Escapee charged in connection with robbery

Police arrested a Kahi Mohala Behavioral Health escapee in connection with a robbery in Mililani.

Gregory A. Labar was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of second-degree robbery, second-degree escape and four warrants. He remains in custody pending further investigation.

Just after 4:15 p.m. Monday, police said, the suspect later identified as Labar used physical force against a 61-year-old woman in the commission of theft at the Town Center of Mililani.

Police arrived and arrested him shortly after.

On the night of Sept. 28, Labar escaped from court-­ordered custody at Kahi Mohala in Ewa Beach. A Kauai circuit judge had committed Labar, suspected of terroristic threatening, to the custody of the Department of Health after he was found unfit to stand trial.

He was first admitted to the Hawaii State Hospital and later transferred to Kahi Mohala. When he was discovered missing, the facility reported Labar’s escape to authorities, and an alert was issued.

Police arrested Labar in November for being in a Waikiki park after hours but released him a day later without knowledge of his Kahi Mohala escape.

On Jan. 5 Labar was charged with second-degree escape, and a $20,000 bench warrant was issued for his arrest.

Second-degree escape, a Class C felony, carries penalties of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Woman arrested after shots fired at landlord

A 28-year-old North Kohala woman was arrested Monday after Hawaii island police said she fired gunshots when her property owner tried to evict her and her husband.

The suspect was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening in connection with the shooting.

At about 9:45 a.m. Monday, patrol officers responded to a report of a gunshot on a property in the 55-3500 block of Alaalae Road in Hawi.

Police said the woman and her husband, 27, became combative when the owner, a 65-year-old man, attempted to evict them. When the owner left the area, the woman allegedly fired a single shot.

No injuries were reported.

Police responded and arrested the woman’s husband on suspicion of second-degree terroristic threatening.

The woman shut herself inside a parked vehicle and refused to exit while alluding that she had a firearm, police said.

Officers shut down Alaalae Road, and the Hawaii Police Department’s Special Response Team, including crisis negotiators, responded.

Police said the suspect fired two additional gunshots, one of which struck the response team’s armored vehicle.

Just after 5:10 p.m. the suspect surrendered to police.

Detectives executed a search warrant on the vehicle the woman had been in and recovered a shotgun, a rifle, a semi-automatic handgun, spent ammunition casings and numerous rounds of unspent ammunition.