LIHU‘E — A Kilauea woman remains behind bars after allegedly trying to kill a homeless man first with a machete and then with a pick-up truck. “Crazy Carrie,” as the 911 caller identified her, was arrested for attempted second-degree murder
LIHU‘E — A Kilauea woman remains behind bars after allegedly trying to kill a homeless man first with a machete and then with a pick-up truck.
“Crazy Carrie,” as the 911 caller identified her, was arrested for attempted second-degree murder after the Dec. 15 incident that started in Hanalei and ended in Kapa‘a.
On the night of Dec. 19, Carrie Ann Robson allegedly tried to plow over Patrick Craig to end a verbal dispute.
Robson allegedly drove her 1993 black Dodge pick-up truck into Craig as he was talking to police dispatch from a pay phone at Hanalei Pavilion.
Craig, 49, suffered a broken wrist and a few scratches. He also claims “Crazy Carrie” first attacked him with a machete, but he was able to disarm her.
He told police that he and some friends arrived at the pavilion that morning and spent the whole day there. Around 8 p.m. while they were eating and drinking, Robson approached them and asked for a beer and “weed,” but was told she would have to ask someone else.
Craig then told the police “Crazy Carrie” pulled out a machete “from somewhere” and started chasing him around the pavilion. She struck Craig several times in the arms with the machete, while she was “running in a downward slicing motion,” he said.
A machete with a duct-taped handle and a “very dull and not sharp” blade measuring 16-and-a-half-inches long and two-and-a-half-inches wide was recovered by the police at the scene of the alleged crime, according to the police report.
Craig said he managed to take the machete away from “Crazy Carrie” and ran to the pay phone to call the police. Robson then got into her truck and tried to hit Craig. He said he dropped the phone and ran, but “Crazy Carrie” hit him three times with her truck, throwing him to the ground.
Robson then left at a “high rate of speed,” Craig told the police.
‘He was asking me for hugs’
When she was advised of the arresting charge — and before she was read her constitutional rights — Robson reportedly told the police: “For what, that $#@% homeless guy that stole my machete?”
She denied she tried to run over Craig.
“I don’t know why I am charged with attempted murder,” she told the police.
She said she went down to the pavilion because her friend Jesse Hayes, a 25-year-old homeless man, had a flat tire and needed a spare.
“This homeless guy that I only know as Patrick was trying to hit on me, and was asking me for hugs,” she told the police, adding that she did give Craig a hug and told him it was the only one he was going to get.
She denied asking Craig for beer or marijuana.
Robson said she was carrying a machete in the back of her pants. “I don’t go anywhere without my machete because of safety and protection reasons.”
She told the police that at one point, as she was walking out of the bathroom, holding the machete in her hand, Craig rushed her and took the machete away.
Craig then called the police using the pay phone.
Robson said she got “very mad,” got into her truck and “started to burn out in the parking lot.”
She admitted running over Craig’s backpack and other personal belongings, but denied hitting him with her truck.
‘I gotta run’
KPD dispatch transcription records of the 911 call add further insight into the altercation last week in Hanalei.
“Please help um, I got a crazy b**** she’s like throwing rocks at the phone. Tried to chop me (with a) machete. I need some help, please,” Craig initially told the KPD dispatcher.
The dispatcher told Craig the police were on their way and asked where she was at that time.
Craig gave the dispatcher more information, while describing Robson’s erratic driving. First she tried to run him over, then she tried to leave the parking lot. Some people, he said, were trying to hold her back.
“Her name is Carrie, ‘Crazy Carrie’ they call her,” Craig told the dispatcher.
As Craig described the scene to the dispatcher, he would occasionally shout apparently to those in Robson’s path: “Get out the way. Don’t get run over; it’s not worth it.”
Then Craig told the dispatcher before hanging up: “She’s nuts. I gotta run. She’s coming.”
Minutes later Craig made a second 911 call.
“Yes, um, I’m calling from, ah, Hanalei Pavilion,” he said. “Ah, I think I broke my arm. Like, the crazy b**** ran me over.”
Craig said Robson had already left, but he was unable to tell which direction she went. He was worried about his arm. “But like, my arm got cracked.”
He initially refused an ambulance, but changed his mind soon thereafter.
“My arm’s $#&% up. Pardon me. My arm, I think it’s broken,” he told the dispatcher.
“This crazy b****,” were his final words before confirming his location and hanging up.
Craig was treated on the scene by Princeville paramedics, and taken to Wilcox Memorial Hospital emergency room via ambulance. At the hospital, he was attended to by Dr. Mark Magelssen, and x-rays confirmed his left wrist was fractured.
The police report states that Magelssen said the broken wrist was consistent with an impact from falling to the ground. There were no cuts from a machete, but Craig had redness and pain on his arms, legs and torso, according to Magelssen.
Craig said he was wearing three layers of long-sleeved shirts, which was what prevented him from being cut with a machete, he told the police.
The police records state that Craig appeared to be “shaken up” by the incident, and that his face smelled of some type of alcoholic beverage.
The arrest
KPD officer Brian Silva checked out the beach parking lots around Hanalei, but could not locate the suspect.
Silva concluded the initial investigation, and headed to KPD cell block in Lihu‘e for his shift duty, according to records.
While driving through Kapa‘a, Silva heard the dispatch broadcast that Robson was causing a disturbance at a home near Kapa‘a Burger King. She was arrested, and her truck was towed to the evidence lot at KPD headquarters.
Records
Robson is listed in police records as homeless and as a Kilauea resident. The records also state that she has an expired license and is unemployed.
She is currently being held at Kaua‘i Community Correctional Center. Her bail is set at $100,000.
She appeared in district court on Dec. 27 for a preliminary hearing. Craig testified during that hearing.
Robson is scheduled to appear in district court at 1 p.m. Monday to continue the preliminary hearing.
It’s not the first time Robson has had a brush with the law, but it’s her most serious charge. She has been convicted of third-degree assault. She also has faced charges of burglary, theft, drunken driving and contempt of court.
Twice in 4 days
In four days, two women on two separate occasions have allegedly ran over someone with a vehicle.
On Dec. 15, around 4:30 p.m., Kehaunani Napualani Kauo, 35, allegedly drove her 1991 green Honda station wagon into her boyfriend, Robert Villaros, 41, while he walked along Apopo Road, in Kapa‘a, according to the Kaua‘i Police Department.
Villaros was taken by ambulance to Wilcox Memorial Hospital. He reportedly suffered minor injuries on his lower legs, arms and back. He was treated and released the same day.
Approximately 20 minutes later, KPD arrested Kauo at her home and charged her with second-degree attempted murder.
• Léo Azambuja, staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 252) or lazambuja@kauaipubco.com.
