Updated at 6:11 p.m., Saturday, January 20, 2007
Charges pending in Kahala carjacking
Advertiser Staff
Charges are pending against two men believed responsible for a carjacking and kidnapping at gunpoint this week in Kahala.Christopher Gallarde, 27, and Daniel Collins, 29, were arrested Friday on suspicion of kidnapping, robbery and auto theft, police said.
The kidnapping happened on Tuesday at about 4:30 p.m. after a man and a woman pulled their 1990 Lexus LS into a driveway on Alakoa Street. Police said two men confronted the victims and demanded money. One of the men had a 9 mm pistol, police said.
Police said the men then ordered the woman out of the car, robbed her of cash and drove off in the Lexus with her 20-year-old male passenger and a 21-year-old man who had come out of the house.
The 21-year-old was released unharmed about 30 minutes later at Kahala Elementary School. The other man escaped by jumping out of the car on University Avenue at about 10:45 p.m.
The stolen Lexus was recovered near 7th Avenue. Police suspect the incident is drug related.
