Arthur Birano, 30, is suspected of going on a crime spree since his release from prison in February. He was arrested shortly before 9 p.m. near his parents' house in the Houghtailing Street area of Kalihi.

SWAT officers captured him after a brief foot chase. Police said that they are looking for his girlfriend.

Birano is the second high-profile fugitive to be captured by Honolulu police in an 18-hour span. Early Wednesday morning, officers caught up to Leonard Moore, an escapee from the Hawaii State Hospital who is believed to have burglarized homes and stolen cars in Kahala.

Birano (pictured, left) was wanted in connection with a number of home invasions, car thefts and a drive-by shooting. He was freed from Halawa prison Feb. 15.

According to police, Birano may be linked to a home invasion that occurred Wednesday morning at an apartment on Kewalo Street. Authorities believe that Birano and two other men appoached a couple as they were walking to their car and forced the man to take them to his apartment at gunpoint.

Birano is also suspected of crashing a stolen car in the Ala Moana area May 8 while firing gunshots (pictured, left). Nobody was hurt.

He is also a suspect in at least two home invasion robberies in Kalihi and a drive-by shooting on Kona Street near Ala Moana.

Police say that this is not the first time they have had to conduct a manhunt for Birano.

In 1995, Birano went on a crime spree that included the armed robbery of a gas station and car theft, according to police. They captured Birano after he crashed a stolen car into a utility pole in Kalihi.

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