Local pimp found dead outside Las Vegas hotel
Police said an alleged local pimp was shot and killed in Las Vegas last weekend.According to Las Vegas detectives, the man was found lying outside of a Budget Suites hotel room on Paradise Road, just east of the strip, at about 7:30 a.m. Feb. 7. The man suffered a gunshot wound to the head, police said.
Las Vegas police are investigating the incident: Two men in their 20s were seen driving off in a sports-utility vehicle shortly after the shots.
The shooting victim, whose name has not been released, is believed to be linked with a prostitution-related circuit that goes through Hawaii, Las Vegas and areas of the West Coast.
Diving fatality blamed partly on lax supervision
The Coast Guard said the lack of direct supervision was a contributing factor in the drowning death of a 47-year-old Japanese tourist last year near Kualoa Beach Park.In concluding its investigation, the Coast Guard said the cause of the dive casualty at Kualoa Ranch "remains unknown."
The Coast Guard said Mutsuko Yamamoto was left unsupervised in the water while taking part in an introductory diving tour Oct. 10. The Honolulu Medical Examiner's office concluded she died of accidental drowning.
No charges were ever brought against the dive instructor or In the Blue, the firm that ran the dive program for Kualoa Ranch.
Bank of Hawaii sues state senator for debt
State Sen. Robert Bunda has defaulted on a $100,000 loan taken by his campaign organization for an unsuccessful congressional bid in 1996, according to a Circuit Court lawsuit filed yesterday.Bank of Hawaii said Bunda (D, Wahiawa) is personally liable for the loan to Robert Bunda for Congress and has not paid any of the principal or interest on the loan.
Owed as of Jan. 14 is principal amounting to $70,487, interest of $2,776 and late charges of $3,581, according to the suit.
Interest on the principal will grow at an 11.5 percent annual rate, or $22.20 daily, the bank said.
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Police/Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffMoanalua boy stabbed; classmate is arrested
Police yesterday arrested a boy in the stabbing of a student at Moanalua High School.The two classmates had a fight after school, police said.
Police said one of the boys was stabbed in the left part of his chest at 4:30 p.m.
He was treated at Pali Momi Hospital and released.
The suspect was booked for second-degree assault.
In an unrelated incident, a boy was booked for threatening another student with a knife at Castle High School on Monday, police said.
No injuries were reported.
Police arrest woman for alleged knife threat
Police arrested a woman for reportedly threatening her brother yesterday with a knife.Following an argument at 10:15 a.m., the suspect brandished a knife near Houghtailing Street and Kealia Drive, police said.
To defend himself, the man hit his sister with a belt and fled, police said.
The woman was booked for first-degree terroristic threatening.
Two assault Hilo man in home, steal rifle
HILO -- Police are seeking two men who assaulted a 67-year-old Hilo man in his downtown home last night.The thieves, wearing black clothing and ski masks, stole the man's wallet and a .22-caliber rifle and fled after assaulting him, police said.
The victim was taken to Hilo Hospital, where he was treated for facial injuries and was reported in good condition.
Maui will equip police to aid in heart attacks
WAILUKU -- Maui County police plan to have portable defibrillators to help people who have heart attacks.The automated devices monitor and regulate the heartbeat with the use of electric current.
The county plans to buy 30 defibrillators for $95,000 and equip every police car on patrol as well as five police facilities.
The county said statistics show the survival rate of someone experiencing a cardiac arrest is less than 9 percent.
When police in the city of Rochester, Minn., were given defibrillators, the survival rate for people in cardiac arrest increased to 58 percent, the county said.
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