A brazen crime spree on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, came to an end in 2016 when Walter Mills, 45, was sentenced to 188 months imprisonment for robbing both a bank and a pharmacy.
According to court documents, on November 3, 2016, Mills escaped from Kauai Community Correctional Center (KCCC) in Wailua, Hawaii. The following day, Mills embarked on a one-day crime spree, starting at First Hawaiian Bank in Lihue, Hawaii, where he handed the bank teller a demand note: ‘This is a robbery I have a gun count all the money in the drawer no die pack or mark money.’
Mills received $480 in cash, which he then used at a local Kmart store to purchase a BB gun. He then committed a series of carjackings – brandishing the BB gun and stealing vehicles, regardless if the driver was still inside. During one of the carjackings of an occupied vehicle, Mills demanded the owner to drive him to a pharmacy in Koloa, Hawaii.
Once he entered the pharmacy, Mills held the BB gun in the air and demanded Oxycontin pills. He received the pills, fled, and continued on his carjacking spree. Mills was arrested in Hanapepe later that day.
As part of his sentence, Mills must pay $630 in restitution, and serve 3 years of supervised release following his incarceration.
Kauai Police Department, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the FBI investigated the case, while Assistant U.S. Attorney Sara D. Ayabe prosecuted.
The case was brought as part of Project Safe Neighborhoods, a program aimed at reducing violent crime and making neighborhoods safer.
Key Facts
- State: Hawaii
- Category: Violent Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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