A Schofield Barracks soldier who was wanted in connection with a string of armed robberies of smoke shops in Wahiawa apparently jumped to his death off the Kipapa Gulch bridge one day after a federal grand jury returned an indictment charging him and two other soldiers with the robberies.

Honolulu police say Anthony Duzant died Nov. 27 as a result of a suicidal fall from an elevated height. They said they saw no signs of foul play and classified the case as an unattended death.

The Honolulu Medical Examiner says Duzant, 20, died from blunt force injuries to his torso due to a jump from a height and that the manner of death was suicide.

The indictment charges Jonathan Witham and Sarah Dennison with the Nov. 17 robbery of Smokey’s House of Smoking Gear on California Avenue and charges Witham and Duzant with the Nov. 6 and Oct. 28 robberies of Hi Supply Smoke Shop on Olive Avenue. The indictment also charges all three with conspiracy.

The Army confirmed that the three soldiers are assigned to Schofield Barracks.

Honolulu police arrested Witham and Dennison one day after the Smokey’s House robbery. They zeroed in on Dennison after a Hi Supply employee jotted down the license plate number of her vehicle following what the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives described as an aborted robbery of Hi Supply on the same evening as the Smokey’s House robbery. Dennison then led police to Witham.

The ATF said Witham knocked on the door of Smokey’s House after closing time and forced his way into the store by punching the store employee in the head. Witham was wearing a ski mask, a hat and a hoodie over the hat. He pointed a gun at the employee and took money from cash register, the ATF said.

That same evening, the ATF said an employee at Hi Supply received a telephone call from his boss about the Smokey’s House robbery, looked out the window and saw Witham standing outside holding a mask and wearing a hoodie and gloves. The employee told the ATF that Witham appeared to get scared, left and got into Dennison’s vehicle, which was in the Wahiawa McDonald’s Restaurant parking lot nearby.

At their bail hearings Nov. 25, U.S. Magistrate Judge Richard L. Puglisi granted Dennison’s release from custody on $25,000 unsecured signature bond. Witham agreed to remain in custody pending placement into a residential drug treatment facility. He later agreed to remain in custody pending trial in February.