Updated at 12:05 p.m., Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Tips sought to find Kapahulu bank robber
Advertiser Staff
CrimeStoppers and the Honolulu Police Department are seeking the public's assistance in identifying a man who is wanted for auto theft and for questioning in a bank robbery.About 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, a male entered the Kapahulu branch of Bank of Hawaii at 727 Kapahulu Ave., approached the teller, brandished a knife and demanded money. The male jumped over the counter when the teller failed to comply and was last seen fleeing into the parking lot.
Witnesses reported seeing a male get into a white van that was stolen just prior to the robbery.
The robber appeared to be 30 to 40 years old, about 6 feet tall and 140 to 160 pounds.
He wore a black baseball cap, white long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, slippers, a light-colored shirt wrapped around his face and dark sunglasses.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call CrimeStoppers at
955-8300, or *CRIME on your cellular phone.
