Updated at 5:31 p.m., Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Serial bank robber indicted
Advertiser Staff
A man suspected in a series of bank robberies in the last year was indicted today in connection with 12 of those robberies, and in the robbery of a convenience store.The indictment against Michael Rosario Sr. alleges he participated in a series of heists during a 12-month crime spree that ended with his arrest Oct. 4.
Also yesterday, Magistrate Barry Kurren granted a continuance of a detention hearing for Rosario to Monday.
The indictment charged Rosario with robbing Hickam Federal Credit Union branches in Kapolei last Dec. 19 and again on April 25 and July 14, and in Pearlridge on June 29 and Aug. 25.
He is also charged with holding up Central Pacific Bank outlets in Royal Kunia (Dec. 22, 2005), Kane`ohe (June 2) and on Ke`eaumoku Street (Sept. 22), and two American Savings Bank branches — in Mililani (April 14) and Pearl City (May 18).
The Hickam FCU, CPB and ASN robberies accounted for 10 of the 12 financial institutions hit.
The other robberies were at Hawaii National Bank's airport branch on April 28 and Hawaii State FCU's Pearlridge bridge.
The indictment also charged Rosario with the May 28 holdup of a convenience store on Ka Uka Boulevard in Waipi`o.
