Man charged with stealing backpacks from 2 bus passengers
A man with a violent history is back behind bars after police said he injured two people while stealing their backpacks on a city bus Thursday.
Andrey Lake, 38, was charged Friday with second-degree robbery. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Wednesday.
According to a police affidavit filed in District Court on Monday, two males were riding bus route 65 from downtown to Kaneohe when Lake told one of them that he was going to steal his backpack.
Lake grabbed the backpack from the victim’s lap and started rifling through it, the affidavit says. The victim ran to tell the driver who stopped the bus on Kamehameha Highway in Kaneohe.
Then Lake grabbed the other male’s bag and fled with both sacks on Kamehameha Highway, the affidavit says. Both victims were injured as they struggled with Lake to hold onto their belongings.
Nearby, a police officer noticed Lake trying to flee and detained him at Kaneohe Community Park about 11:30 a.m. Thursday.
In 2004, Lake was convicted of using a tree branch to hit a woman in the head, splitting her head open. Eight men were sentenced for their roles in the January 2002 murder of the woman, Tracey Tominaga, who was violently beaten and strangled in Makakilo over a drug robbery.
Lake was sentenced to two five-year terms for second-degree assault and hindering prosecution.
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And he’s out among us? “Catch and Release”
catch and release? come on now it’s not inconceivable, Criminal Illegal migrants are caught and release breaking laws every day in the US.
Any relation to Bucky Lake??
Before being released from prison, doesn’t the system assess if they would still be a danger to the community? Or maybe they assessed they still present a danger to the community, yet they cannot hold them longer than they were sentenced. What happened to Adult Probation Division? Community always fry and ridicule the court system within reason, but I would think the Adult Probation Division affords the community the last safety valve when these predators are released to their communities. Oh yeah, too much ex-cons on probation that are a danger to their community, but what does the community expect from an overworked and ineffective system that cannot protect it’s citizens. Oh yeah, throw more of our money to them so when a stupid, dangerous ex con rips us off, we won’t have any money in our bags to give them.
There is also the Parole Board and not only the court system. In my opinion, I think these three departments need to work better together or share the blame for these “early catch and release” scenario that present dangers to us. You can slide with the court system, but parole board should be given the powers to really pass judgement on them while in custody and last valve of safety will be adult probation who will be responsible for their behavior once released. I didn’t think these three players are playing nicely together or even if ongoing dialogue are maintained or exist. I believe the public either blasts one department or system at a time when the public should be raising ire with all three to force then to all sit down and redefine their justice and correctional systems and judicial responsibilities.