Police are seeking three to four men in a purse snatching outside the Mililani Wal-Mart store this morning that cost the victim a large amount of cash, as well as broken fingers and scraped knees.

Wahiawa district police were called to the store about 3 a.m. after the victim, a 25-year-old woman, was assaulted by a man as she left the store. District police said they believe the woman was targeted because she was driving a new Mercedes and was carrying the receipts from a business.

Machete allegedly pulled in conflict

A 46-year-old Kailua woman was arrested yesterday after she allegedly wielded a machete to cut her car free of a tow-truck ties and threatened people who were having her vehicle removed.

The confrontation occurred at 10 a.m. in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 505 Kailua Road. The suspect, who allegedly had parked her car in another tenant's stall, started arguing with the resident manager, a 43-year-old woman.

The conflict escalated until the suspect allegedly assaulted the manager and her husband, 47. She then allegedly retrieved a machete from her apartment and began threatening the manager and the 28-year-old man driving the tow truck before using the machete to cut her car free.

Worker chases down robber

A woman who works at a Waikiki travel agency helped chase down a robber at 9:15 last night after he allegedly grabbed $40 off the agency counter and fled.

The suspect, a 20-year-old homeless man, allegedly entered Beechman Agencies, 234 Beach Walk, seized the money and fled.

The woman chased and caught up with the robber, who allegedly assaulted her and escaped. Police said the woman continued the chase, joined by Fort DeRussy personnel who caught the suspect and held him for arrest.

Security guard nabs alleged thief

A Princess Ka'iulani Hotel security guard who noticed early today that a male intruder was carrying off items belonging to a female employee detained the suspect.

The guard told police that he spotted the 18-year-old man carrying a box in an area of the hotel usually off-limits to the public.

When he stopped the man, the guard recognized some of the items as belonging to an employee, checked the worker's office and found evidence of the break-in. The suspect was arrested.