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By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin
Frank Chin emerges from a Nuuanu apartment after
police surrounded the building today.

Police capture
fugitive from
Nuuanu siege

He was arrested at the
same apartment from
which he escaped Friday

By Leila Fujimori
Star-Bulletin

A fugitive who eluded a SWAT team last week surrendered peacefully to police today at the same apartment building that was the site of a four-hour standoff Friday.

Frank Chin, 24, came out of the Nuuanu Garden Apartments with his arms raised shortly afternoon today and was taken into custody by Specialized Services Division officers who had again surrounded the building. The SWAT team also evacuated up to a dozen people from the building.

Police said they got an anonymous tip at about 9:30 a.m. through CrimeStoppers that Chin had returned to the apartment he shared with his girlfriend Marilyn Ah Yun.

By Craig T. Kojima, Star-Bulletin
Police stand ready before today's arrest.

Police say they spoke to Ah Yun by telephone who told them Chin was not in the apartment, but would not let them in to check. Ah Yun asked for a lawyer. Attorney Don Wilkerson said he received a call sometime before noon from Chin and talked him into giving himself up.

Chin's parole had been revoked and police and sheriff's deputies were looking to take him back to prison. Chin allegedly threatened to kill Ah Yun in a New Year's Day incident and may face kidnapping and terroristic threatening charges, police said.

Police informed area schools of what was happening and left it up to them to decide how to handle the situation.

Wilkerson said he represents both Chin and Ah Yun. Ah Yun was not arrested as of early this afternoon. Police had said Chin may be armed, but no gun was found when Chin was initially taken into custody.