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Hit-and-run driver gets 10 years in man's death
A 29-year-old man who pleaded guilty to a fatal hit-and-run crash was sentenced to a maximum 10 years in prison for first-degree negligent homicide.Clyde Loa, 29, admitted to being under the influence of alcohol when he struck Jack Miller, 40, who was driving his moped in Kapahulu on his way to work. Loa fled the scene of the May 15, 1998, crash but turned himself in to police two weeks later.
Loa has since accepted responsibility for his actions and is extremely remorseful, public defender William Bento said.
Loa apologized today to Miller's family and asked for their forgiveness. "I'm determined to make my life better than it is now," he said.
Miller's sisters described their brother as a loving and generous man who was getting his life back together.
Shuttle bus service offered for Pro Bowl
Roberts Hawaii School Bus will provide round-trip transit to Sunday's Pro Bowl.This football shuttle bus service between Aloha Stadium and four different parts of Oahu will cost $5.
East Oahu pickups will be at 10:45 a.m. at Koko Head Elementary, 11 a.m. at Hawaii Kai Park N' Ride, and 11:15 a.m. at the Kahala Bank of Hawaii on Kilauea Avenue.
Leeward pickups will be in Waianae at 10:45 a.m. behind Pizza Hut; in Nanakuli on Lualualei Road next to NAPA Auto Parts at 11 a.m.; and in Kapolei, curbside of the theaters at 11:15 a.m.
Mililani pickups will be at Mililani Library at 11:15 a.m., then at Mililani Mauka Park N' Ride at 11:30 a.m.
A Roberts school bus also will pick up at Kamamalu Park bus stop on Queen Emma Street at 11:15; then at the Kapalama Avenue-School Street corner near the bus depot at 11:30 a.m.
All buses are expected to arrive at the stadium before the 12:30 p.m. kickoff. Departure after the game is at 4:30 p.m.
Reservations are required; service will be first-come, first-served. Call Roberts Hawaii School Bus at 832-4886.
Volunteers help with tax returns
Canon donates items to aid search for kids
Searches for Honolulu's missing children may become easier with new technology donated to the Honolulu Police Department.In partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, Canon Computer Systems Inc. has donated a PowerShot digital camera, a CanoScan 300 scanner and a BJC-4550 color inkjet printer to HPD's Missing Person's Unit.
Nationally, 2,300 children are reported missing each day, including runaways and custody cases, and the first 12 hours are the most critical time for a search to begin. In Hawaii, runaways comprise 3,000 missing-person cases per year, police said.
Diabetes conference tomorrow in Waikiki
A conference on diabetes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. tomorrow at the Sheraton-Waikiki Hotel.Local and national medical authorities will participate in "Taking Control of Your Diabetes," directed by Dr. Steven Edelman of the University of California-San Diego, and the Veterans Administration Medical Center.
A health fair will feature about 25 exhibitors, including manufacturers of medications and supplies for people with diabetes, related service organizations, regional health care service providers and companies with specialized products.
The registration fee of $25 includes a continental breakfast and banquet lunch.
For more information, call 858-755-5683.
Corrections
The He Po'ai Aloha tribute to Queen Lili'uokalani is being co-sponsored by Native Books Kapalama.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
FBI nabs bank fraud fugitive in Waikiki
The FBI and Honolulu police arrested a California man in Waikiki on federal charges of bank fraud.Kaiser Anthony Ike, also known as Timothy Burns, is alleged to have laundered more than $650,000 worth of stolen and forged checks at banks in Hawaii and on the mainland.
The FBI says it recovered an unidentified amount of cash, false ID's, and banking records after Ike's arrest.
Body of 1997 murder victim found
Police recovered a body in a Waialua cane field yesterday and believe it is that of Paris France, one of three men allegedly murdered and buried in the area by a North Shore drug ring.France, 19, when he disappeared, has been missing since 1997.
On Jan. 25, the Oahu grand jury indicted Benjamin Tandal, 20, and Edward Vidal Jr., 33 on three counts each of hindering prosecution in the murders of Steve Tozon, Tranquilino Bati Jr. and France.
Tandal and Vidal already have been accused of killing Tozon, 35, and Bati, 27.
On Jan. 12, admitted narcotics dealer Styran Rivera, 36, a former prison guard, pleaded guilty to being an accomplice to the murders of France and Tozon and agreed to reveal what he knows of their deaths, as well as the deaths of Bati and a fourth man, John Wailehua-Hansen, 41.
Nanakuli man arrested after threats
Police have arrested a Nanakuli man for allegedly threatening to kill three other men with a spear.The suspect was arrested at 7:30 p.m. last night at an Opuhe Street home in Nanakuli, police said.
He apparently had not been taking medication for a mental illness and was taken to Castle Hospital for mental observation, police said.
Suspect nabbed in purse snatching
A homeless man was arrested yesterday in connection with a purse snatching in December.Police said the suspect, age 40, grabbed a Moiliili woman's purse on Kapiolani Boulevard on Dec. 11.
Two fires remain under investigation
Fire investigators are still trying to determine what caused Tuesday's fire in Kaneohe that killed an 85-year-old man. They plan to sift through the rubble and ashes again today.Fire investigators also are investigating the blaze that scorched four buses last weekend near Sand Island Access Road.
Courts
FBI accuses suspect in $310,000 fraud case
A man said to have used more than 20 known aliases is accused of making deposits in Hawaii banks from forged checks worth $310,051 followed by a rapid series of $189,120 worth of withdrawals.Federal authorities charged Timothy Burns with bank fraud.
FBI Special Agent James Van Pelt said Burns would then subsequently make cash withdrawals in an amount usually just under $10,000.
Often, he would also make daily withdrawals from automated teller machines, in the amount of $500 each.
"The cumulative effect of the withdrawals was that the account was substantially emptied as quickly as possible," Van Pelt's affidavit says.
Subsequent investigation determined the man believed to be the suspect was staying at a Waikiki hotel.
Father-son tax men enter pleas for failing to file
Richard James Basuel and his son, Richard James Basuel II, who prepare tax returns as RB Tax Service, entered "no contest" pleas for failing to file state general excise tax returns for the years 1995, 1996 and 1997.Basuel II earned more than $550,000 while his father grossed in excess of $330,000 from tax return preparations and commissions over the three-year period.
The men will be sentenced April 28. The maximum penalty is one year in prison and a $25,000 fine for each tax year that a violation occurred.
RB Tax Service is one of Hawaii's largest tax preparation firms, says state Tax Director Ray Kamikawa.
