Man held in robbery had gun, police say

A 21-year-old man has been charged with felony robbery after taking two musubis from a Mililani Foodland, police said.

On Monday, Seth Buhl-Howard, 21, of no local address, appeared before District Judge Linda Luke, who upheld the charge of first-degree robbery against him and forwarded Buhl-Howard’s case to Circuit Court. Buhl-Howard was being held at Oahu Community Correctional Center, unable to post $25,000 bail.

First-degree robbery is a Class A felony, punishable by up to 20 years in prison.

Buhl-Howard allegedly took two musubis from the hot-meals section of the Kipapa Drive store at about 8:15 a.m. June 14 and placed them into a pocket of his jacket.

When the store director, who had stopped Buhl-Howard for shoplifting before, approached him and demanded the musubis back, Buhl-Howard displayed the butt of a metal handgun, a police affidavit filed in District Court said.

Buhl-Howard walked out of the store and was stopped by responding officers. An officer searching Buhl-Howard found the gun and two musubis in his jacket, the court document said.

Moped crash has man in critical condition

A 58-year-old man was in critical condition in a hospital after being thrown from his moped Sunday night near the Hawai‘i Convention Center.

The accident occurred at 8:35 p.m. when the moped driver was traveling mauka on Atkinson Drive and was making a turn onto Kapiolani Boulevard, police said.

The moped driver lost control of his moped and was ejected from his vehicle, police said.

He was not wearing a helmet.

Pedestrian hit by vehicle and badly injured

A 77-year-old female pedestrian was critically injured Monday evening when she was struck by a vehicle in an area fronting 1523 Piikoi St., according to city Emergency Medical Services officials.

The incident was reported shortly after 7:30 p.m., EMS said.

The woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition, EMS said.

No further details were available.