klastris apt. Then that’s ok as he condones this type of behavior as a leftist sucking the teat of government
Lol. Amen.
hahaha, soo true, Klastri would have even helped him fill out a welfare application and hooked him up with Section-8 housing and then walked him over to Krook Caldwells office for an endorsement photo-op of outstanding citizenship as long as he votes “D” in the election!
The cause of death obviously was there sudden stop after the fall.
klastri : I do not support Trump but I don’t feel sorry for this person dying. He did it by his own hand. You and your bleeding heart supporters have been crying for years and this type of behavior is over. This guy is a POS and deserves what he got. I am disabled and use a electric scooter to get around with because I don’t want to burden society because I have MS. I also carry a gun when I go out why because scum bags like this run freely because of bleeding heart people like yourself. Trust me I would not hesitate to put a bullet between his eyes. It’s called GUN CONTROL ( hitting what you aim at ).
Cat burglar who used up his 8 previous lives will now meet his maker! Should have never left the islands!
May God have mercy on his soul!
AMEN!
Justice has been served.
Case Closed.
Yeah but he just cost us, taxpayers, about $3000-5000. The medico-legal investigation of unattended death is quite expensive. It would have been cheaper if the punk had decided to take AP classes in school and become an engineer or get an MBA.
That’s cheaper than 3-5K a month having to house,feed,provide medical services and a lawyer. It’s unfortunate that he died, but by age 37, he should have had a J-O-B and not rely on STEALING from anyone.
You obviously never counted the thousands it’ll cost to have him arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated which would have cost an average of $90,000 the first year and an additional $70k+ annually. Definitely another inept voter blinded by the inept “D” politicians he cheers and votes for.
Not to mention the cost to everyone who has to pay for a burglar alarm, motion sensors and cameras just to have peace of mind that while we’re at work trying to make a living (which this scumbag obviously wasn’t doing) someone like him won’t break in and steal everything of value that we own. That’s a cost that a lot of good, law-abiding citizens have to deal with.
Death penalty for burglary is harsh, at least for the first burglary. For multiples It would be good.
We just don’t know his history yet. For all we know if he might be a serial offender. When you have incompetent federal judges like self proclaimed federal judge Kastri whom let’s every registered Democrat criminal walk, we might never know how many times he’s committed crimes unless they grant access to his rap sheet.
The Medical Examiner will say the cause of death was his wings failed to deploy.
Clinton would have said he committed suicide.
“My son is a good boy, he never do nothing bad”.
Don’t upset the mother Klastri and the father NanakuliBoss. Both are mourning immensely over another future Democrats passing.
…and the 76 year old woman? – she’s terrified.
Good news is that the 76 year old woman is in good health and will no longer be a victim of the deceased. If there is a God then I guess he passed judgement on this criminal.
Finally something good happens! It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving type of person…
SA, please do a follow up story of the life story/history of Richard Hong…..cover EVERYTHING from his birth to his death……..make us feel sorry that Life dealt him an unfair hand……
Cover his birth family and any heirs he left behind………..follow up in 6 months to see if survivors are still grieving……take a picture of his grave site too. I wanna know……………I wanna feel sympathy for this potential friend I never knew.
My heart just bleeds for this Child of God who made wrong choices…….maybe I’ll meet him on the other side of Heaven and hear his story of sadness and woe and why Life was unfair to him?…..iwannaknow
bwahahahahaha….best post I have read all week I wannaknowtoo…
I dont feel sorry for him, he got what he deserved.