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Police, Fire, Courts

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Tuesday, July 18, 2000

Cop Cazimero runs as Green for office

WAIMEA, Hawaii - Police officer Tanny Cazimero, trying to have Chief Wayne Carvalho at least temporarily removed from office because of a promotions cheating scandal, announced he is running as a Green Party candidate for a seat on the Hawaii County Council.

Carvalho lost a lawsuit last year which accused him of helping favored officers receive promotions. Cazimero has a complaint pending before the Hawaii County Police saying Carvalho should be removed because of the judgment against him.

Cazimero didn't mention Carvalho in his announcement yesterday, but said, "I chose to run Green because the Green Party has shown itself to be the leaders in fighting corruption and because of their dedication to preserving the aina for future generations."

Cazimero is seeking the North and South Kohala Council seat now held by Republican Leningrad Elarionoff, a retired police captain.

Shark gets freedom after year on display

WAILUKU -- The Maui Ocean Center has released a tiger shark that was on exhibit at its aquarium for more than a year.

The release into the open ocean occurred after "unsightly" scarring took place as a result of the shark scraping its fins, said curator John Gorman.

The shark had grown more than 18 inches while in captivity, the Ocean Center said.

Charles Maxwell Sr., a Hawaiian cultural expert, said he talked with Maui Ocean Center officials before the release.

"In the end it was decided it was just time for the shark to go back," Maxwell said.

In ancient Hawaiian culture, sharks are believed to be aumakua, members of the family spiritually embodied to act as guardians.

Ship to be patched up for trip to San Diego

Only temporary repairs will be made to the troop transport ship USS Denver at Pearl Harbor. The vessel, which collided with a refueler Thursday, will leave Oahu early next week with its crew and cargo of 600 Marines.

Lt. Flex Plexico, Pacific Fleet spokesman, said a temporary patch will be placed over the 25-foot hole in the bow of the 570-foot transport vessel so it can make the week-long journey to San Diego. There the Denver will be drydocked at Southwest Marine Inc. in September, and permanent repairs will be made during the previously-scheduled maintenance operation.

The Denver, which was returning to San Diego from a six-month deployment in the Western Pacific, collided with the Military Sealift Command's oiler USNS Yukon 180 miles west of Oahu during a refueling operation.

The Yukon, which suffered damages on its starboard rear hull, is based at Pearl Harbor and will be repaired there.

The accident is being investigated by the Coast Guard and the Navy.

Asbestos routs 600 from aged barracks

More than 600 soldiers have vacated one of Schofield Barracks' older living quarters after remnants of asbestos were found under floor tiles during routine maintenance work last Wednesday.

Capt. Cynthia Teramae, 25th Division spokeswoman, said F Quad, which housed soldiers from the 3rd Brigade, is now vacant.

The Army is looking for a contractor to clean and rehabilitate the 69-year-old building.

The asbestos was in the insulation material used with the building's air-conditioning system, Teramae said. The Army believes that only F Quad is affected, she said. Occupational health specialists from Tripler Army Medical Center were to meet with F Quad soldiers today to review problems that may be caused by asbestos.

However, Teramae said the Army believes the risk to the soldiers is minimal since "the exposure was very low."

Repayment ordered in welfare, drug case

A 48-year-old Kapahulu man who traded welfare benefits for crystal methamphetamine has received five years' probation.

Circuit Court Judge Marie N. Milks sentenced Howard R. Gipson last week for one count of second-degree theft and three counts of welfare fraud.

Milks also denied Gipson's request for a deferred acceptance of guilty plea.

Gipson was ordered to pay $5,022 in restitution and to undergo a drug and alcohol assessment. He was also ordered to obtain full-time employment or attend a full-time vocational training program.

Milks ordered Gipson to return to court Oct. 17 for a review; noncompliance would mean incarceration.

The Department of Human Services began investigating Gipson last year when Narcotics Enforcement investigators found the electronic benefits transfer cards issued to him at the home of a drug dealer.

Investigators found Gipson had also concealed income he received from a workers' compensation settlement.

Seminar tomorrow on landlord, tenant law

Attorneys will conduct a free seminar about the landlord and tenant law at noon tomorrow in the Supreme Court courtroom at 417 S. King St.

Anne Anderson and Craig Castellanet will provide an overview of a standard lease document and the responsibilities of landlords and tenants.

Anderson practices primarily in community association law, real estate law, civil litigation and landlord-tenant law. Castellanet, an advocate for affordable housing issues, represents tenants and resident associations for the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.

The program is part of the Hawaii State Judiciary's "Lunch 'n' Learn the Law" series. For more information, call 539-4910.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

Deliberate hit on moped classified as murder try

KAILUA-KONA -- Police are holding two men, 20 and 21, who used their pickup truck to deliberately run into a moped rider in Kailua-Kona about 1 a.m. today, they said. The case is classified as attempted murder.

The victim, Robert Manuel, 23, of Kailua-Kona, was in a group of three moped riders when the pickup drove past, turned around, and drove head-on into Manuel, witnesses told police.

The attack followed a previous confrontation, police said.

Police investigate death near Maili park

Police are investigating the death of a 43-year-old man near Maili Beach Park this morning.

A woman reported hearing yelling outside their home at 87-456 Farrington Highway just after midnight, police said. When she went outside to see what the commotion was, she found her boyfriend lying unconscious on the roadway with multiple head and body injuries.

He was airlifted to Queen's Hospital, but died several hours later.

Detectives cordoned off the parking lot of Maili Beach Park where he apparently had been repairing his car before he was discovered lying on the road.

No arrests were made as of mid-morning.

Man accused of hitting father with two-by-four

Police arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly beating his 70-year-old father with a wooden two-by-four yesterday.

They were arguing at their Waianae home at about 9:30 a.m. when the father threw a hatchet at the son, police said.

The son then reportedly grabbed the 5-foot-long beam and struck the father in the head and neck several times.

Authorities identify man who drowned

The man who drowned near the Kaneohe Bay sandbar Sunday afternoon was identified by the medical examiner's office yesterday as Arthur Tamburi.

The 68-year-old man was found floating 300 yards off Kipapa Island.

Brush fire damages home in south Maui

WAILUKU -- A brush fire has caused $30,000 in damage to the wall and roof of a two-bedroom house in south Maui.

Firefighters received the alarm at 3:22 p.m. yesterday and took about 26 minutes to control the blaze that scorched the side of the house at 2200 Haukai Place in Kihei. The cause of the blaze was under investigation.

Fire Capt. Ben Bland said the brush fire burned about an acre of a vacant lot and traveled southeast, threatening other houses, before it was stopped.

No one was injured.