One man remains hospitalized on Oahu and two men are in police custody following what police described as a violent robbery early Tuesday morning. ADVERTISING One man remains hospitalized on Oahu and two men are in police custody following what
One man remains hospitalized on Oahu and two men are in police custody following what police described as a violent robbery early Tuesday morning.
According to the Hawaii Police Department, police responded to a reported robbery outside a restaurant on Henry Street at about 2 a.m. Tuesday. They said an acquaintance had reportedly approached a 25-year-old Kailua-Kona man and a 23-year-old Kailua-Kona man. The man then reportedly struck the 25-year-old in the head, arms and legs with a blunt object and stole both their backpacks. The assailant then left the area in a black sedan being driving by a second man.
The 25-year-old victim was taken to Kona Community Hospital with serious head injuries and later transferred to The Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu, where he remains in stable condition. The 23-year-old victim was not injured.
A short time later, police located a car matching the description of the suspects’ car and learned that the sole occupant, Nohea Gene Heinicke, 43, of Kailua-Kona, was wanted on a bench warrant. He was arrested and charged with violating probation and held at the Kona police cellblock pending his initial court appearance on the bench warrant.
Meanwhile, at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, detectives arrested Heinicke on suspicion of robbery. At 1:25 p.m. Tuesday they arrested the second suspect, 28-year-old Randall Todd Chase of Kailua-Kona, also on suspicion of robbery.
Both suspects remain in police custody while Area II Criminal Investigations Section detectives continue the investigation.
