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COURTESY CRIMESTOPPERS

Saimone Mafi Jr. escaped from police custody Friday night and was last seen crossing Vineyard Boulevard near Pele Street on foot.

CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are asking for help to find a man who escaped from police custody Friday night.

Around 8:06 p.m., 27-year-old Saimone Mafi Jr. was arrested for three retake warrants and was taken to a medical facility for treatment of minor injuries, according to CrimeStoppers.

He escaped from custody and was last seen on foot crossing Vineyard Boulevard toward Pele Street.

Mafi is described as 5 feet 8 inches tall and 170 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes, wearing a red tank top, black shorts and black socks.

Anyone with information is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on cellphones.

32 responses to “Suspect escapes from police custody near Punchbowl”

  1. soundofreason says:

    So if a suspect needs to get away from the cops, you just give him TO the cops. Got it.

    • Corruption says:

      HPD is an insatiable MONSTER that will eventually bankrupt the C&C and every taxpayer in it!!!

      • Pocho says:

        Mo beta shoot him dead next time. There needs to be an end to his blatant crimes time and time again. It’s cheaper to pay the suit his parents will bring on but then again that’d be cheaper than having to live with this criminal on the streets and housing em in OCCC.

      • joseph007 says:

        Another stake in the heart of HPD. Incompetent and nothing will be done to this officer for falling asleep and letting this guy go free.

  2. justmyview371 says:

    How did he escape? Did he just walk out?

    • inverse says:

      Sounds like they took him to Queens Hospital for treatment and during that time he just bolted, ran out of the ER and hosptial into the Punchbowl area. No mention of this guy overpowering HPD or hospital staff. Could be the HPD officer watching him had a massive opu and when the guy ran he could not keep up and was not about to shoot the suspect trying to escape.

      • pohaku96744 says:

        what happened to leg irons? SOP in my day.

        • tygah says:

          That would make too much sense. Seems like officers these days are too lazy to take the time to put on the leg irons. You would think it should be a written policy and not optional. That officer Will probably get promoted. Heard it’s a prerequisite. Mess up & advance in the dept.

      • truelies says:

        WHAT HAPPENED TO THE COP, DID HE GET REPRIMANDED??

  3. HAJAA1 says:

    Scary town side

  4. tygah says:

    So….where was the officer that took him to the hospital?

  5. lespark says:

    Chief Kealoha, you gotta stop! You making me sick!

  6. paniolo says:

    Next time when a prisoner/detainee is out in public, put leg shackles. This not the first time a prisoner/detainee escaped at a courthouse, hospital, etc., from HPD and Sheriffs.

  7. yobo says:

    HPD-” I wen try grab heem, but the bugga was fas and took off like one fooball running back. You know how fast does buggas’ stay.”

  8. DVM says:

    I guess now he get four retake warrants.

  9. DeltaDag says:

    It hurts the eyes to look at his mugshot; someone really needs to learn how to focus a camera and adjust the exposure.

  10. residenttaxpayer says:

    Someone is gonna get days off without pay for this screwup…..

  11. BigOpu says:

    Ok PR team, kick into gear and make the dept look good. Lets see what the money paid for you guys can do.

  12. sukebesan says:

    The cop(s) responsible for the suspects escape were probably talking, texting, or surfing the internet on his/her/their smart phone(s).

  13. cojef says:

    This is how losers start their career with criminal justice system? Sad part he will sponge on society the rest of his life!

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