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Police, Fire, Courts

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Friday, September 29, 2000


Big Isle school closed in wake of shooting

A private school on the Big Island has been closed since Wednesday to allow police to investigate several gunshots fired into the school.

At least four bullets struck Christian Liberty School in rural Keaau while about 25 students ate lunch Wednesday, police said.

A .22-caliber bullet was found lodged in the air conditioner about 10 feet away from where students were sitting, said Principal Troy Rimel.

No other bullets had been recovered and no suspects had been arrested.

"We're very thankful to the lord; he protected us," he said. "We're confident it was an accidental thing and not a purposeful or malicious act."

Rimel said the school is located in a farming community next to old cane fields. The shots apparently came from off campus, police said.

Students and staff heard noises coming from the air conditioner Wednesday, police said. They first thought it was the unit malfunctioning, until they found bullet holes.

Christian Liberty says it planned to re-open the school Monday.

Federal Rice decision panel hears testimony

Kina'u Boyd Kamali'i, former legislator and Office of Hawaiian Affairs trustee, said last night that Hawaiians have become wards of the United States through its paternalism and mismanagement.

"I ask you to help end this wardship," she told the Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Four hours of testimony from Hawaiian elders were heard by the advisory committee last night on the impact of the Rice vs. Cayetano decision on native Hawaiian programs.

Members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were to attend a public meeting of the Hawaii Advisory Committee today at the hotel to gather more information and public comment on the Rice decision.

Commission Chairwoman Dr. Mary Frances Berry said, "With the Supreme Court's recent decision putting at risk native Hawaiian rights and entitlements, our role in this meeting is to make sure that the views of all who are affected by this decision are heard back in Washington."

Tomorrow

Some events of interest

Bullet 8 a.m.-2 p.m., Paki Hale, 3840 Paki Ave. and 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Pearlridge Shopping Center, Uptown, 2nd floor: Learn more about becoming a marrow donor and sign up with the Hawaii and National Marrow Donor Registries. Part of a drive to locate an acceptable match for 19-year-old leukemia patient Jayson Dela Cruz.


Corrections

Tapa

Bullet The Changing Hawaii column Monday misspelled Chelsey-Ann Kaimi's first name.

Bullet The Goldies Oldies Dance Party IX will take place Oct. 6 only. A story Monday said it would be Oct. 6 and 7.






Police, Fire, Courts

Police/Fire

By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

Ex-Big Island man held in Nevada in '94 murder

HILO -- A former Big Island man is in custody in Nevada, charged in a 1994 Big Island murder, and police are seeking a second man in North Dakota.

Jason Santos, 29, formerly of Lakeland subdivision in Waimea, was arrested Saturday on a warrant charging him with murder and robbery in the death of Vernon Souza Jr., 31, of Omao, Kauai, police said.

The arrest was made by FBI agents and police from the Henderson, Nev., and the Nevada Metropolitan police departments.

Santos is being held on $350,000 bail while extradition proceedings are conducted.

The action follows the indictment by a Big Island grand jury of Santos and Oliver L. White, 27, on charges of murder and robbery in the first degree.

Souza's badly burned body was found Sept. 30, 1994, near the 16-mile marker on Saddle Road by a passerby trying to put out a brush fire.

An autopsy showed he was beaten on the head and that his throat was cut.

Santos was arrested three days later but released the next day. Six days after that, police said they were looking for White, also known as Oliver Anderson.

White is now believed to be in North Dakota, said Deputy Prosecutor Craig Masuda.

Police arrest man, 26, in robbery of eyeglasses

Police arrested a 26-year-old man for allegedly robbing a 60-year-old man of his eyeglasses early this morning.

The victim was in his car stopped at a red light at Bishop and Merchant streets when the suspect reached in and grabbed his glasses off his face at about 12:35 a.m., police said. When the man demanded his glasses back, he was punched several times, they said.

The suspect was arrested for unlawful entry into a motor vehicle and second-degree robbery.

Ewa Beach man shoots, kills self accidentally

A 28-year-old man accidentally shot himself in the head yesterday in Ewa Beach.

The man was cleaning and playing with a firearm at an Ewa Beach home when it discharged, police said. He was taken to Queen's Medical Center, where he died.

Two other people were with the man, but no foul play is suspected.






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