Pipeline break sends sewage to Kaneohe Bay
A broken 8-inch sewer line spilled raw sewage into an adjacent storm drain, causing 90 gallons to reach Kaneohe Bay on Monday night before the flow was stopped.The total spill is estimated at 350 gallons, although only about a fourth of the sewage entered the bay via a storm drain.
Damage to a clay sewer pipe at 44-006 Hulakai Place was reported at 6:25 p.m.
City crews are repairing the pipe after cleaning and disinfecting the area. Warning signs have been posted along the affected portion of the bay, and the state Department of Health has been notified.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Heart attack, not crash, killed Big Island driver
Results of an autopsy show that a 67-year-old man who died Friday after a traffic accident in North Kona actually suffered a fatal heart attack.Police said the victim, William H. Myers, was involved in a one-car traffic accident on Kamehameha III Road in Keauhou.
Based on the autopsy results, police said Myers' death will not be counted as a traffic fatality.
The fatality count on the Big Island so far this year remains at 14, compared with 10 at the same time last year.
Man tries to evade police after call alleging abuse
Big Island police have charged a 25-year-old Kailua-Kona man with a number of offenses after he allegedly tried to escape from officers during a domestic abuse case Saturday.Police charged Rihari Monte Ohia with two counts of abuse of a household member, two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, one count of first-degree attempted assault, criminal property damage, criminal contempt of court, drunken driving and a number of other traffic offenses.
Ohia allegedly led police on a chase after officers responded to a domestic-abuse call late Saturday in the Kamani Trees subdivision.
Police said that when Kona patrol officers arrived, they confronted Ohia, who was attempting to leave the scene in his vehicle, a 1979 El Camino.
Police said that while driving away, Ohia intentionally sideswiped a responding officer's vehicle and fled the scene.
Police spotted Ohia's vehicle minutes later on Alii Drive, where he crashed his car while attempting to evade them.
Ohia then got out of his car and fled on foot, police said. After a short chase, police apprehended the suspect and arrested him.
Ohia is being held in lieu of $8,425 bail.
HONOLULU
Prostitute flees kidnapper by jumping out of truck
Honolulu police said a 47-year-old prostitute jumped out of a moving truck yesterday morning to get away from an alleged kidnapper.The incident took place along Upper Nuuanu Drive at 3:35 a.m., according to police.
Police said the prostitute had gotten into a small white pickup truck with the male suspect in the downtown area but that the suspect did not follow her driving directions. Instead, police said, the suspect proceeded to Pali Highway.
Police said the victim told the suspect to stop and let her out but that he did not do so. As the vehicle started up Upper Nuuanu Drive, police said, the victim jumped out.
The victim said she yelled at the driver of the vehicle to give back her purse, which was in the front seat, but he kept driving. The victim then attempted to flag down passing motorists but was unable to do so until an HPD detective spotted her and put out an all-points bulletin on the suspect vehicle.
Police said no suspect had been found as of last night.
LEEWARD OAHU
Waianae student arrested in alleged sexual assault
Police arrested an 18-year-old man Monday for allegedly sexually assaulting a fellow Waianae High School student two weeks ago in the school's gymnasium.Police said a 15-year-old girl told her mother of the alleged sexual assault.
The incident was reported at the school Monday. Police arrested the boy for first-degree sexual assault, then released him pending further investigation.
Woman loses her car in robbery at gunpoint
Police are looking for a man who robbed a woman of her car Monday night in Pearl City.The 30-year-old woman and her friends told police they were in a parking lot off Kaonohi Street about 10 p.m. when a man with a handgun approached them demanding the woman's vehicle.
The man then fled in the woman's car, police said.
Man who allegedly robbed boy of jewelry is arrested
Police arrested an 18-year-old man yesterday who allegedly robbed a 12-year-old boy earlier this month.Police said the robbery took place on April 11 near Lualualei Homestead Road in Waianae.
Police said the suspect confronted the victim and demanded the victim's gold chain necklace and pendant. The victim refused, and police said it was then that the suspect grabbed the victim's neck and verbally threatened him.
Police said the suspect then took the victim's jewelry and fled.
Police arrested the suspect at the Waianae Taco Bell after he had been spotted by the victim.
Man arrested for allegedly assaulting girlfriend twice
Honolulu police arrested a 42-year-old man yesterday for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend on two prior occasions.Police said the victim, a 24-year-old woman, reported being involved on a domestic argument in Aiea on April 14 during which her boyfriend hit her with a metal pole and then punched her in the jaw.
Police said according to the victim, the assault aggravated injuries that she had suffered on April 4 during an unreported assault in the Wahiawa Foodland parking lot.
Police arrested the suspect yesterday at 11:45 a.m. on two counts of second-degree assault.
