Updated at 11:48 a.m., Friday, February 21, 2003
Escapee may be charged in another vehicle theft
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Jessie Kalani Dutro,19, escaped Monday from the Honolulu Police Department's Alapa'i cellblock and was captured yesterday at the scene of a burglary at the YMCA's Windward branch at 1200 Kailua Road.
In addition to escape and second-degree burglary stemming from a previous case, police will seek to charge Dutro with an additional count related to the theft of a pickup truck early yesterday morning in Keolu Hills.
Dutro and a 23-year-old Waimanalo man, who was arrested on suspicion of burglary at the YMCA yesterday, fit the description of two men who stole a pickup truck at 1:55 a.m. on Papalani Drive, police said. A patrol officer responding to the auto-theft complaint spotted the suspects in the truck on Keolu Drive.
The suspects sped off when the police car made a U-turn. The abandoned truck was located at 2:05 a.m. on Akiohala Street in Enchanted Lake.
Dutro and the 23-year-old man were arrested at about 3:45 a.m. at the Kailua YMCA by police responding to an activated silent alarm.
Dutro was at District Court today for arraignment on an auto-theft charge from last week that landed him at the HPD cellblock.
He was charged Sunday in that case.
According to an affidavit filed at District Court, Dutro was spotted driving a 2000 Chrysler Cirrus Saturday afternoon that had been reported stolen earlier that day. The suspects eluded police and sped off on Kamehameha Highway toward Wahiawa before making a U-turn near Poamoho Camp to head back to the North Shore. The car eventually was stopped on Kawailoa Drive shortly before 2 p.m.
Dutro was arrested, but a second suspect ran away. Dutro initially identified himself to police as Michael Cummings, but police discovered his true identity. He then said Jessie Dutro was his brother, according to the affidavit.
