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Police are looking for a man who stole a vehicle Thursday with a 3-year-old girl inside.
The man took the vehicle in Waikiki around midnight, but the girl was let out of the vehicle unharmed a short distance away, police said.
Officers recovered the vehicle in Maili at about 1:45 a.m. Friday after it overturned in a ditch.
Police have opened a kidnapping and auto theft investigation. Anyone with information about the driver is asked to call police or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME from a cellphone.
Man charged with stealing from bank
A 31-year-old man has been charged with stealing from the First Hawaiian Bank branch in Kapahulu.
Fredrick Funaki Jr., of no local address, was charged Wednesday with second-degree theft. His bail was set at $25,000.
Police said Funaki entered the bank at about 9:30 a.m. Saturday, demanded money and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
He was arrested at about 6 p.m. Monday at Crane Community Park. Police initially opened a second-degree robbery case, but the charge was reduced to theft. Use or threat of force is a requirement for a robbery charge under state law.
According to a felony charging document, Funaki took more than $300 from the branch. If convicted, he could be sentenced to an extended term of imprisonment because he is a persistent offender with two or more felony convictions, the document said.
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