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Posted at 11:10 a.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2005

POLICE BEAT
Man stabs desk at bank

Advertiser Staff

A 42-year-old Salt Lake man was arrested as a suspect in the knifepoint robbery yesterday of First Hawaiian Bank's Makiki branch, 1111 S. Beretania St.

Police said a man entered the bank at about 12:40 p.m. and approached a customer service representative at her desk. Police were told that the man sat down at the desk, took out a knife, plunged it into the top of the desk and demanded money.

When the customer service representative notified co-workers she was being robbed and took refuge under her desk, the man pulled the knife out of the desk and approached two other workers with the knife in his hand and repeated his demand, police said.

Patrol officers responding to a robbery alarm approached the man inside the bank, ordered him to drop the knife and arrested him without further incident, police said.

He was arrested for suspicion of first-degree robbery.



Teen caught sleeping in stolen car

A 19-year-old man was arrested in Wai'anae after a 55-year-old man found him sleeping in his car, which had been stolen.

Police found the man fast asleep in the driver's seat and noted the ignition had been damaged and that there were no keys present.

The officers checked with police dispatch and confirmed the car had been reported stolen earlier.

The man found sleeping in the car was arrested for suspicion of detaining stolen property.



Boy, 15, allegedly robs 10-year-old

A15-year-old boy was arrested yesterday as a suspect in the robbery of a 10-year-old boy Monday.

Police said the younger boy was walking home from a Kapolei area school about 2:20 p.m. when the older boy demanded money and threatened to harm him. The younger boy and his father spotted the other boy yesterday and called police, who arrested the youth for suspicion of second-degree robbery.



Store owner asks age, gets punched

A 17-year-old boy was arrested in Waipahu last night after he allegedly punched a convenience store owner in the face after the owner approached the boy to ask how old he was.

The store owner told police he saw the boy grab a pack of beer from a cooler and was walking toward the boy when he was struck. Police said a witness detained the boy until officers arrived and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree robbery.