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HONOLULU
Male suspect sought in airport bank robbery
Police are looking for a man who allegedly robbed the airport Hawaii National Bank branch yesterday wearing a zoot suit, black wig and goatee.
Police said a man wearing a dark, pinstriped baggy suit entered the bank at 540 Lagoon Drive at 3:40 p.m.
The man walked up to a teller with an object that looked like a Taser gun and demanded money, police said. He fled mauka on Lagoon Drive with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The man is described as 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 140 pounds.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Speed a likely factor in Kauai truck crash
Speed is believed to have been a factor in the crash of a tractor-trailer truck in Lihue yesterday afternoon, according to a county news release.
The driver of a Kauai Trucking Co. tractor-trailer carrying a load of dirt and rocks was making a left turn onto Pikake Street from Nawiliwili Road when he lost control of the vehicle, according to the release.
The truck landed on its side behind Borders and spilled most of its load.
Pikake Street, between Nawiliwili Road and Kalepa Street, was closed for about four hours while the area was cleaned up.
Man, 35, is charged in teen's harassment
Puna police charged a 35-year-old man yesterday who allegedly stalked and harassed a 16-year-old girl at a Hawaiian Beaches bus stop.
Ryan Lee Oliveira of Hawaiian Beaches faces one count of harassment by stalking and one count of harassment, both misdemeanors.
He is being held at the Hilo cellblock in lieu of $500 bail.
The girl's father reported Wednesday that the man had been whistling and yelling at her since January and on Tuesday began following her.
Police conducted a two-day stakeout and witnessed the suspect whistling and calling the girl on Thursday.