Police ask for help in catching cigarette and booze thief

Honolulu police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect who took cigarettes and a bottle of liquor from a Nanakuli 7-Eleven store last month.

Police released security camera images and video of the suspect, who entered the store at about 9:50 p.m. Nov. 24, threatened workers and took several cartons of cigarettes and a bottle of liquor, police said.

The two videos released show the suspect entering the store. One video shows him without a mask, and the other video shows him with a blue bandanna covering his face. The suspect initially has trouble opening the door to the store because he tries to push it instead of pulling the door open.

In both videos the suspect is dressed in a gray hoodie with gray sweat pants and white athletic shoes.

The case is classified as a robbery.

Anyone with information on the suspect is asked to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 529-3111 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellphone.

Pedestrian hit by SUV critically hurt

A pedestrian in her 50s was transported to the Queen’s Medical Center in critical condition after she was struck by a sport utility vehicle Thursday night near Honolulu Airport.

Police said a man in his 20s driving an SUV traveling eastbound on Nimitz Highway at about 7 p.m. struck the pedestrian with the vehicle at 3131 N. Nimitz Highway. The pedestrian had been walking mauka across the highway.

She suffered head and internal trauma and was transported to Queen’s. Police said she was not in a crosswalk at the time of the accident.

The SUV driver was not injured. Police said speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the collision.

Truck strikes 1-year-old in Waianae

A 1-year-old girl was in critical condition after she was apparently run over by a truck Friday afternoon in Waianae, according to a Honolulu Emergency Medical Services report.

The incident took place at about 3:30 p.m. on Noholio Road. The girl was taken to a medical facility after being assessed and treated by paramedics. No additional information was available.

Driver flees after colliding with scooter

A white sport utility vehicle fled the scene of an accident Wednesday that involved a 22-year-old female motor scooter driver who was seriously injured, Honolulu police said.

The woman, who suffered leg fractures and head injuries, was taken to the Queen’s Medical Center.

The accident occurred at 6:30 p.m. on Kalakaua Avenue, a few feet north of Philip Street. Police said the motor scooter was traveling on Kalakaua Avenue when the sport utility vehicle made a wide right turn from Philip Street and sideswiped the scooter.

Police said the woman was not wearing a helmet.