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Bystanders capture robbery suspect at Ward complex

By Star-Advertiser staff

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LAST UPDATED: 04:07 p.m. HST, May 13, 2012



The action wasn't only on the big screen Saturday evening at the Ward Entertainment Center, where a real-life drama unfolded on the sidewalk outside the busy movie theater complex.

Bystanders captured a 24-year-old Makiki man who allegedly snatched a 53-year-old woman's purse.

Police said the man used force to take the purse from the woman who was sitting on a bench about 6:45 p.m.

The man tried to run, but witnesses who saw the commotion caught and detained the man until officers arrived.

Police arrested him in front of the Bucca di Beppo restaurant for investigation of second-degree robbery.






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livinginhawaii wrote:
Can you please post a pic of this criminal??
on May 13,2012 | 05:53PM
dennisgecko wrote:
Mahalo to the bystanders. They did not just stand by and allow this criminial get away.
on May 14,2012 | 04:38AM
Publicbraddah wrote:
I hope they wen buss up the guy before turning him over to HPD. Good going guys!
on May 14,2012 | 08:55AM
RandyC73 wrote:
ANOTHER ONE BITE'S THE DUST! GOOD JOB
on May 14,2012 | 09:38AM
Hapa_Haole_Boy wrote:
Good job to the bystanders. Right on bruddahs!
on May 14,2012 | 09:42AM
Oye_Como_Va wrote:
We need more people to step forward a rid these islands of vermin such as the 24 year-old Makiki thief. It would have been greater if the HPD were the ones who stopped this individual however that would have been asking too much of the men in blue who know that the business areas from Waikiki through Kakaako are prime grounds for thieves and crime. It may be time for government to institute 'caning' laws like they have in Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei. It just may be the answer to the governor's prison population reduction issue.
on May 14,2012 | 10:40AM
kailua000 wrote:
Sometimes people just get fed up and step in and do the right thing. Way to go. Gotta say enough is enough.
on May 14,2012 | 10:41AM
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