Navy looks for lost sailor in Indian Ocean waters
A Navy destroyer and a P-3C Orion patrol aircraft are searching the Indian Ocean for a Pearl Harbor-based sailor who was lost at sea.The Navy said Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Glenn Whitaker, 44, from Trinidad, Tex., was reported missing after a 4:30 a.m. roll call on the destroyer USS Russell yesterday morning.
The Russell, which left Pearl Harbor Oct. 25, on a six-month Western Pacific deployment, was 850 miles southwest of India at the time.
The 500-foot destroyer, with its crew of 25 officers and more than 300 enlisted sailors, joined the frigate USS Ford and the destroyer USS John Young from San Diego to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iraq in the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf.
Whitaker has served in the Navy since 1988.
The ship's crew, led by Cmdr. Hank Miranda, conducted a search of the ship's interior to ensure Whitaker was not on board.
The USS Russell and Navy P-3C maritime patrol aircraft have retraced the area traveled in the hour and a half between the time Whitaker was last seen and the time he was reported missing.
The incident is under investigation.
Two horses killed in Maunawili stable fire
Two horses died last night when a stable at Maunawili Farm burned to the ground.Six engine companies and a battalion chief responded to the 10:53 p.m. alarm at 1015 Auloa Road. By the time the first unit arrived, fire officials said the stable was engulfed in flames. They said they concentrated their efforts on preventing the fire from spreading to a nearby cottage. The cause and damage estimate are under investigation.
Police investigate possible child abuse case
Police have opened a second-degree assault investigation after a six-month-old boy was brought into the Tripler Army Medical Center with a skull fracture.Police said the boy was taken to the hospital early Monday because of vomiting. X-rays revealed a fracture above his right ear.
Police opened the investigation after the mother was unable to explain how the boy got the injury.
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By Star-Bulletin staffHONOLULU Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Kalihi woman arrested in hit-and-run accident
A 30-year-old Kalihi woman was arrested Monday in connection with a hit-and-run accident involving a 3-year-old girl over the weekend.Police found the car they believe was involved in the accident near the woman's home at Kuhio Park Terrace and arrested her on four criminal contempt-of-court warrants for previous traffic violations.
The woman was released yesterday after appearing in Honolulu District Court for the warrants.
The girl remains in critical condition at Queen's Medical Center. Police said she was playing at a Pua Lane in address in Mayor Wright Housing when she wandered off. Witnesses found her injured, lying on the side of the road.
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Gunman robs Wahiawa ice cream store
Police are looking for a suspect who robbed the Wahiawa Baskin-Robbins store at gunpoint last night.Police said the robber entered the Wahiawa Shopping Center store, at 823 California Avenue, at 8:45 p.m., brandished a handgun and demanded money from an employee.
After getting an undisclosed amount of money, the robber fled on foot, police said.
The suspect is in his 20s or 30s, between 5-feet-4 and 5-feet-6 inches tall and weighs 160 to 180 pounds.
He was wearing a baseball cap and a blue and white jacket with white stripes on the sleeves.
