Police say Aiea mom tried to kill her kids
An Aiea mother has twice tried to kill her children, police say.Two boys, 4 and 5, and their 8-year-old sister are now in the custody of their father, while the 36-year-old woman is under a doctor's care undergoing psychiatric observation.
The woman tried to shoot her sons April 15 at her home, but was unable to get a loaded handgun to fire, Detective Gary Winterbottom said.
Two days later, the woman intentionally tried to drive her car, with her three children inside, over the side of the Kailua-bound lanes of Pali Highway, police said.
A guardrail prevented the car from going over the edge and into a ravine, they said.
The woman was treated at Castle Hospital, while the children weren't seriously injured.
After interviewing the children and re-creating the crash, police determined that the woman intentionally tried to drive into the ravine.
Police are pursuing two counts of first-degree attempted murder and five counts of second-degree attempted murder against the mother. The case has been presented to prosecutors for a possible indictment.
Police seek for questioning two good Samaritans -- a serviceman and a taxi driver -- who stopped to help at 4 a.m. after the April 17 auto crash, Detective Letha DeCaires said. Witnesses are asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or Winterbottom at 529-3852.
Bikes, mopeds going once ...
The Police Department will auction about 100 bicycles and five mopeds Saturday in the parking lot behind the police headquarters building at South Hotel and Kealamakai streets.The auction begins at 9 a.m.; items may be viewed at 8 a.m.
People who feel they may own any of the bicycles or mopeds may examine them from 8 to 9 a.m. on the day of the auction and can claim them if they can show proper proof of ownership. Claims without proper proof of ownerships will not be honored.
The bicycles and mopeds will be sold as is and purchases must be in cash at the time of the sale. No checks or credit cards will be accepted. All sales are final.
Legislature pegs money for Radford bathrooms
The state Legislature has appropriated $750,000 to Radford High School to fix its bathrooms, but it must compete with 249 other public schools for regular repair and maintenance money.Lester Chuck, Department of Education facilities director, said state lawmakers earmarked $750,000 in the capital improvement budget to repair Radford restroom facilities. Concerned Radford parents and area lawmakers this spring complained to the Board of Education about run-down facilities at the Salt Lake school.
But Chuck said today other repairs at Radford must be weighed against repair and maintenance projects statewide. He said reports today that the school would get an additional $560,000 over the next two years to fix other problems are premature.
Chuck explained that the department was given only $9.6 million a year for the next two years for statewide school repair and maintenance. He said DOE officials must first determine how much each district will receive before it can work out how much each school will get in repair money.
For example, if the $9.6 million was divided equally among the seven school districts, that would leave each with less than $1.5 million. It is unlikely Radford will get the full $560,000 it had asked for, he said.
House panel OKs funds for isle military building
WASHINGTON -- The House Armed Services Committee yesterday voted to spend more than $200 million in military construction in Hawaii next year, sending the record amount to the House for final approval.The panel approved a subcommittee's recommendation for $204 million in construction projects for the isles, then added more projects.
The new spending included $8.2 million for a high-tech laser fusion project for Innovative Technological Solutions; $5 million to develop a diabetes treatment plan at Tripler Army Medical Center; and an unspecified amount (estimated at $12 million) for additions to a high-speed Navy ship.
The budget also includes $500 million for a long-planned Navy development on Ford Island.
Corrections
The name of Iolani baseball player Derek White was misspelled in a story yesterday in the sports section.
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Police, Fire
By Star-Bulletin staffMother allegedly used bat to beat on daughter
A 52-year-old Windward woman was arrested yesterday for allegedly attacking her 11-year-old girl with a baseball bat.The girl reported to her teacher that her mother struck her three times on the back and ribs with a bat at their Ahuimanu Road home on Monday, police said. The girl was hospitalized with possible injuries to her kidneys. She was later taken into protective custody.
The mother turned herself yesterday at the Kaneohe Police Station and was booked for second-degree assault.
DLNR presses charges against illegal hikers
Five men have been charged with a petty misdemeanor for violating a state order to stay out of Hauula's Maakua Gulch area due to dangerous conditions.Gary Moniz, acting enforcement chief for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, says Zachary Billings, 30, of Phoenix, and his two brothers -- Benjamin, 28, and Robert, 22, of Salt Lake City -- along with Roy M. Brewer, 25, of Laie, and Adrian S. Aiu, 25, of Honolulu, were charged with entering a closed area.
The five, who hiked to the gulch Monday, are scheduled to be arraigned June 8 at Kaneohe District Court, says Moniz.
Zachary Billings injured his knee and required Honolulu Fire Department assistance to get out on Tuesday.
Moniz says the state may also charge the five men for rescue costs incurred by DLNR.
No foul play suspected in Maui drowning victim
WAILUKU -- The man whose body was found Monday afternoon in waters off west Maui has been identified as Patrick Rogers of Olowalu.Rogers, 39, was last seen in Olowalu about 2 p.m. Sunday.
Police detective Karl Freitas said preliminary results of an autopsy indicate Rogers died of drowning and that no foul play is suspected in his death.
Man, 91, killed after his car crosses centerline
KEKAHA, Kauai -- Walter M. Ines Sr., 91, died Tuesday at The Queens Medical Center in Honolulu of injuries he suffered around 8 p.m. Monday when the car he was driving crossed the centerline on Kaumualii Highway in Kekaha and struck an oncoming vehicle, Kauai police said today.
Mountain View resident charged with gun killing
HILO -- An autopsy conducted on weekend shooting victim Randolph Hall, 37, of Hilo shows he died of gunshot wounds to the head and chest, police said.Van Kahumoku, 49, of Mountain View, was charged with murder, terroristic threatening , two firearms violations, and marijuana possession.
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