Updated at 9:04 p.m., Saturday, April 21, 2007
Chinatown robbery suspect escapes police
Advertiser Staff
A search was under way tonight for a suspected robber who escaped police by leaping into Nu'uanu Stream in Chinatown. Police said the man assaulted and tried to rob a 53-year-old Honolulu man in 'A'ala Park shortly after 5 p.m. The bloodied victim said police surrounded the man near River Street, but he then jumped into the water. The Fire Department searched the water for about an hour but did not find the suspect.