Harbor manager sentenced for thefts
KEALAKEKUA, Hawaii >> The former state district manager of small-boat harbors on the Big Island has been sentenced to six months in jail for stealing $28,000 in wages, state-purchased interisland flight coupons and car rental coupons.Jeffrey S. Bearman, 44, was sentenced to a year in jail by Kona Circuit Judge Ronald Ibarra, but Ibarra suspended six months of that. Bearman must also remain on probation for five years and was ordered to repay the $28,000.
Bearman already repaid the money by taking out loans, said Deputy Attorney General Christopher Young.
Ibarra also ordered Bearman to perform 750 hours of community service and to continue receiving psychological treatment. The judge granted Bearman a deferred acceptance of a no-contest plea, meaning if he follows all sentencing requirements, he will not have a felony conviction on his record.
Self Day helps women receive free Pap tests
Free Pap tests will be offered by appointment on April 16 by Planned Parenthood of Hawaii to observe Self magazine's Self Day.The tests will be conducted at the Honolulu clinic, 1350 S. King St., Suite 310, phone 589-1149; Kahului clinic on Maui, 140 Hoohana St., Suite 303, phone 808-871-1176; and the Kailua-Kona clinic on the Big Island, 75-184 Hualalai Road, Suite 205, phone 808-329-8211.
Thousands of women polled by Self revealed only 3 percent identified "taking time for themselves" as the top item on their to-do lists, while 70 percent reported their jobs were priority, Planned Parenthood said.
As a result, the magazine decided to establish Self Day as a national effort for women to take care of themselves for one day.
The April issue of the magazine will list freebies and discounts only available on April 16 and tell readers how to get them. They can call toll-free numbers that day, log on to Web sites and go to participating stores and gyms.
Call a Planned Parenthood Hawaii clinic in advance for free Pap tests. For more information, visit www.selfday.com.
Clinic will help people prepare their living will
Volunteer attorneys will be available at no cost to help people prepare important health-care documents April 13 and 20 at Kapahulu Center, 3410 Campbell Ave.A mandatory orientation for participants will be held at 2 p.m. April 10 at the Kapahulu Center.
Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii is sponsoring the Elder Care Legal Clinic to help people prepare an Advance Health Care Directive or Living Will and a Durable General Power of Attorney.
These are recommended to relieve loved ones of the burden of decision-making and ensure a person's health-care wishes will be honored in the future. Elders should name someone they trust to handle their affairs in an emergency.
The clinics will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on each date. To register or obtain more information, call the Volunteer Legal Services office, 528-7046.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Hilo police search for girl, 14, missing since Sunday
Hilo police are asking for help in locating a 14-year-old girl who has been missing from her home since Sunday. Police identified the girl as Hilo High School student Kauimaeole Iopa.Police said that on Sunday, Iopa's mother dropped the girl off at Coconut Island in the Banyan Drive area where she was to meet with some friends, then call her mother to pick her up later that afternoon.
Police said Iopa never called, and phone calls to her cell phone have not been answered.
According to police, Iopa's friends told the mother that they think she may have gotten into a black low-rider truck.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Jody Arruda of the South Hilo Patrol, the police nonemergency number 935-3311, or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo or 329-8181 in Kona.
HONOLULU
22-year-old man arrested in shooting death
A 22-year-old man was arrested this morning for murder in connection with the shooting death of a man whose body was found on Jack Lane in Nuuanu on Jan. 23.Edward Fuller, 40, was shot multiple times, including once in the back and twice in the back of the head. Police believe the killing was drug related.
Police search for 2 men who robbed Kalihi store
Police are looking for two suspects who robbed the Kalihi 7-Eleven Store at 2404 N. School St. this morning. Police said two males, possibly in their 20s, entered the store at 3:13 a.m. and went behind the counter. One of the males brandished a knife and demanded both cash registers be opened, police said. The two female employees complied. Police said the suspects took the cash from the registers, then fled on foot in the mauka direction on Kamehameha IV Road.CENTRAL OAHU
2 teenagers charged in fatal Wahiawa beating
A 19-year-old Mililani man and an 18-year-old Wahiawa man were charged yesterday with murder in connection with the beating death of Mark Mehr, of Wahiawa, in February. Joseph Kaleo Marshall and Gary McCormick-Fesagaiga remain in custody in lieu of $100,000 bail.Mehr's body was found on a sidewalk fronting an apartment complex at 329 California Ave. on Feb. 11. He was taken to Queen's Medical Center, unconscious and in critical condition. He died on Feb. 21 after he was declared brain dead and his family decided to take him off life support.
Police yesterday also arrested a 20-year-old man, a family member of McCormick-Fesagaiga, for allegedly intimidating a witness. Police said the man threatened a person he believed saw the murder.
2 people hospitalized after Mililani car crash
A 33-year-old woman and an 18-year-old man were transported by MedEvac helicopter in critical condition to Queen's Medical Center this morning following a one-car crash in Mililani. The woman has since improved to guarded condition and the man to fair condition.Police said the woman was a passenger in a vehicle driven by the man on Meheula Parkway about 5:50 a.m. when it crashed into a tree near the Mililani postal station. Police believe the man may have fallen asleep behind the wheel.
LEEWARD OAHU
Boy arrested in attack on 12-year-old Aiea girl
Police arrested a 14-year-old Aiea boy for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl during spring break.Police said the girl was walking out of a swimming pool restroom at a condominium complex on Koauka Loop about noon last Thursday when the boy confronted her, physically restrained her and sexually assaulted her.
The girl reported the alleged crimes to police Tuesday at Aiea Intermediate School.
The boy was summoned to the school office, where he was arrested.
WAIKIKI
Man allegedly kidnaps and assaults visitor
Police arrested a 31-year-old man Tuesday for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman Monday.The victim, a visitor from California, told police she was walking near the corner of Kalakaua Avenue and Niu Street about 11:45 p.m. when three males in a vehicle pulled up alongside her.
She said one of the males pulled her into the vehicle and took her to his residence on Young Street where he sexually assaulted her.
She told police she was able to flee after the suspect fell asleep, then returned to Waikiki and reported the incident to police.
The man was arrested at his residence, then released without charges pending further investigation.
Man allegedly steals money from hotel twice
Police arrested a 28-year-old man for theft Tuesday for allegedly stealing money from a Waikiki hotel twice.Police said the man entered the Ewa Hotel Waikiki at 2555 Cartwright Road on Jan. 6 and 12 and took money from the front desk area while the night auditor was distracted or attending to other duties.
