Bail reduced for ex-Marine in robbery case
A Circuit Court judge has reduced the bail of ex-Marine William H. Linwood IV, accused of four armed robberies, to $20,000 from $100,000.Judge Michael Town said $100,000 bail is usually set for someone charged with murder.
Town also reduced bail last Thursday for Linwood's co-defendant, Antwain Salters, also charged with the four second-degree robberies.
A minister and her husband have agreed to take Linwood into their home. The couple said Linwood is well mannered and from a middle-class background.
Deputy Prosecutor Charlene Ikeda objected, saying Linwood tried to flee in Salters' car when police approached him at the gate at Kaneohe Marine Corps Base.
Ikeda also argued the couple has not known Linwood long and did not know what he was doing Jan. 13, when he allegedly robbed the Stadium Mall Chevron Food Mart, and Jan. 18, when he allegedly robbed a 7-Eleven in Waipahu and Aaxtion Adult Video on Kapiolani Boulevard.
Ikeda also argued Linwood has been discharged from the military and, unlike Salters, is unmarried and has no children.
Town ordered Linwood to live with the couple, set a curfew for him and prohibited contact with Salters.
Linwood and Salters have been held at the Oahu Community Correctional Center since their arrests Jan. 18. The men allegedly robbed three stores and a woman while wearing ski masks and using semiautomatic weapons.
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Honolulu church to offer secrets to long living
Dr. John Westerdahl of Castle Medical Center will present "Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Oldest Living People" at a free event at 7 p.m. Saturday at Honolulu Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 2313 Nuuanu Ave.A special film will be shown, "The Miracle of Hunza: Where People Don't Die Young," produced by Dr. George Vandeman, founder and speaker of the television program "It Is Written." He traveled to Hunza in the Himalayas to produce a television documentary.
Isle bone marrow registry offers tests for matches
The Hawaii Bone Marrow Donor Registry will conduct free bone marrow donor registration and testing during the annual Ho'ike'ike from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday near the bandstand at Kapiolani Park.The Ho'ike'ike is sponsored by the Oahu Council of Hawaiian Civic Clubs in celebration of Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole's birthday.
The registry matches marrow donors with patients who need bone marrow transplants due to terminal blood diseases, such as 2-year-old Sara Choi, who is fighting leukemia.
More than 16,000 people nationally are diagnosed each year with some type of fatal blood disease.
Registering as a bone marrow donor increases chances of finding a match. Donors of Asian and Pacific Islander ancestry are particularly needed.
Donors must be between 18 and 60 years old and in general good health. A small blood sample is collected from potential donors for tissue typing, and he or she is placed on the Hawaii and National Donor Registries.
For more information regarding bone marrow donation or the donor drives, call 547-6154.
Seniors get a day to work at feeling youthful again
Free health and fitness activities for seniors will be presented from 8 a.m. to noon April 2 at McCoy Pavilion.The Department of Parks & Recreation, Hawaii Medical Service Association and First Hawaiian Bank are sponsoring the Try-Fest event.
The department, celebrating 50 years of providing health activities for seniors, invites everyone age 50 and older to join in the festivities.
Activities will include warm-up stretches for health and increased mobility, easy exercises, hula aerobics, line dancing, luk tung kuen (Chinese exercises), tai chi, rhythm and life (Japanese exercise), aikido (Japanese martial arts), golf tips, shoe fitness, microwave cooking, healthy pupus, massage therapy and more.
Registration will begin at 8 a.m., with a welcome and announcements at 8:30 a.m. Activities, information booths and demonstrations will begin at 9 a.m.
To register, call 973-7258. Registration forms also are available at all First Hawaiian Bank branches and Oahu senior centers.
Try-Fest is presented as part of HMSA's Akamai Living program, a wellness program designed for HMSA and Health Plan Hawaii members age 55 and older.
Colon cancer discussion to be held at Queen's
Dr. George Lisehora of The Queen's Medical Center will discuss risk, symptoms and benefits of screening for colon cancer at 6 p.m. Wednesday in the Queen's Conference Center, 510 S. Beretania St.Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the nation, Queen's points out, citing these figures: 90 percent of colon cancer patients survive if detected early, but only 37 percent of colon cancers now are detected in the early stages.
The five-year survival rate is less than 10 percent when cancers are detected at a late stage.
Reservations are recommended because space is limited. Call the Queen's Referral Line, 537-7117.
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By Star-Bulletin staffLEEWARD OAHU Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
Boy hurt when his car crashes into Aiea KFC
A 16-year-old Waipahu boy is in guarded condition at Queen's Medical Center after a car he was driving crashed into the KFC Aiea Restaurant early this morning.Police said the boy was traveling Ewa-bound on Kamehameha Highway at 2:19 a.m. when his car left the road, climbed onto the sidewalk and hit the restaurant at 98-316 Kamehameha Hwy. The car went back into the road and stopped in the center lane. The boy was pinned inside the car and had to be removed by firefighters. He was taken to Queen's in critical condition with head, chest and leg injuries. Police said the boy did not have a driver's license, and they suspect speed and alcohol use were factors in the crash.
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1 man arrested, 1 sought in Mililani taxi robberies
One man has been arrested, and police are looking for a second suspect in two taxi robberies.Police said the first robbery occurred on Feb. 27 in Whitmore Village. The 42-year-old driver dropped off two men on Circle Mauka Street, where they robbed him and fled, police said.
The second robbery occurred on Mar. 8 in Mililani. Police said the 45-year-old driver was robbed by two men when he dropped them off on Kailiula Loop.
Police arrested an 18-year-old Mililani man at his home after an investigation. The second suspect is believed to be a juvenile.
