A pair of armed assailants accused of robbing a group at a home in the Ala Moana area were aided by a female friend of one of the victims, according to court documents.
Keoki Cabebe, 32, and Stacey Costales, 34, also known as Stacey Maae, are in custody at the Oahu Community Correctional Center in lieu of $100,000 bail each. Prosecutors charged them with first-degree robbery and three firearm offenses in connection with the brazen crime, which occurred May 15.
The woman who allegedly aided them has not been
located.
Police said a 46-year-old woman who was assaulted during the robbery said
the woman, who she considered a friend, assisted Cabebe and Costales
by bringing them to the home.
This friend was with
the 46-year-old woman and several others at the home on Kahakai Drive at around 3:30 p.m., when she left and returned a half-hour later with Cabebe and Costales, according to court documents.
Cabebe allegedly
brandished a silver semi-
automatic handgun and repeatedly yelled, “Give
me all your bags!”
Costales allegedly pulled out a black, loaded, sawed-off shotgun from her bag.
When the 46-year-old
female victim refused to comply, Costales struck
her in the face with the gun, grabbed her bag, took several rings from her fingers and removed a watch
from her wrist, according
to police.
Cabebe allegedly punched the 46-year-old woman in the head when she said police would catch them.
After Cabebe placed
all of the victims’ backpacks, purses and other bags in a large plastic garbage bag, he fled the home with Costales and two other women in a
dark blue Chevrolet Tracker parked on the road in front of the residence.
The injured victim called 911.
Police issued an all-points bulletin on the SUV and the suspects.
Emergency Medical
Services personnel took
the 46-year-old woman to The Queen’s Medical Center, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
At about 4:45 p.m.
May 15, police responded
to a “suspicious circumstances” call of possible drug activity involving
occupants in a parked
vehicle at the parking
lot of 1816 Dole St.
When they arrived, an
officer recognized the
vehicle, which matched the description from the APB.
Cabebe ran from the
vehicle toward Dole Street. Police quickly apprehended him near the intersection
of Dole and Alexander streets.
Police removed three women, including Costales, from the SUV.
Three of the robbery victims positively identified Cabebe but did not identify any of the females.
Police arrested two
additional women, ages 21
and 30, on multiple criminal contempt of court offenses.
Officers initially arrested Costales on a $20,000
bench warrant after prosecutors charged her earlier this month with accidents involving substantial bodily injury and operating a
vehicle without a license
in connection with a 2018 hit-and-run case.
Upon further investigation, police arrested her
Friday at the Oahu Community Correctional Center
for involvement in the armed robbery case.
Cabebe has a criminal
record of felony robbery,
felony assault and felony
unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, auto theft as well as misdemeanor theft and misdemeanor criminal trespassing.
Costales has a criminal
record of felony burglary and felony auto theft. Her
record also includes unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant, driving without a
license and theft.