Posted at 10:13 p.m., Sunday, May 20, 2007
Robber paying stiff price for smokes
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Gary Anthony Tinao Jr., 30, who claims a Coconut Avenue address in the Diamond Head area, has been charged with first-degree robbery and kidnapping. Bail is $20,000.
Tinao allegedly confronted a 50-year-old woman employee of a Mililani convenience store at knifepoint Friday at 2:05 a.m., forced her into the store and stole two packs of cigarettes.
Police arrested Tinao at 2:30 a.m. at Lanikuhana Avenue and Meheula Parkway.
