Police are looking for a man in his 20s who robbed a Fort Street Mall convenience store Feb. 23.
The man approached an employee at about 2:59 a.m. at 7-Eleven at 900 Fort Street Mall and demanded she open the cash register or he would shoot, police said.
He reached over the counter, took an undisclosed amount of cash and fled in an unknown direction, police said.
No gun was seen.
He is wanted on suspicion of first-degree robbery.
The man is described as 5 feet 2 inches tall, with a thin build and dark complexion, wearing a tan T-shirt, blue jeans, a dark baseball cap, and a gray sweater over his head and part of his face.
Anyone with information about this robbery is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellphone.
Suspect involved in Palolo standoff released
Police released Monday the 37-year-old suspect involved in a more than six-hour standoff with police Sunday in Palolo.
The suspect was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of resisting an order to stop a motorized vehicle, possession of a prohibited weapon and violations related to firearm registration and storage.
Police did not explain why he was released with no charges.
Police SWAT team members swarmed the man’s home after a 2 a.m. altercation.
Several residents evacuated from the public-housing buildings on New Jersey Avenue, where the suspect lives.
Identity sought of man on video who threw cat
The Hawaiian Humane Society is asking the public to help identify the man featured in a video apparently throwing a cat from an elevated location. The video was posted on social media but has been taken down.
“This is blatant animal cruelty,” which could be classified as up to a Class C felony, said Allison Andrade Gammel, the Humane Society’s spokeswoman. “It’s a horrific video. That someone would do that to an innocent creature, I don’t understand why.”
The Instagram and Facebook posts were re-posted on Stolen Stuff Hawaii’s Facebook page where some members suggested names of possible suspects.
But Gammel said, “We need them to actually call us” and provide witness statements as to the man’s identity and where the video was taken, she said.
Humane Society investigators are deputized by the Honolulu Police Department.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to call the Humane Society’s emergency line at 356-2250.
