Can of pork and beans led to arrest of two men in Hawaii

A can of pork and beans thrown at the truck of masked burglars as they fled a robbery led police in Hawaii to arrest two suspects. Victim Claudine Prados had been watching TV at her home in Hawaiian Paradise Park, Keaau, when three masked men stormed in on Friday night and attacked her family.



She said she protected her son from one suspect by grabbing a meat cleaver from the kitchen, but two other men attacked his father. "They injured him pretty badly. They slammed his face into the ground and they were trying to choke him and doing whatever they could to try to get him to pass out I guess," Prados said. Prados said she grabbed a can of pork and beans after the cleaver was knocked out of her hand.

After a struggle, the men drove off. "I still had the can of food in my hand and I was actually trying to bust their window but it ended up bouncing off and landing in the back of their truck. That's one of the main things that actually police was able to identify the truck when they actually pulled it over," she added. "It was like a total waste of time for them, honestly, because all they left with was a purse with no money and a kid's backpack with clothes."



Within 30 minutes, police found a truck matching the description she gave them in Kurtistown. Officers found the can in the back and arrested two men, Jack Vaughn of Kailua-Kona and Dustin Jose of Kealakekua. Officers arrested both men for assault, burglary and robbery. The two suspects in custody have been charged. Vaughn's bail is set at $12,000. Jose's bail is $60,000. A third man is still being sought.

With news video.