The 25-cent adult video booth, also known as "the peep show," has turned into a den of drug activity and prostitution, Chinatown police say. Police eye crime at 'peep shows'
Beat officers know what's going on in the booths, police Capt. Stephen Kornegay said, because freshly used crack pipes or other evidence are left behind.
Prostitutes also have admitted to engaging in sexual activity in the booths.
Police have been unable to thwart the trend. A closed door on a video booth means no entry without a search warrant unless probable cause is established, Kornegay said.
But that will likely change come Jan. 1.
A bill passed by the City Council this week bars doors, curtains or other obstructions from the entrance of adult video booths.
The bill also requires video booth parlors to obtain licenses through the Finance Department.
Bus passes for the month of May will not be available until April 28. Glitch delays May bus passes
'til end of AprilBlame the glitch on printing delays, TheBus officials said.
Normally, passes are available on the 20th day of the month prior.
Bus passes are sold at all Foodland stores, 7-Elevens, Star Markets, satellite city halls, the University of Hawaii campus center and other outlets.
The Board of Water Supply is offering public tours of the Waihee Tunnel, one of the main water suppliers for Windward Oahu. Waihee Tunnel will open
for water-supply toursThe public can tour the 1,500-foot Kahaluu tunnel on Thursday, Saturday, May 1 or May 8. The one-hour tours will be offered at 9 a.m., 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Visitors meet at the Board of Water Supply's Waihee Booster Station at Kamehameha Highway and Waihee Road.
Children must be over 12 and accompanied by an adult.
Reservations are required. Call 527-6113.
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By Star-Bulletin staffFour boys facing federal carjacking charges were among eight youths involved in a riot Saturday night at the Alder Street juvenile detention facility. Youths attempt escape
from detention facilityA 48-year-old male staffer was assaulted during the 9:40 p.m. incident.
Family Court Senior Judge Michael Towne ordered the four teens in federal custody transferred from the detention facility to the cellblock at the main police station.
Three of the boys are 14 years old -- from Ewa Beach, Waipahu and Western Samoa. The fourth youth, 16, is from Village Park.
Four others involved remained at the Alder Street facility.
The incident started when the eight youths in one of the dormitory rooms began shouting at a car on Elm Street, police said. The staffer went to check on the disturbance and was overpowered by the group, who rushed out of the room. They went to the laundry room, where some of the youths armed themselves with broken mop handles, and attempted to break into the girls' dormitory.
Police arrived and restored order. The youths were arrested for attempted escape and second-degree assault.
A 58-year-old man was killed yesterday when he was struck by an unattended delivery van in a loading-dock area at Ala Moana Center. Unattended van kills man
at shopping centerThe 6:46 a.m. accident occurred on a service road about 312 feet south of Kona Street.
A 20-year-old man was arrested at his workplace at 3:55 p.m. for failure to render aid.
The van parked at the service-loading dock rolled down and pinned the victim against a trash compactor, police said.
Traffic investigators also reported that a 3-year-old girl was struck by a van yesterday at 10:59 a.m. on the 85-1000 block of Waianae Valley Road.
The girl, who is at Kapiolani Hospital, darted onto the roadway from a garage to cross the street. A 50-year-old woman was driving the van, police said.
Police are conducting an arson investigation into an early morning fire yesterday that gutted a Kailua residence at 1362 Akalani Pl. and killed three dogs. Kailua residence gutted
in fire; arson suspectedDamage is estimated at $150,000 to the structure and $25,000 to contents, police said.
The owner-occupants weren't home at the time of the 2:58 a.m. alarm.
A neighbor, Lydia Alvaro, who took in three surviving dogs, said Wally and Catherine Lee raised miniature Doberman pinschers, Chinese shar-peis, Rottweilers and mastiffs as a hobby.
