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Puna couple robbed at home
KAPOHO, Hawai'i — A Puna man and his wife were robbed at gunpoint by five masked men Tuesday night at their home in Kapoho Farmlots subdivision, police said.
Police Sgt. Robert Wagner said the men entered the couple's home armed with rifles. They assaulted the man and took cash and other items. Anyone with information is asked to call (808) 966-5835 in Kea'au or (808) 935-3311 in Hilo.
Boaters rescued near Kahakuloa
KAHULUI, Maui — Maui County lifeguards and fire rescue workers teamed up yesterday to save three adults in a disabled boat from crashing into the rocks near Kahakuloa.
Maui County Assistant Fire Chief Alan Cordeiro said lifeguards operating personal watercraft found the 20-foot vessel about 200 yards off shore within 20 minutes of the 12:26 p.m. distress call.
The lifeguards helped keep the boat from crashing into the rocky shore until the Department of Fire Control's rescue boat arrived at 1:15 p.m. to tow the vessel back to Kahului Harbor, Cordeiro said.
Woman, 48, sought in bank heist
Police yesterday were searching for a 48-year-old woman wanted for questioning in the robbery Monday of the main branch of Bank of Hawaii.
Police said Carolyn Gates is wanted for a criminal contempt warrant and for questioning in the bank robbery at 111 S. King St.
A woman entered the bank at 12:40 p.m., approached the teller and lifted her shirt to show a handgun. She stole an undisclosed amount of money.
Gates is 5 feet 2, about 170 pounds. Anyone with information should call detective Taro Nakamura at 529-3392, CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
Teens arrested in theft, assault
Police chased and arrested two male suspects, 18 and 14, after a 32-year-old Mililani woman was robbed and slashed in Waikiki early yesterday.
The woman was walking in the Kuhio Avenue-Pao'akalani Street area at about 12:44 a.m. when two teenagers approached and asked for her phone number, police said.
When she refused, one of them hit her with a baton-type weapon, police said. She dropped her purse, which the other man picked up. The older man tore off her necklaces and slashed her face with a knife and the younger teen kicked her twice in the back, police said.
The two fled, but police said officers caught the suspects around 1 a.m., near Jefferson Elementary School. Charges are pending.
The woman received stitches in her chin, police said.
