POLICE BEAT
Two held in recycling center robbery
Advertiser Staff
Police arrested a 20-year-old man and 17-year-old boy yesterday in an armed robbery at a Waikele area recycling center in which shots were fired.
The suspects were arrested at Hiapo and Mahoe streets at 10 a.m. yesterday, 26 minutes after the robbery was reported. A gun was recovered, according to police.
The man was booked on counts of robbery, terroristic threatening, reckless endangering and a firearms offense.
Police said the two entered the recycling center dressed in black and wearing Halloween masks. The man had a gun. They confronted employees and demanded money.
One of the employees threw a trash can at the juvenile suspect, police said, knocking off his mask. Another employee ran into the back room and the gunman fired a shot.
The two fled without money and were arrested by police patrol officers without incident.
SUSPECT IN POLICE ATTACK IN HOSPITAL
A 27-year-old man whom police say drove a car at an officer has been released pending recovery from injuries allegedly suffered while fleeing from officers.
Police arrested the man at 10:30 p.m. Friday at 98-0175 Kaonohi St. in Waimalu. He was booked on counts of attempted murder, forgery and resisting arrest.
He was then taken to a hospital for treatment of an undisclosed injury. Police have a guard posted and plan to re-arrest him after his release from the hospital.
Police said that on Tuesday night the man drove his vehicle toward an officer investigating a report of a forgery in progress on Kahakai Drive near Ala Moana Center. The man abandoned his vehicle and fled on foot. He is believed to have injured himself while scaling a fence.
The officer was treated for minor injuries.
