POLICE BEAT
Man, 20, charged with robbery at knifepoint
By Rod Ohira
Advertiser Staff Writer
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with robbing a woman at knifepoint while she was placing her infant child in the back seat of a vehicle.
James Manico Allen, a resident of Little Makalapa Naval Housing, was charged Saturday with first-degree robbery. His bail is $100,000.
Allen has an initial appearance today at District Court.
Allen was arrested Friday at 9:50 a.m. on the 300 block of Christopher Court.
The robbery was reported to police at 5:20 a.m. Friday.
The woman, 38, told police she was placing her infant child in the back seat of her vehicle when she was approached by a man with a knife.
The man threatened to stab her and the child if his demands were not met.
Reach Rod Ohira at rohira@honoluluadvertiser.com.
