#Robbery

A 35-year-old suspect is being held on $500,000 bail following a harrowing incident reported by a California couple who told police they were carjacked on a remote section of the Piʻilani Highway, and fled for their lives on foot to the summit of Haleakalā.

Police made an arrest in connection to a second degree robbery investigation reported at around 7:45 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 2, at a parking lot located at 70 East Kaʻahumanu Avenue in Kahului.

A Lahaina man was arrested on kidnapping charges after he allegedly entered an occupied vehicle that was running and unlocked in the parking lot of the Kahului Shopping Center.

The 52-year-old suspect was charged with two counts each of kidnapping, first degree terroristic threatening, first degree robbery, and one count each of methamphetamine trafficking and first degree sex assault.

Maui police have launched a second degree robbery investigation into an incident reported over the weekend at a convenience store on Front Street in Lahaina.

Maui police arrested a man who allegedly stole a vehicle and got into a head-on crash that forced the closure of the Maui Veterans Highway early Tuesday morning. The man is also accused of striking a responding officer in the face, and running into traffic in an attempt to evade police, where he was then struck by an oncoming vehicle.

A Kīhei man was arrested in an attempted purse snatching incident on the sidewalk fronting the Kīhei McDonald’s on Monday night.

Officers responded to a business located at 730 Front Street in Lahaina, Maui regarding a disorderly male who had allegedly stolen an item and shoved an employee on Saturday evening.

Three unidentified male suspects wearing hoodies, face masks and long pants entered the rear fenced yard of a residence on Makaʻala Drive during a reported birthday party, according to Maui Crime Stoppers.

Bail reduction was denied for a Wailuku man charged with attacking a 90-year-old woman earlier this month.

A 56-year-old man was reportedly robbed of his belongings while walking to his car in Wailea on Sunday night.

Thomas Gatlin III, 36, was arrested on Monday for second degree robbery, resisting arrest and second degree assault against a police officer.

Police say one of the males allegedly brandished a knife and threatened the two campers, claiming the female owed money. The incident was reported in Olowalu.

Within 24-hours, mall management says video surveillance cameras were added to both the food court and south wing restroom hallways.

Maui police arrested a man accused of stealing a vehicle from an acquaintance on the evening of Saturday, Aug. 18, 2018 at around 11 p.m. 

Police say the three adult victims in this case all report that three males entered their residence when one of the men “brandished a shiny handgun.”

The victim in the alleged Robbery said he had been approached by a vehicle with three male occupants while walking on a roadway in Makawao.

The Maui Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying a male suspect who allegedly attempted to rob the Kīhei Kwik Stop on March 26.

Surveillance video has been released from the scene of an armed robbery over the weekend at Serpico’s Pizzeria in Pukalani, Maui.

Employees and customers are safe after an armed robbery reported on Sunday afternoon at Serpico’s Pizzeria Maui in Pukalani.