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Taking notice

» Saint Francis School in Manoa celebrated its 80th anniversary and raised $109,000 in ticket sales with "A Night in Assisi" dinner and concert event in October. Proceeds will benefit the school's scholarship fund. Individuals and organizations in Honolulu also contributed to the event.

» The YWCA of Oahu has received donations from the following organizations:

Kosasa Foundation, $25,000, and Tahmi Brodhead Fund, $5,000, for the Ways to Work family loan program to help parents who do not qualify for traditional loans; George P. and Ida Tenney Castle Trust, $5,000 for Girls' Gym, an after-school fitness program for at-risk teen girls referred by the Family Court; Castle & Cooke Hawaii, $1,000 for the Fernhurst Residence, which provides shelter, support and guidance to women in need; Hawaii Community Foundation, $15,667 for the YWCA's capacity-building project to develop and implement its evaluation and reporting system.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Blaze damages business complex in Kihei

WAILUKU » A fire caused an estimated $115,000 in damage Tuesday night to a business complex in South Maui.

Battalion Fire Chief David Kamalani said the blaze did some $97,000 in damage to the structure of a vacant office, $3,000 to its contents and about $15,000 in smoke damage to the adjacent Alii Dry Cleaners in Kihei.

The blaze at the one-story, four-unit complex was discovered by the security guard, and firefighters took about 36 minutes to extinguish the fire after arriving on the scene at 10:48 p.m., he said.

Kamalani said the vacant unit was formerly occupied by a mortgage company, which had vacated the premises a couple of months ago.

He said the fire started in one of the vacant rooms and that its cause was under investigation.

Maui police use Taser on gun-range 'Bond'

WAILUKU » A Maui police officer shot an electrically charged weapon at a man at the Ukumehame Firing Range after he repeatedly ignored a command to halt and tried to hide what appeared to be a pistol, police said.

The man, 41, with no local address, was seen with something that looked like a pistol tucked in his waistband at 12:35 p.m. yesterday as he was walking out of the firing range, Capt. Charles Hirata said.

A police sergeant ordered the man to halt because the weapon was not properly holstered, and the man ignored the command and placed the weapon in a backpack, Hirata said.

He said the man headed back into the range, where a group of police recruits were being trained, and continued to ignore the sergeant's commands.

A firearms instructor shot a Taser gun at the man, who was later examined by medics and transported to the Lahaina Police Station. The man was released pending further investigation, Hirata said.

Hirata said a crystal methamphetamine smoking pipe was found in the man's backpack, and the weapon, a replica of a Walther PPK pistol, made famous in the James Bond novels, turned out to be a pellet gun.

Hirata said the man was not a member of a gun club, which is normally required for a civilian to use the firing range.

HONOLULU

Man held after alleged screwdriver threat

Police found a domestic abuse suspect Monday whom they had been looking for since last week. Police said that on Feb. 21 the suspect, a 21-year-old Honolulu male, threatened to kill his live-in girlfriend, 20, with a screwdriver. Before officers arrived the suspect also punched the victim in the head and fled, police said.

Police arrested the boyfriend for investigation of first-degree terroristic threatening and abuse of a household member.

CENTRAL OAHU

Police seek 2 brothers in home intrusion

Police are on the lookout for two brothers who allegedly broke into a Mililani home and assaulted a man to collect a gambling debt Tuesday.

The victim, 25, was at home sleeping about 6:53 a.m. when the two suspects entered his bedroom through a window and asked for the gambling money he owed them. One of the suspects then hit the victim over the head with a metal baton. When the victim called 911, both suspects fled.

Police said the suspects are known to the victim, who identified them as brothers, ages 23 and 31. The case is being investigated as a burglary and assault.

WAIKIKI

Alleged assault during sleep leads to charges

Police have charged a 28-year-old man with sex assault after he allegedly assaulted a 19-year-old woman last week while she was sleeping. Jarrod Leon Miller was charged Tuesday afternoon with one count of second-degree sex assault and two counts of fourth-degree sex assault. He is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail.

Police said that on Feb. 23 the suspect met the victim's roommate at a party and was invited back to their place. While the victim was asleep, the suspect allegedly sexually assaulted her and left after she awoke and told him to leave.

Police found the suspect Monday night at the Park Shore Waikiki hotel at 2586 Kalakaua Ave. and arrested him.