Weather possible factor in Hauula accident

A 66-year-old man was transported in critical condition to a hospital after he was struck by a vehicle in Hauula.

Just after 11:40 p.m. Sunday, a vehicle operated by a 35-year-old man was traveling south on Kamehameha Highway when it struck the pedestrian fronting the 7-Eleven store. Police said the man was not in a crosswalk.

Police said excessive speed and alcohol were not involved, but weather and lighting conditions may have been factors.

Man allegedly kills chicken at Kailua Target

A 56-year-old man has been charged with cruelty to animals after he snapped a chicken’s neck in front of customers at the Kailua Target store, police said.

Walter Anderson pleaded not guilty Thursday to second-degree cruelty to animals. He was released after posting $300 bail.

A Target employee reported the incident shortly after it happened Nov. 3, court documents said.

The employee said he saw Anderson waving a dead black bird at other employees and customers at about 9 p.m.

The employee told police that Anderson was allowed to purchase the items in his cart and then was asked to leave the store. A few minutes later the employee was leaving the store after finishing his shift when he saw Anderson again outside the entrance.

Anderson was shouting profanities and walked over to a small tree where he grabbed a chicken and snapped its neck, then threw the fowl on the ground, the employee told police.

Anderson was arrested later that night near the store.

Man sought in robbery of Palolo store

Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a man who assaulted the owner of a Palolo store during a robbery, then tried to seek a getaway ride from a passing motorist.

At about 8:20 p.m. Thursday, the man brandished a black handgun inside the Rainbow Valley Supermarket on Palolo Avenue and struck the owner in the face and head before demanding money, police said.

The owner opened the cash register, and the suspect took cash before leaving.

Outside the store, the suspect stopped a passing motorist, got into a passenger seat and asked the driver for a ride, police said. The driver got out to confront the man, who ran away, police said.

Police described the robber as 5 feet 10 inches tall and about 200 pounds. He was wearing a black cap, red bandanna, white T-shirt and shorts, with a black glove on his right hand and a white glove on his left hand.

Anyone with information about the suspect is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME from a cellphone.

Pahoa man charged with Hilo break-in

A 29-year-old Pahoa man was charged Saturday in the burglary of a Hilo business, Hawaii County police said.

Nicholas Blackwell was arrested at midnight Friday on suspicion of burglary after police saw several items that were taken from the business in the bed of the truck he was in.

Police said that at 11:50 p.m. Thursday a man was seen in a parked pickup truck between a shipping container and a fence line of a business on Silva Street. Police found the fence cut and the door of the business open.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the police nonemergency line at 935-3311 or contact Detective Tuck Loy Aurello at 961-2385 or Tuckloy.Aurello@hawaiicounty.gov.