The suspect arrested for allegedly forcing a father to jump from a moving vehicle with his children at Nimitz Beach on Monday now faces charges of robbery and kidnapping, police said.

Joshua Lopes-Keli, 36, is charged with three counts of kidnapping, robbery in the second degree, and unauthorized control of the moving vehicle. His bail is set at $1 million, and he was also arrested on a no-bail parole violation warrant, the Honolulu Police Department said in a news release.

On Monday evening about 7 p.m., a 30-year-old father rescued his two young daughters as a thief drove away with their pickup truck, forcing the dad to jump out of the moving vehicle with his children. The father was preparing to leave the beach near Kalaeloa Airport when a man approached their truck, asking for a ride

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