Culprits victimize kupuna in stores
Kupuna at Oahu’s mom-and-pop stores are being victimized by criminals as they continue to work during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“(Criminals are) not just preying on vulnerable seniors. They’re preying on people that the community is relying on to live and make this pandemic more bearable,” said Scott Spallina, head of the city Department of the Prosecuting Attorney’s Elder Abuse Unit.
In the past three weeks, prosecutors charged at least three culprits with offenses that ranged from robbery and terroristic threatening to reckless endangering involving victims age 65 and older working at convenience stores.
https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/09/08/hawaii-news/culprits-victimize-kupuna-in-stores/
