A stolen truck led to the arrest of two men, including one who was the subject of a wanted bulletin, for a robbery that took place Aug. 4 in Kailua-Kona. ADVERTISING A stolen truck led to the arrest of two
A stolen truck led to the arrest of two men, including one who was the subject of a wanted bulletin, for a robbery that took place Aug. 4 in Kailua-Kona.
On that date, a 32-year-old Kailua-Kona man was robbed of his bag in the parking lot of a shopping center near the intersection of Kuakini Highway and Palani Road.
At 11:45 a.m. Tuesday, police officers saw a pickup truck in Kailua-Kona that had been reported stolen Monday from a home on the 75-6100 block of Papala Place in Kailua-Kona. They arrested 28-year-old Alihilani Joshua Stringert and a woman with him, 37-year-old Lila Uyeshiro, both of Kailua-Kona, on suspicion of driving a stolen vehicle. Stringert, who has been the subject of a bulletin asking the public for information on his whereabluts, was also arrested on suspicion of the robbery and other offenses.
Stringert was charged with driving a stolen, two counts of robbery and one count of theft. The second robbery was for an incident Sept. 10 during which a Captain Cook woman’s purse was taken as she was about to enter a business establishment on the 74-5000 block of Kaiwi Street in Kailua-Kona. The theft offense was for an incident on Sept. 25, when clothing and a skateboard were removed from a store in Kainaliu.
Stringert’s bail was set at $61,000.
Uyeshiro was later released without charges.
At 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, police arrested 25-year-old Christiansan Ikaika Kaawa and later charged him with the Aug. 4 robbery.
His bail was set at $25,000.
Kaawa and Stringert are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday.
