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A manhunt for a suspect considered armed and dangerous ended Tuesday night.
Police arrested James D. Walters III at a Date Street apartment complex.
Police had issued a CrimeStoppers bulletin asking for the public’s help in finding Walters, wanted for questioning in connection with armed robberies in Waikiki and Lanikai.
Police said they thought Walters, 31, was armed with both a handgun and long gun and considered him dangerous.
Maj. Richard Robinson, head of HPD’s Criminal Investigation Division, said Walters was wanted for questioning in the armed robbery of a family of four visitors walking on the Ala Wai Canal bridge at Ala Moana Boulevard about 10 p.m. Friday. The robber brandished a handgun and demanded their property.
In another case about 12:45 p.m. Sunday, a man saw a stranger in his parked vehicle on Onekea Drive in the Lanikai section of Kailua. When he confronted the man, the intruder threatened him with a handgun and fled.
Police said they are "looking into the possibility" that the same man may have committed other recent Windward-area crimes.
About 5 p.m. April 18, a woman, 39, reported being kidnapped and robbed by a man who got into her car at Kailua Beach Park and ordered her to drive. He fled after taking her purse, police said. And about 7 p.m. Sunday, the L&M fast-food plate lunch restaurant in Kaneohe was robbed by a man carrying a rifle.
Walters, who has a Windward Oahu address, does not have a criminal record, Robinson said.