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UH Mānoa

"Give me your money": Three Minutes, Forty Dollars, and a Pink Moped on the 5th Floor of UH Mānoa's Zone 20

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On Saturday, October 5, 2024, at approximately 1:06-1:09 AM HST, a strong-arm robbery occurred near the 5th-floor elevator of the Zone 20 Parking Structure between the William S. Richardson School of Law and the Law Library. Two males approached the victim; one demanded "Give me your money," the victim handed over $40, and one suspect then shoved the victim against a wall before both fled on a pink moped with no license plate. The UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety issued a Clery-mandated timely warning the same day. The case was referenced in subsequent HPU and UH Mānoa safety reporting as part of a 2024 cluster of moped-related crimes on or near the campus.

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University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Public R1 · HI
~17,000 studentsUH Alert / DPS Timely Warning
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INITIAL ALERTEmail
Verified verbatimUH Mānoa Department of Public Safety Timely Warning (manoa.hawaii.edu/dps)975 chars
Robbery reported near Zone 20 Parking Structure. The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Public Safety (DPS) is reporting a robbery that occurred on Saturday, October 5, 2024, between approximately 1:06am and 1:09am, near the 5th floor elevator of the zone 20 parking structure between Law School and Law library. The victim reported that two males approached him and one of the suspects demanded money stating "Give me your money." The victim gave the suspects $40 in cash, after which one of the suspects shoved the victim against a wall. Suspects fled on a pink in color moped, no license plate. If you have any information about this incident, please contact the UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety (DPS) at (808) 956-6911 or the Honolulu Police Department (HPD) at 911. Safety Recommendations: Download the Mānoa Guardian app and use the Safety Timer feature to notify family, friends, or DPS staff if you are walking alone or in an unfamiliar place on campus.
Issued by UH Mānoa DPS on Saturday, October 5, 2024 HST — the same calendar day as the incident
Hawaii Standard Time (UTC-10) is observed year-round; Hawaii does not observe daylight saving time
Zone 20 sits between the William S. Richardson School of Law and the Law Library on the eastern side of UH Mānoa's campus, an area with significant overnight foot traffic to and from law-school study spaces
The 'pink in color moped' typo (missing 'colored') is preserved verbatim from the DPS notice
Context

Background

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is the flagship of the UH system, serving roughly 17,000 students from a 320-acre campus in the Mānoa Valley of Honolulu. On Saturday, October 5, 2024, at approximately 1:06-1:09 AM HST, a strong-arm robbery occurred near the 5th-floor elevator of the Zone 20 Parking Structure — a multi-level lot between the William S. Richardson School of Law and the Law Library that primarily serves law-school commuters and overnight library users. Two male suspects approached the victim; one demanded "Give me your money," the victim handed over $40 in cash, and one suspect then shoved the victim against a wall before both fled on a pink-colored moped with no license plate. The UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety issued the Clery-mandated timely warning the same day, recommending students download the Mānoa Guardian app and use its Safety Timer feature when walking alone. The incident is part of a broader 2024 Fall pattern of moped-related crime affecting UH Mānoa, with DPS subsequently issuing timely warnings for a string of moped thefts in November 2024 and a motor vehicle theft in April 2024. The verbatim suspect quote ("Give me your money") and the very precise three-minute time window are characteristic of UH Mānoa DPS's detailed timely-warning style, which contrasts with the more generic language used by many mainland flagships.
Analysis

Key Findings

The timely warning preserves the verbatim suspect demand quote ("Give me your money"), a level of specificity unusual among campus Clery notices that typically paraphrase suspect statements
The 1:06-1:09 AM time window — three minutes of precision — reflects UH Mānoa DPS's detailed incident-reporting style and the availability of parking-structure video coverage
The pink moped getaway is part of a broader Fall 2024 pattern of moped-involved crime at UH Mānoa that produced multiple sequential timely warnings
The Mānoa Guardian app's Safety Timer is one of the few campus-safety apps explicitly recommended in a Clery notice rather than buried in annual security reports
Outcome
No suspects had been publicly identified at time of reporting. The UH Mānoa DPS asked anyone with information to contact DPS at (808) 956-6911 or HPD at 911. UH Mānoa DPS subsequently issued additional timely warnings for [a string of moped thefts in November 2024](https://manoa.hawaii.edu/dps/2024/11/20/string-of-moped-thefts-at-uh-manoa-3/), suggesting moped-related crime patterns continued through Fall 2024.
Provenance

Sources

  1. Official
    Robbery reported near Zone 20 Parking Structure (UH Mānoa Department of Public Safety)
    manoa.hawaii.edu
  2. Official
    String of Moped Thefts at UH Mānoa (UH Mānoa DPS, Nov 20, 2024)
    manoa.hawaii.edu
  3. Official
    Motor Vehicle Theft at UH Mānoa (UH Mānoa DPS, Apr 15, 2024)
    manoa.hawaii.edu
  4. Official
    Department of Public Safety - UH Announce Category
    manoa.hawaii.edu
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