06-14-2009, 05:54 AM
From the Tribune Herald
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Three ice cream bandits busted
Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:15 AM HST
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) -- Failed burglars made off with little more than soda and ice cream when they couldn't lug a shop's cumbersome safe through a lava field.
The thieves cut Swing Zone's power and phone lines, disabled the store's alarm system and broke the activity center's safe off its cement platform.
But all they got away with was five cases of soda, 8 gallons of ice cream, four cases of Spam and $8 in cash during the April 29 burglary.
Swing Zone General Manager Nita Chatfield said police didn't take the crime seriously, so she and her boyfriend staked out the lava field with baseball bats and pepper spray.
When three people showed up the next night, the couple forced them to the ground and called police.
Police arrested Pua Taketa, 19; Noel Taketa, 19; and Noa Mamala, 18.
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Swing Zone staff should get a prize....
Click Here
Quote:
Three ice cream bandits busted
Published: Sunday, June 14, 2009 8:15 AM HST
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) -- Failed burglars made off with little more than soda and ice cream when they couldn't lug a shop's cumbersome safe through a lava field.
The thieves cut Swing Zone's power and phone lines, disabled the store's alarm system and broke the activity center's safe off its cement platform.
But all they got away with was five cases of soda, 8 gallons of ice cream, four cases of Spam and $8 in cash during the April 29 burglary.
Swing Zone General Manager Nita Chatfield said police didn't take the crime seriously, so she and her boyfriend staked out the lava field with baseball bats and pepper spray.
When three people showed up the next night, the couple forced them to the ground and called police.
Police arrested Pua Taketa, 19; Noel Taketa, 19; and Noa Mamala, 18.
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Swing Zone staff should get a prize....
Assume the best and ask questions.
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