Public’s help sought in finding bank robber
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are asking the public’s help in identifying a man wanted in the robbery of the Aina Haina branch of Territorial Savings on Friday.
The man entered the bank at about 3 p.m. and handed a teller a note demanding money, police said. He left on foot in an unknown direction.
The suspect is described as being 40 to 50 years old, 5 feet 6 inches tall and 300 to 350 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and a large tattoo on his left forearm.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
Woman, 83, with Alzheimer’s goes missing
The Honolulu Police Department is looking for an 83-year-old woman who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease and has been missing since 6 a.m. Tuesday on Keeaumoku Street.
Police said Juliet Murata was last seen leaving her home on Keeaumoku Street. She suffers from Alzheimer’s and is in need of medication.
Murata has black and gray hair, is 4 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 99 pounds.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on cellular phone.
Man who died while free-diving identified
The city Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the 67-year-old Mililani man who died Sunday while free-diving in Yokohama Bay near Waianae as Robert Tamashiro.
An autopsy will be conducted today to determine cause of death.
Tamashiro’s body was found at 11:45 a.m. in an underwater cave by a fire rescue diver.
Tamashiro’s family said he often free-dived in the area. His car was found between Yokohama Bay, formally known as Keawaula Bay, and Makua Cave, said Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig.
Tamashiro was taken by rescue boat to the Waianae Small Boat Harbor.
Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful, Seelig said.
