Updated at 10:37 p.m., Sunday, July 29, 2007
Police arrest sleepy Kailua burglary suspect
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
The man, who has no permanent local address, was arrested at 6 a.m. at a Ku'ulei Road address and booked 55 minutes later for first-degree robbery. He was allegedly in possession of a camcorder taken from the bedroom where a woman, 60, was asleep.
The man was also arrested for third-degree assault stemming from an incident that occurred two hours earlier at a nearby Ka'apuni Drive home.
Police said a man, 60, confronted several men crawling around his backyard at 4 a.m. and was able to capture one of them. While calling 911, the suspect broke free, punched the resident and fled.
The Ku'ulei Road burglary suspect was identified as the man who fled from the Ka'apuni Drive residence.