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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Wednesday, November 26, 2008

HAWAII BRIEFS
Suspect arrested in home invasion

Advertiser Staff

Police on yesterday arrested one of three suspects wanted for a home invasion robbery last month in Kaimuki.

Jason Smith, 25, of Makiki is uncharged but was in custody last night at the main police station cellblock for investigation of first-degree robbery, kidnapping, and first-degree burglary. Police are holding him on three outstanding warrants totaling $1,500.

Smith was identified as a suspect by the robbery victim from a photographic lineup. He was arrested at 6:50 p.m. Tuesday at 6640 Hawai'i Kai Drive.

The home invasion occurred at 11 p.m. Oct. 27.

Three men allegedly forced their way into the Kaimuki home, pointed assault-type rifles at a 21-year-old male resident and several others and ordered them to the ground, and searched the home. The men fled with undisclosed items from the home.

No injuries were reported.

The other two suspects have not been arrested.



JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR THEFT, BURGLARY

Kaua'i police arrested four boys last weekend as suspects in a recent crime spree on the island's west side.

The boys, ages 14 and 15, were arrested at their homes in Hanapepe, Pakala and Waimea for multiple offenses including auto theft, second-degree theft and burglary. The youths are suspected of numerous offenses over the past month at Waimea Plantation Cottages and Waimea High School and police said stolen items were allegedly recovered at their homes.

They were booked as juveniles and released to their parents.

Anyone with information on cases involving the group can call police communications at 808-241-1711 or Kaua'i CrimeStoppers at 808-241-1887.



WALLET, VEHICLE TAKEN AT GUNPOINT

Two men, one of them carrying a double-barrel shotgun, took a man's wallet and his vehicle late Sunday night in Pearl City.

The robbery at an area park was reported to police at 11:55 p.m.

The 20-year-old man and a woman, also 20, were seated in a vehicle when a black sport utility vehicle drove up. Two masked men from the vehicle confronted the couple and ordered the male victim to open the door of his vehicle. One of the suspects, standing outside the passenger's door, had a shotgun.

When the driver refused to open the door, one of the suspects broke the window. The couple was ordered outside. The male victim was robbed of his wallet.

The suspects then drove off in the man's vehicle.

Sunday night's robbery does not appear to be related to recent takeover bar holdups in which one of two gunmen is carrying a shotgun, police said.



BIKER DIED OF MEDICAL CONDITION

A Lahaina man involved in a motorcycle crash Nov. 16 on Maui died of a medical condition, according to autopsy findings.

Donald Lubin, 52, was operating a 2006 Suzuki Burgman on Puakea Loop within the Mahanalua Nui subdivision when he lost control of the motorcycle and fell after making a U-turn. The roadway is not open for public use, police said.

The death was not counted as a traffic fatality.



MAN ARRESTED IN CAMERA SHOP THEFT

A 38-year-old Makiki man was arrested early yesterday on suspicion of stealing more than $30,000 in new and old photography items from a camera shop, police said.

The man was arrested at 1:10 a.m. at 1544 Ke'eaumoku St. after fleeing from police.

He is being held on an outstanding $600 warrant while being investigated for second-degree burglary and first-degree theft.