Police arrested a 47-year-old man after he was identified as the robber who fled after striking a store employee with a stolen ukulele in Lahaina town Sunday afternoon, police said.

Jason Bero, who gave no local address, was charged with second-degree robbery. His bail was set at $20,000.

The robbery occurred at about 5 p.m. Sunday when a man entered D&D Ukulele store at 790 Front St., took a koa wood ukulele valued at $500 and ran out of the store without paying for it, police said.

As the thief was running through the Lahaina Marketplace Shopping Center, a store employee pulled the suspect to the ground by grabbing the hood of his green jacket, according to police. The suspect swung the ukulele at the employee, striking his chin.

Bystanders tried to apprehend the suspect before he fled north on Front Street.

On Monday afternoon, Bero was identified after police obtained surveillance video, and he was recognized from prior police contact, according to police.

Bero was arrested shortly afterward in Lahaina.

He also was being held on contempt-of-court warrants totaling $1,250.