Kauai man allegedly tries to take safe on skateboard during burglary
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Niles Valvieja
Police captured a 29-year-old Kapaa man who broke into a coffee shop and tried to steal a safe on a skateboard early Sunday, Kauai police said.
Niles Valvieja was charged with two counts of second-degree burglary.
Valvieja was being held Tuesday at Kauai Community Correctional Center, unable to post $5,000 bail.
Police said that at 2:36 a.m. Sunday, an alarm company notified police of a break-in at Java Kai coffee shop on Kuhio Highway in Kapaa.
The business owner used a remote security camera to view a suspect while he was inside the store and relayed a description of him to officers, police said.
When officers arrived, the suspect left behind a safe he had loaded on his skateboard and fled by climbing through a ceiling skylight. He entered a neighboring business through a roof access door, but returned to the roof of the building complex where he was met by officers who had borrowed a ladder from firefighters and climbed to the roof.
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Police said the suspect caused about $5,500 in damage to the two businesses.
19 responses to “Kauai man allegedly tries to take safe on skateboard during burglary”
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Was either a small safe, or a BIG skateboard.
No, it was a small brain.
In the head of a doofus, who would likely be released from jail as a “nonviolent” offender.
true. Low IQ’s do hurt and are responsible for many in jail. Sad.
A large majority of those in “jail”/Prisons, in fact, have High-I.Q.’s. The issues and subsequent problems that thwart these individuals are multiple and mostly stem from Childhood negative influences and/or improperly diagnosed severe medical disorders (and in many cases non-diagnosed). Also, our Educational systems have not properly prepared Teachers to recognize early-childhood behavioral symptoms. Don’t confuse “I.Q.’s” with behavioral disorders; they often are unrelated, per se…
I would say both allie and the farker have points for conversation. I would not agree to the statement that “a large majority of those in jail in fact, have high IQ’s.” If this were fact then the majority of prisoners would belong to Mensa. I would agree that low IQ could lead to criminal behavior.
Fark is right that propensity to criminal behavior is often set by behavioral problems of early childhood. No question that early childhood teacher training is important. I am a M.ED. student in early education. Not enough support for it in this state.
Dummy!
That’s what he needs to be charged with, being a dummy.
But, but, he is a good son and a good father to his kids even though he in rehab and was looking for a job.
Skateboard and Clyde
He has the look of a sad anti-social individual who is incapable of making it on the outside and must be tended to in a jail.
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That’s just how he rolls
Maybe the women will say he is handsome and want him for a boy toy so he can come out of prison and have a modeling job waiting for him. Go figure……..
Do not capsulize Hawaii as being the only state lacking in Early Childhood Education. It’s a nationwide issue. I actually do have my M.Ed and a couple of MBA’s. Do not believe everything from the books Allie as the real classrooms do not go by the rules of the books. I’ve actually been in the classroom and blaming behavioral problems are enabling the students. I worked in a position where the students would be sent to us with, “anxiety, depression, IBS, Migraines and Abdominal migraines, much of what can’t be proven. Parents have to be much more involved and actually be parents rather than looking for excuses about why their child is having issues in the classroom. Teachers can’t do it all, when the parents don’t care of do not have their kids accept responsibilities for their actions. jimmyhouse67@aol.com
Well said Jimmy. We have become a society of scapegoats, excuses, lawsuits, and non-accountability. Don’t become a teacher, a cop, and for heaven’s sake don’t turn into a politician.
Good point jimmyhouse67. Many parents do not or have not the skills of proper parenting. The excuse that they have two jobs or they were not taught the skills is no excuse. There are resources and there is such a thing as putting in the effort to teach the children. I has become where parents leave all th teaching to the teachers. We need to make changes and move to a more proactive approach. This all sounds dandy but it is a lot of work. Parents need to stop being lazy about raising their children and start teaching them right from wrong. Unfortunately, God is no longer allowed in the classroom so parents need to bring God into their home and start teaching love instead of hatred and start teaching empathy instead of apathy. For those who do not believe in God, teaching what is right form wrong does not have to be an exercise in debates. It is about common sense. You put garbage in you put garbage out. But most of all, children learn from observing their parents. A tins speak louder than words.