A 24-year-old Waikiki woman was arrested Tuesday for allegedly stealing money from a Home Depot store where she worked over a five-week period during the Christmas holiday.
Police said the theft began Nov. 28.
The exact sum of the loss was not released by police.
The suspect was arrested at the store on suspicion of second-degree theft, which covers losses of more than $300. She was released pending further investigation.
Kalihi woman charged in robbery of McCully business
Prosecutors charged a 27-year-old Kalihi woman Wednesday with second-degree robbery of a McCully business.
Police said the woman allegedly took property from the business Dec. 13 at 9:20 p.m. when she was confronted by an employee of the business.
The woman then used force against the 52-year-old male employee to get away.
She was later identified, and police arrested the woman at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
Monika Amatus was charged with second-degree robbery. Her bail was set at $11,000.
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No-contest pleas entered in death of Molokai teen
WAILUKU >> A Molokai man has pleaded no contest to manslaughter and other crimes in the shooting death of a teenager whose body was found on a dirt road in 2014.
Forty-year-old Jeffrey Kalani Davis reached a plea agreement with prosecutors and entered his pleas Monday to manslaughter, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and prohibited possession of a firearm, the Maui News reported Tuesday. He had been originally charged with second-degree murder in the death of 19-year-old Koshari Kahikili.
Jury selection was set to begin Monday but was delayed while the defense and prosecution worked to reach a settlement in the case.
“We think it was a fair resolution,” Deputy Prosecutor Mark Simonds said after Davis changed his pleas.
According to court testimony, Davis and the teen had been at a party the night before Kahikili’s body was found on a road leading to Kamehameha V Highway in Mapulehu, Molokai, on May 20, 2014.
Davis has been held at the Maui Community Correctional Center on $1.2 million bail since his December 2014 arrest.
Simonds said the prosecution will seek consecutive prison terms totaling up to 45 years for Davis when he is sentenced in March.
Davis’ attorney, Ben Summit, said his client is hopeful that he will get a lesser sentence.
“He’s looking forward to the sentencing so he can add some information for the judge’s decision,” Summit said. “He’s upset about his friend’s death.”
