Owners of a jewelry store in Waipahu planned to install a buzzer at the front door after they were robbed three weeks ago, police said. What they did not plan on was being robbed again before they could get the job done. Jewelry store hit
twice in a monthBy Rosemarie Bernardo
rbernardo@starbulletin.comThe second robbery happened in broad daylight Saturday morning at Debbie's Jewelry, 94-050 Farrington Hwy. in the Waipahu Towne Center. Honolulu police are looking for three suspects who used a crowbar and stolen car to commit the crime. Police said a crowbar was used in the first robbery, too.
Speaking about Saturday's case, Detective Rheynol Kosaka of HPD's robbery detail said two suspects walked into the store at 10:57 a.m. He said one of the men started bashing the glass display case several times with a crowbar. At that point, he said, two youngsters dived behind a jewelry counter.
Kosaka said the two suspects grabbed gold chain necklaces and put them into a bag.
A 20-year-old man and a 27-year-old man, relatives of the store owner, tried to stop the suspects but were threatened by the crowbar-wielding suspect.
Both men fled out the door to a waiting silver 2000 Audi that had been reported stolen, police said.
There were no serious injuries during the robbery, which was captured on video by a security camera, Kosaka said.
Police describe the suspect wielding the crowbar as a male in his mid-20s, 5-feet-10, 160 pounds. He was wearing a baseball cap, sunglasses and a blue long-sleeve shirt.
The second suspect is described as a male in his early 20s, 5-feet-8, about 200 pounds with a dark complexion. He has short brown hair and was wearing a brown long-sleeve shirt.
Police said there was no description of the person driving the Audi. Police said they do not know if both robberies were committed by the same people.