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By Star-Bulletin Staff

Monday, October 22, 2001

Edmonds pleads not guilty in Bustamante killing

A former Kaneohe Marine accused of murdering a 13-year-old Kailua girl 26 years ago pleaded not guilty today in Circuit Court.

Trial for Delmar Edmonds, who was extradited here from Indiana Thursday, was set for Dec. 10 before Circuit Judge Marie Milks.

Edmonds faces life with parole or 20 years imprisonment if convicted of second-degree murder in the slaying of Dawn "Dede" Bustamante on March 14, 1975.

Bustamante and a friend were walking in Kailua early that day when they were abducted at gunpoint by an unknown male and taken to a secluded area near the Pali Golf Course. Bustamante was raped and shot in the head after she tried to escape. The other girl escaped.

Edmonds was questioned as a suspect then but it wasn't until recently when fellow Marines spoke to police about their suspicions that he was charged.

Maui visitor critical after 3-car accident in Kula

WAILUKU>>A visitor was in critical condition at Maui Memorial Medical Center this morning, after a three-vehicle collision in Kula yesterday.

Maryam Mogadam, 25, of Carlsbad, Calif., was driving a car in the Ulupalakua direction on Kula Highway when she tried to make a U-turn south of Ohana Street at 7:10 p.m. yesterday, police officer William Hankins said.

Hankins said a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction struck Mogadam's vehicle and carried the car until it was hit by a second vehicle traveling in the Ulupalakua direction.

HPD invites applications for annual mystery night

The Honolulu Police Department is now accepting applications for its annual Sherlock Holmes Night on Friday, Nov. 2. The mock crime investigation will begin at 7 p.m. at Sister Roberta Derby Park, next to HPD headquarters on Beretania Street.

The first 200 teams to turn in registration forms by Friday may participate. All teams must be pre-registered; no walk-ins will be allowed. Applications are available by calling 529-3351 or from honolulupd.org.

HITTIN' THE PAVEMENT

RICHARD WALKER / RWALKER@STARBULLETIN.COM
Traffic was restricted to three lanes Thursday on a
portion of South King Street, due to the construction of
a concrete roadway in the far left lane at the intersection
with Punchbowl Street. Crews at a corner of South King
and Punchbowl streets worked on one phase of a larger,
$4.45 million project to resurface King Street, add a concrete
bus lane and install handicap-accessible ramps. The project
is slated to end July 1. Work at the King and Punchbowl
intersection is expected to end by Thanksgiving.

Grant will aid disabled youth job programs

The Hawaii Vocational Rehabilitation and Services for the Blind, operated by the Hawaii Department of Human Resources, will receive a $499,859 Innovative Demonstration Grant for Youth with Disabilities.

"The grants will ensure that all of the department's job-related programs are fully available to people with disabilities," U.S. Department of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said recently in announcing the grant.

The grant is part of an $11.3 million federal grant to fund the administration's New Freedom Initiative goal to integrate Americans with disabilities into the work force.

Funds will be used to develop model demonstration programs to enhance the capacity of the Department of Labor's various youth programs to serve youths with disabilities.

Thirty-three grants have been awarded nationwide in five categories: Customized Employment for Adults with Disabilities, Workforce Investment Act Disability Technical Assistance Consortia for Youth and Adults with Disabilities, Innovative Demonstration Grants for Youth with Disabilities, High School/High Tech Start-up Programs and High School/High Tech Realignment Programs.

The grants are the first to be awarded though the Labor Department's new office of Disability Employment Policy.

Corrections and clarifications The Honolulu Star-Bulletin strives to make its news report fair and accurate. If you have a question or comment about news coverage, call Publisher and Editor in Chief John Flanagan at 529-4748 or email him at jflanagan@starbulletin.com.

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Woman hospitalized after H-1 road rage shooting

Road rage turned into a shooting Saturday night after a 22-year-old woman driver and occupants of a black Nissan Pathfinder argued on the H-1 freeway.

Police say the woman got into a traffic incident while driving eastbound near the Kalihi overpass at about 10:30 p.m. Saturday. After the woman and her passenger exchanged words with the other vehicle's occupants, a passenger in the Pathfinder brandished a handgun and fired one round at the woman. She pulled over to the side of the freeway and was taken by ambulance to Queen's Medical Center, where she was listed in fair condition yesterday. No arrests have been made.

Alleged knife threats lead to arrest of Kalihi woman

A 22-year-old Kalihi woman was arrested yesterday after she threatened her brother-in-law with a kitchen knife.

A 30-year-old man told police he was arguing with the suspect about hitting his son, when she picked up a rock and hit him in his left jaw, then threatened him with a kitchen knife. The woman was arrested on suspicion of assault and terroristic threatening, and the case is pending investigation.

NORTH SHORE

Kite-surfer fatally injured in accident at Mokuleia

A 33-year-old Pupukea man died yesterday at Wahiawa General Hospital following a kite-surfing accident.

Capt. Paul Noes of the Waialua Fire Station said the man was kite-surfing at Mokuleia Beach Park when his gear hit him on his forehead, causing a large cut. Fire rescue responded at 12:27 p.m.

He was brought to shore by beach-goers, then taken to Wahiawa General Hospital by ambulance.