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Police try to ID body burned in Kohala fire
NORTH KOHALA, Hawaii -- Police are continuing attempts to confirm the identity of a body found badly burned in a fire that engulfed a converted garage yesterday.A 49-year-old man who rented a home next door told police he had allowed a homeless woman to stay in the structure. Fire Department officials described it as a shack the size of a two-car garage.
The woman was last seen a half-hour after midnight, police said. About 5 a.m., the man next door heard a loud explosion and saw flames shooting from the blown-out windows of the converted garage, police said.
The man called 911, then tried to put out the fire with a garden hose, suffering burns on his face and arms.
Big Isle Council votes against trash security
HILO -- To guard the trash or to recycle the trash, that was the question.Looking over Mayor Stephen Yamashiro's $175.8 million budget for the coming fiscal year, the Hawaii County Council decided $100,000 could be removed from security at four transfer stations and applied to recycling instead.
Yamashiro vetoed the budget change, saying state law requires guards to keep hazardous materials out of dumps. The Council this week overrode his veto, 8-1.
Yamashiro said he expects the public will be upset to learn that less money means shorter hours at transfer stations.
When the public raises a "hue and cry," they should remember that the Council made the policy decision, he said.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Suspect, 46, held in pair of Windward bank heists
A CrimeStoppers tip has led to the arrest of a 46-year-old Lanikai man suspected of robbing two Windward Oahu banks last week.Police arrested the man at his Aalapapa Drive residence Friday night shortly before 10 p.m., nearly 10-1/2 hours after Central Pacific Bank's Kaneohe branch was robbed by a suspect matching his description. The man also is suspected of robbing the bank's Kailua branch on Thursday.
Attack on woman leads to multiple sex charges
Police have charged Alberto Maluyo on multiple sex-assault counts related to an attack on a 22-year-old woman.Maluyo, 59, is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. The alleged attack was reported on Thursday.
Man, 31, dies as pickup hits guardrail, turns over
A 31-year-old man became Oahu's 32nd traffic fatality of the year yesterday when his pickup truck struck a guardrail while going eastbound on the H-1 freeway near the Kaamilo Street overpass in Pearl City.The man lost control of his truck, which overturned after striking the guardrail at about 1 a.m. The victim was not wearing a seat belt and was thrown from the vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were 22 traffic fatalities on Oahu at this time last year.
Big Island woman, 21, dies in solo car crash
Yolanda M. La Marco, 21, of Honaunau, Hawaii, was killed when her car crossed the center line and struck a tractor parked on Hawaii Belt Road in Opihihali, South Kona, early yesterday, police said.Her death was the 19th traffic fatality of the year, compared with 10 at the same time last year.
Police try to ID body of Kohala fire victim
NORTH KOHALA, Hawaii -- Police are trying to confirm the identity of a body found badly burned in a fire that engulfed a converted garage yesterday.A 49-year-old man who rents a home next door told police he had allowed a homeless woman to stay in the structure.
At about 5 a.m. the man heard a loud explosion and saw flames shooting from the windows of the converted garage, police said.
