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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Monday, May 7, 2007

POLICE BEAT
Man, 20, charged with robbery at knifepoint

By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer

Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with robbing a woman at knifepoint while she was placing her infant child in the back seat of a vehicle.

James Manico Allen, a resident of Little Makalapa Naval Housing, was charged Saturday with first-degree robbery. His bail is $100,000.

Allen has an initial appearance today at District Court.

Allen was arrested Friday at 9:50 a.m. on the 300 block of Christopher Court.

The robbery was reported to police at 5:20 a.m. Friday.

The woman, 38, told police she was placing her infant child in the back seat of her vehicle when she was approached by a man with a knife.

The man threatened to stab her and the child if his demands were not met.

Reach Rod Ohira at rohira@honoluluadvertiser.com.