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Posted at 12:46 p.m., Monday, November 17, 2003

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

Robber grabs purse from car

A 33-year-old woman was robbed in the drive-through lane of Taco Bell in the McCully Shopping Center late Saturday night.

At about 11:15 p.m., the woman told police that a man reached into the open passenger window of her car and grabbed for her purse.

The woman also grabbed for the purse and tried to keep it in the car. The man then lifted up his shirt to show what appeared to be a black revolver tucked into his waistband.

The man told the woman he had a gun, at which point he took the purse and fled.

2 men arrested in store incident

Two men were arrested yesterday on suspicion of theft, and possession of dangerous drugs and drug paraphernalia at an Ala Moana Center department store.

A little after noon, two men were observed by store security in the women’s department taking several wallets and purses from the shelves and stuffing them into each other’s backpacks.

The pair then left the store without paying for the merchandise, according to store security guards.

The guards detained the two suspects, ages 48 and 50. Police said that during a search for other stolen items, a glass drug-smoking pipe and a packet containing what appeared to be crystal methamphetamine were found.

The value of the items taken from the store was more than $300.

Firefighters douse brush fire

Firefighters responded to a brushfire in the mountains above Ma'ili Point today.

Crews from the Wai'anae substation were among four companies that fought the blaze. Capt. Kenison Tejada said the fire was burning about 100 yards up the mountain behind a row of homes along the point.

The fire consumed an acre of brush in a crevasse, requiring the department to use a helicopter to make four or five water drops.

No homes were threatened by the blaze.

Firefighters received the call at 9:51 a.m. and reported the fire under control at 10:45 a.m., Tejada said.