Auto theft ends in purse snatching leaving Pauoa residents concerned

HONOLULU (KHON2) — It was a standard weekend for Mandy Tardif until eventually she found a thing missing from her Pauoa household.

“It took me a little when to figure out why my car was not there and following recognizing it wasn’t there,” reported Mandy Tardif, a Pauoa resident. “I reported oh my goodness it must’ve been stolen.”

According to law enforcement, Tardif’s car or truck was taken and made use of in a purse snatching on Sunday in the exact same space. Police say, an additional female stopped to enable following looking at a auto that appeared to be stalled. They say a guy then dashed into the woman’s auto, stole her purse and manufactured a run for it.

Police say when the suspect was positioned, he started out to run away from them and ran into just one of these households on Booth Road the place he was arrested and taken into custody.

Police arrested a 21-calendar year-previous man for prison trespassing and unauthorized entry into a motor car.

“It can make me lock my home windows. I considered I lived in a seriously protected spot, a protected surroundings and now it is offering me this experience of like I have to be careful and cautious I do not like living like that,” Tardif mentioned.

This incident comes just days just after police responded to a property invasion in Pauoa. Police say, various suspects held a 26-yr-aged at gunpoint within the property.

The Makiki Community Board claims they are hearing additional considerations from spot citizens.

“Lower Makiki has been having a good deal of criminal offense in the place far too and even my own setting up has been hit with men and women breaking into the locked garage spot,” claimed Ian Ross, chair of the Makiki Community Board.

HPD states while property crime is down, robberies and vehicle thefts are up. Police are using assets to make confident this does not come to be a craze.

“We reallocate and redistribute methods not only in a simple dresses potential and also in undercover potential,” claimed Rade Vanic, Honolulu Law enforcement Interim Main. “We hit these places where by we understand are incredibly hot places.”

As for Tardif, she’s urging inhabitants to keep vigilant.

“If you can just take added precautions and just convey to men and women, make them knowledgeable like we really do not have to be terrified, but we can glimpse out for each other. Search out for suspicious individuals,” Tardif mentioned.