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"Go ahead," she said yesterday to the defense attorney, who read a list of 20 some people who said Pacheco said she lied when she accused Alexander "Boy" Carvalho of hitting her, choking her and threatening to kill her in February. "I never talked to half of them. They all know he did hit me."
The state has accused Carvalho, 45, of two counts of abusing a household member and intimidating a witness in three February incidents involving Pacheco. Paroled in December for manslaughter in the 1987 beating death of his wife, Cathy, Carvalho faces a year in prison for each abuse charge and five years for intimidation. He is in custody in lieu of a $25,000 bond.
The trial is expected to conclude next week.
Makena Beach in south Maui has been closed from 8 p.m. to 7 a.m. since July 1.
Maui state Parks Administrator Floyd Miyazono cited crime, loitering and littering as reasons for the closure.
But at hearings Tuesday and last night, some residents complained that closing the beach isn't a good solution.
Tanaka says he may also propose legislation to require a public hearing before state park hours are cut back.
From left, engineers Sgt. Matthew Hughes and Specialist Jon Houchins talk with Army Warrant Officer Lisa Canavan and Staff Sgt. Randy Lafferty aboard the Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross.
Photo by Ken Sakamoto, Star-Bulletin
The 19-year Army veteran is one of four women assigned to the 272-foot Maj. Gen. Charles P. Gross, which is berthed at Ford Island and is the largest vessel in the Army's resupply force.
Canavan is not the only Hawaii-based soldier to make history. Last week Army Capt. Kristen Crino, a 1990 West Point graduate, became the first woman to head an assault helicopter company in the 25th Infantry Division (Light).
The fax machine has become the latest weapon in the fight against crime. Condo managers in the Downtown to Tantalus area are keeping each other apprised of criminal action or suspicious activities in their neighborhoods.
The hope is that other managers will be ready for them or will see a pattern in activities.
Area legislators have a fax machine donated by Ala Moana Center to use as a central source to contact condo fax machines.
Police Lt. Wayne Ribao said investigators are treating the death as a murder, pending an autopsy, although there was no apparent sign of foul play.
The naked, decomposing body was face down in the middle of the reservoir when found by an irrigation worker for Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. who called police at 8:30 a.m. The reservoir is off Kuihelani and Honoapiilani highways.
The body has not been identified.
Ribao said no clothes or personal belongings were found nearby, although some clothes were found about a quarter-mile away.
Patrick Palmer was driving north on Queen Kaahumanu Highway when his 1,500-gallon tank trunk ran off the road and overturned about 6 a.m., authorities said.
Palmer got out of the truck and was helped by bystanders, but suffered third-degree burns over 70 percent of his body.
Traffic on the highway was held up for two hours, police said.
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