Police are looking for a man who may be responsible for raping two Mililani teen-age girls. Police hunt Mililani
rapist, warn teen girlsPolice said the girls, ages 14 and 15, were assaulted in the same manner.
The 14-year-old was raped in January. She was walking along Lanikuhana Avenue at 10:45 p.m. when a man emerged from a gold four-door car, held a pocketknife to her and forced her to get into the car, police said.
The man drove the girl to a pineapple field in Waipio and sexually assaulted her, police said.
On Aug. 9, the 15-year-old girl was walking at 9:30 p.m. from a bus stop to a friend's house when a man, in a car of the same type and color, drove up to her and grabbed her at knifepoint in front of Holanialii Park.
Police said the suspect drove the girl to a deserted area at the end of Paiwa Street in Waikele where he sexually assaulted her in the car.
Police said they are not sure if the same suspect was involved in both attacks, but they see similarities in the method, the car, and possibly the description.
Police said the man is 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 150 pounds, in his 20s to 30s with dark wavy brown hair and a mustache.
Honolulu Police Chief Michael Nakamura has urged hundreds of police supporters to testify at a special Police Commission hearing today on a resolution imposing a five-year term limit on the police chief. Nakamura urges police
backers to give testimonyCity Councilman Jon Yoshimura said Nakamura's Aug. 28 memo contradicts the chief's position that term limits would politicize the department. By using his position as chief to reach thousands of Oahu residents, Yoshimura says Nakamura is already using politics to wage a battle against the plan.
Nakamura had no comment.
All nine Council members introduced the measure Aug. 22. The commission now selects the police chief for a lifetime appointment. Nakamura has served as chief for seven years, and has publicly stated his intentions to retire soon.
"I've said all along that the only way politics can enter into this is by way of the chief," Yoshimura said. "And that's obvious that's what's happening right now.
"I'm disappointed. I wonder what his explanation is," he said.
HPD spokesman Brandon Stone yesterday said Nakamura wouldn't comment on the issue but will testify against the plan at the commission's special meeting today.
Stone said the memo was widely distributed to residents with police ties such as the Citizens Police Academy, the 200 Club, a group of businessmen who support the department, as well as members of the Neighborhood Security Watch Program.
Nakamura's one-page memo, printed on official police letterhead, makes it clear the measure won't apply to him and opposes the plan on behalf of his successors and the people of Honolulu. Five-year terms, the chief said, would make the job much more political.
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By Star-Bulletin staffPolice last night charged a 29-year-old Kailua mother with the alleged attempted murder of her son. Mom charged
with attempted murderThe 4-year-old boy is in critical condition at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children with swelling to the head.
Sunday, police arrested the boy's mother, Kimberly Pada, also known as Kimberly Freitas. Pada is being held in lieu of $200,050 bail.
Friends of a 20-year-old Barbers Point man reported him missing last night after he failed to return from a weekend overnight hike. Hiker, 20, reported missing
The man's friends called police last night about 8:30 p.m. They said they dropped the man off Sunday at 9 a.m. on Dole Plantation Road, near Whitmore Village, and were supposed to pick him up Monday near Malaekahana Beach.
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