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Suspected bomb removed from bank
WAILUKU, Maui — An Army ordnance disposal team from O'ahu was sent to Maui yesterday after a robber left a suspected bomb at the Bank of Hawaii branch in Wailuku.
The robbery occurred at 10:45 a.m. at the Main Street branch. Before fleeing, the bandit said he was leaving a package bomb, said Lt. Glenn Cuomo of the police Criminal Investigation Division. Two blocks of the busy street were cordoned off for several hours while police waited for the Army bomb experts to remove the package and safely detonate it. Information on what was in the package was not available last night.
Witnesses said the robber was wearing a baseball cap and had a large bandage on his face. He is about 5 feet, 7 inches, medium build, with dreadlocks.
Police investigating fall from moving car
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Homicide investigators are reviewing a case in which a woman suffered serious injuries after she reportedly fell out of a moving car and onto the road.
The victim, 25, was initially treated at about 4:30 a.m. Sunday at Wilcox Hospital, but was then flown to The Queen's Medical Center in Honolulu. She remained in critical condition yesterday.
The 30-year-old driver told police he was heading north when he noticed the victim was missing from the car. He said he backtracked and found her on Kapule Highway, north of the intersection with Rice Street. The driver and victim are from Hanalei.
Furlough center escapee sought
Police yesterday were searching for a prisoner who escaped from the work furlough center on Laumaka Street after a random drug test.
State public safety officials identified him as Michael Jay, 23. He is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 132 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes and multiple tattoos on his neck, legs, arms and back, said Clayton Frank, warden at the Laumaka Work Furlough Center.
Jay, who has been an inmate since his 1999 conviction on burglary and assault charges, was transferred to the center from the Waiawa Correctional Facility on Jan. 3. He was due for parole Oct. 4, Frank said.
Inmates at the Laumaka Work Furlough Center are not considered dangerous and are allowed to hold jobs and return to the facility at night unsupervised. Jay was still seeking employment, Frank said.
Two sought in Campbell crimes
Police are seeking two men on kidnapping, robbery and burglary charges after a break-in Sunday at an undisclosed Campbell Industrial Park business.
At about 12:40 a.m., a security guard encountered the men, both described as 5 feet 8 inches, about 165 pounds with medium builds. Both were wearing ski masks. The burglars wrestled the 45-year-old guard to the ground and tied him up in the guard shack.
The men then broke into four storage sheds and took tools, police said. The guard freed himself and called police.
Kapahulu woman held in attack
A 31-year-old Kapahulu woman was arrested yesterday after a domestic argument escalated into a stabbing.
Police have opened an attempted murder investigation into the case. Police said the woman stabbed her 34-year-old boyfriend in their Kana'ina Avenue home shortly before midnight.
The victim, who suffered knife wounds on his left side, fled to the bathroom, where he stayed until police arrived. He was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in guarded condition.
