POLICE BEAT
Man charged with 2 armed robberies
Advertiser Staff
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Prosecutors have charged a Kaka'ako man with two armed robberies.
Gabriel Preston, 33, of a Kamaile Street address is accused of robberies of retail stores on Aug. 18 and Sept. 11. A knife was displayed in both robberies.
Preston, who was charged Saturday, is being held in lieu of $35,000 bail pending his initial appearance today at District Court.
Preston was identified as a suspect on Aug. 23 after a warrant was obtained to search his vehicle. Police said they found a knife that matches the description of the one used in the Aug. 18 robbery, and also drugs and paraphernalia.
In addition to the armed robberies, Preston faces several drug charges.
SUSPECTED BANK ROBBER SURRENDERS
Charges are pending against a 34-year-old man who said he was a bank robber when he surrendered Saturday at the police department's Chinatown substation, police say.
Peter J.W. Jones, who gave no local address to police during booking, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery at 12:55 p.m. Jones was being held in the main police station cellblock with charges expected today.
On Friday, Honolulu Crime-Stoppers released bank surveillance photos of a man who robbed the Bank of Hawaii Kaimuki branch at 3600 Wai'alae Ave. Thursday at 2:30 p.m. The man approached a teller, demanded money and indicated he had a weapon although none was seen, police said.
The suspect had a yin and yang tattoo on his chest.
HILO MAN, WIFE ACCUSED OF THEFT
A Hilo man is accused of trying to bury 1,200 pounds of stolen silver in a national forest in Oregon.
Police charged 43-year-old Dakotah Yarborough and his 38-year-old wife, Connie, with stealing $2 million in gold, silver, jewelry and coins from his former stepmother in Bend, Ore.
Police arrested Dakotah Yarborough on Sept. 19 with the silver in a rented car. Police say he was planning to bury the silver on national forest land on the west side of Bend.
He was charged with burglary, aggravated theft, and possession of a machine gun and silencer. He was being held on $522,500 bail.
Connie Yarborough was charged with aggravated theft and was being held without bail.
VISITOR DIES AFTER RESCUE OFF MAKAHA
A man from Reno, Nev., died yesterday at the Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center after being pulled from the ocean off Makaha Beach.
The Honolulu medical examiner's office identified the man as Franklin Hamilton, 63. Hamilton was pronounced dead at 11:15 a.m. An autopsy was planned for today. Franklin was snorkeling, police said.
City Emergency Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said when rescue crews arrived, bystanders and lifeguards had pulled the man from the water and were performing CPR.
