Posted at 10:24 a.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2005
POLICE BEAT
Suspect caught with cash box
Advertiser Staff
A 22-year-old man was arrested for suspicion of second-degree burglary early yesterday morning after a witness reported seeing him leaving an auto repair shop in Waipahu while the store's burglary alarm was going off.Police said the witness heard the alarm about 12:45 a.m. coming from the shop near the corner of Leokane and Leonui streets.
At the same time, a private security company was notifying police about an interior alarm at the same location.
When police arrived, the witness said the man had jumped a fence to get to the street, then got into a car and drove away.
Police pulled the suspect over a short time later at Farrington Highway and Leoku Street. A cash box from the store was recovered from the suspect's car, police said.
Man sleeping in stolen car arrested
Police responding to a parking complaint in Kalihi yesterday morning found a man sleeping behind the wheel of a car that had been reported stolen.
Officers went to the corner of Kalihi and Kahai streets about 12:30 a.m. and found a 29-year-old man asleep in the car. The man was arrested for suspicion of detaining stolen property.
