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POSTED: Saturday, January 17, 2009

Man flees with cash in bank holdup

WAILUKU » Police are investigating a robbery at the Maui Market Place branch of Bank of Hawaii in Kahului.

The suspect approached a teller and demanded money at about 1:20 p.m. yesterday and fled with an undisclosed amount, police said.

The suspect was described as being in his 50s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, 205 pounds, and having black and gray hair with a bald spot.

Police said the suspect was last seen wearing a dark windbreaker jacket with a square gray patch on the left sleeve, possible camouflage shorts and black rubber slippers.

Anyone with any information on this incident is asked to call the Criminal Investigation Division at 244-6425, or CrimeStoppers at 242-6966.

 

1 woman, 2 men wanted in robbery

Police are looking for three suspects who robbed a 27-year-old man at knifepoint early yesterday morning at a Waikiki bus stop.

Police said the man was sitting at a bus stop at 5 a.m. when a woman and two men, all in their 20s, came up to him. One of the men allegedly held a knife to his throat and demanded money.

The man resisted at first, but when the woman and the suspect with the knife threatened him, he handed them cash. The three fled, police said.