Police captured two of three Waiawa Correctional Facility escapees in Waimanalo on Thursday after they allegedly robbed a pair of visitors at Kailua beach.
Kekoa Aspera, 25, and Kamaka Villegas, 34, were at Kailua beach at about 11:45 a.m. when one of them allegedly assaulted a 51-year-old woman and took her belongings, police said.
They fled in a stolen car.
Police were looking for the robbery suspects and caught them in Waimanalo at about 12:30 p.m. Only then did they realize the two were the Waiawa escapees.
Police arrested Aspera on suspicion of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and escape.
Villegas was arrested on suspicion of robbery, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and escape.
The two had been on the run since at least 9 p.m. Tuesday when prison guards at Waiawa Correctional Facility discovered them missing during a head count.
A third escapee, Brian Aquino, 31, is still at large. He is serving a sentence for first-degree burglary.
Anyone with information on Aquino’s whereabouts is asked to call police.
Blaze aboard fishing boat put out
The Honolulu Fire Department extinguished a fire Thursday afternoon aboard an 80-foot longline fishing vessel moored at Pier 38 in Honolulu Harbor.
Firefighters responded to a report of smoke and flames coming out of the front of the Elizabeth at 1:53 p.m., fire Capt. David Jenkins said.
Nine fire companies with 35 firefighters worked to first douse the vessel with water. They then deployed compressed-air foam to put out the blaze on the boat’s interior, Jenkins said.
The fire was extinguished at 3:47 p.m. No injuries or fuel spills were reported, Jenkins said, and the boat continues to float. The cause of the fire and cost of the damage is unavailable, he said.
Pearl City restaurant robbed
Police are investigating a robbery that occurred Wednesday at a restaurant in Pearl City.
Shortly before 9:50 p.m., police said, a male suspect entered the restaurant, brandished a handgun and demanded money from employees.
The suspect fled after the victims gave him an undisclosed amount of money. No injuries were reported and no arrests have been made.
