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Police, Fire, Courts

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Wednesday, January 16, 2002

Court orders examination for woman in anthrax hoax

A detention hearing for a Kalihi woman accused of sending threatening letters containing what she alleged to be anthrax to three police stations in November has been continued to Jan. 31 so she can be evaluated.

Sharon Cardenas, 24, will be examined to determine whe-ther she presents a risk to the community, U.S. Magistrate Kevin Chang said.

The government contends she is a danger to the public and is expected to oppose her release and ask that Cardenas be detained pending her trial. She is the first to be prosecuted here for an anthrax hoax since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

HONOLULU

Man, 51, charged with attempted murder

Police charged Wade Tarumoto with attempted murder yesterday for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend at the couple's Ala Moana apartment early Monday.

His bail is $50,000.

Police said Tarumoto, 51, returned to their Kahakai Drive apartment after an argument and stabbed his 42-year-old girlfriend in the chest and neck. He was arrested at the scene.

The woman was taken to Queen's Medical Center in guarded condition.

Old Waialae Road fire still under investigation

A fire at an apartment complex on Old Waialae Road Monday caused $150,000 damage to the building and $15,000 damage to its contents.

The cause of the 7 a.m. fire is still under investigation. Residents of the three-unit complex said they started smelling smoke about 6:30 a.m.

A resident of the unit where the fire is believed to have started said the apartment just had some electrical work done.

The American Red Cross was assisting the family of three left homeless by the fire.

CENTRAL OAHU

Wahiawa man charged in shaken-baby case

A 21-year-old Wahiawa man was charged yesterday with the attempted murder of his four-month old son.

Bail for Darron Tillard was set at $50,000.

Police said Tillard, took his son to Wahiawa General Hospital Sunday night. Doctors called police after determining that the boy was a victim of shaken-baby syndrome. The child remains in critical condition.

WINDWARD OAHU

Victim in Waimanalo hit-and-run accident ID'd

The medical examiner has identified the pedestrian who died in a hit-and-run traffic accident on Jan. 4 as Felix Caliyo, 79, of Waimanalo.

Police said Caliyo was struck by a flatbed truck heading west on Kalanianaole Highway near the intersection with Humuniki Street in Waimanalo.

The truck was black, with wooden cargo boxes on both sides filled with plumbing fixtures, police said.

The truck also had pipe racks with pipes in them, police said.

Police are looking for witnesses to the accident.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Warning saves man, 90, from Jamaican scam

HILO >> An alert Western Union agent saved a 90-year-old Hilo man from losing money to a Jamaican scam yesterday, police said.

Capt. Samuel Thomas, responding to a call from the company, talked the near-victim out of wiring $850 to Jamaica.

The Hilo man said he received a telephone call from Jamaica telling him he had won $1.5 million in a lottery.

The caller told the man he would have to send $850 to pay Jamaican taxes before he could receive the $1.5 million.

Police advise anyone who lost money in the scam to call the Honolulu office of the U.S. Secret Service at 808-541-1912.