Robber runs into police officers
A robber, fleeing after stealing a cellphone from a man in Waikiki early Wednesday morning, collided with two police officers who ended up arresting him.
Police said the 20-year-old suspect, who said he had no local address, punched a 36-year-old man in the face and stole his cellphone at 2:52 Wednesday morning.
The victim followed the suspect, who had run into two police officers near Kalakaua Avenue, and identified him. The victim suffered minor injuries and refused medical treatment.
The suspect faces a second-degree robbery charge.
Killer pleads guilty in Hilo case
HILO » A 21-year-old Hawaii island amateur mixed martial arts fighter has pleaded guilty to manslaughter and intimidating a witness.
Waylen Keone Carenio entered the plea on Tuesday, during the second day of jury selection in his manslaughter trial in Circuit Court. He was on trial for the death of 44-year-old Roy Williams, found unconscious outside a Hilo sports bar last year.
Carenio’s attorney told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald the plea decision came after the judge ruled information from his witness intimidation case could be heard at the manslaughter trial. He was also charged with intimidating a witness to the fight.
Man held over raft of offenses
Honolulu police arrested a 36-year-old man Tuesday on suspicion of kidnapping, abuse, terroristic threatening and other crimes stemming from a pair of confrontations with his ex-girlfriend.
According to police, the woman attempted to break up with the suspect on July 12 and the suspect responded by punching her repeatedly, choking her with a piece of cloth and threatening to kill her.
The woman escaped but was confronted by the suspect again on Aug. 21. The victim, a 28-year-old woman, told police that the man drove her around Waimanalo in a van, beat her with sticks and again threatened to kill her.
Police investigating a report of an argument found the suspect and victim in the van, but the suspect evaded capture by fleeing on foot. Police later determined the van was an unreported stolen vehicle.
On Tuesday, an officer involved in the stop recognized the suspect while responding to a traffic call. The officer arrested the man after a brief struggle.
The suspect was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault, kidnapping, felony and misdemeanor abuse of a household or family member, terroristic threatening, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle and resisting arrest.
