Bail set in Lahaina bank robbery case

Bail was set at $5,000 for a man arrested in the robbery of First Hawaiian Bank in Lahaina last week.

Stephen M. Silva, 55, was charged with second-degree theft.

Police said he was identified as the man who walked into the bank at 215 Papalaua St., handed a teller a note and demanded money. No weapons were seen, police said.

The teller gave the man $1,200,

and he left the bank, police said.

Silva, who gave no local address, was arrested Saturday at Whalers Village in Kaanapali, police said.