Police capture state hospital escapee
COURTESY CRIMESTOPPERS
Allen Pitts
Police arrested a 47-year-old man in Waikiki who had escaped from the Hawaii State Hospital Saturday night.
At 11:10 p.m. on Monday, officers arrested Allen Pitts at or near the Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort on Kalia Road.
Pitts faces charges of second-degree escape and promotion of a detrimental drug in the third-degree.
State hospital staff discovered Pitts was missing during a bed check at 8 a.m. Sunday. He escaped from the facility Saturday night after he broke a window and fled.
Pitts was committed to the hospital by court order for two separate incidents.
In 2013, Pitts stole a dump truck with an attached trailer, led police on a chase up and down Kalakaua Avenue along Kapiolani Park, damaging cars. He struck a coconut tree, jumped out of the truck and into the ocean. Officers arrested him off Sans Souci Beach.
He was charged with unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, reckless endangering and three counts of criminal property damage.
In 2014, a judge found Pitts not guilty by reason of physical or mental disorder and committed him to the state hospital.
His attorney said he was doing well when he applied and was granted conditional release in July 2015. He was living in a halfway house but Pitts “was out and about” for approximately two to three weeks.
The court issued a bench warrant in January and Pitts turned himself into police at the Waikiki substation. While there, he got into an altercation. On Apr. 19, he was indicted for assaulting a police officer and harassment.
In August, he was sent back to the state hospital after a panel of doctors determined he was unfit to proceed to trial.
8 responses to “Police capture state hospital escapee”
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We are fortunate he did not kill someone. Please restrain and mon itor this man. He seems to be a menace.
Sometimes you wonder how a perps like him and other escapees manage to get from Kaneohe to Waikiki or other Leeward areas. He had to be wearing some sort of clothing to identify head cases like him.
He was a large man. Hard to miss him as his face was all over the media. But I guess Waikiki is where all escapees go for fun.
He has proven to be a danger to the public and should be put behind bars. Just that simple.
Breaks a window Saturday night and nobody knows until Sunday morning. No screens or bars on windows? I thought they had tall fences outside? Not enough lights for security to see? What they using taxpayers money for?
This facility is easy to escape from. Guards snoring on the job, etc.
When is the state hospital going to learn how to lock its doors?
He broke a window and fled. Opening his door too obvious.