Ewa District Court to close for a time
The Ewa District Court, 870 4th St., will be closed next Friday and reopen for business on May 28 after the Memorial Day holiday.Workers will be installing a new telecommunication system.
People may pay for traffic citations and obtain abstracts at the other district courts: Honolulu, 1111 Alakea St.; Wahiawa, 1034 Kilani Ave.; Kaneohe, 46-201 Kahuhipa St.; and Waianae, 87-1784 Farrington Hwy.
State will observe Missing Children's Day
Hawaii will observe National Missing Children's Day May 25 with a weeklong series of events beginning Tuesday.The Missing Child Center-Hawaii, a program within the Criminal Justice Division of the Department of the Attorney General, and the Hawaii Missing Children's Clearinghouse advisory board will be host the events.
The day was chosen to commemorate May 25, 1979, when 6-year-old Etna Paz vanished from the streets of New York City while on his way to school.
A luncheon will be held Tuesday at Washington Place to present the governor's proclamation for Hawaii's Missing Children Day and to bring together families of missing children and their advocates.
A lunchtime concert Wednesday at Tamarind Park will feature the Waikiki Sons and provide information on programs that aid in the recovery and prevention of missing children.
Next Friday, the public can pick up "Sow Seeds of Hope" packets at the state Capitol on Beretania Street from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
On May 25 a candlelight vigil will be held at Kakaako Waterfront Park amphitheater from 6 to 8 p.m. to commemorate all missing children and offer a renewal of hope to families who are still searching for them.
Clinton in isles on way to East Timor
Former President Bill Clinton arrived in Honolulu yesterday as part of a two-day layover while on his way to East Timor.U.S. Secret Service officials confirmed that Clinton came in on a commercial airliner at about 6:30 last night and was scheduled to have dinner with Gov. Ben Cayetano later in the evening.
Sources said Clinton is staying at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Hotel in Waikiki.
Secret Service officials said that Clinton was on "unofficial business" while here in Hawaii.
Clinton is scheduled to depart Hawaii tomorrow and lead a U.S. delegation to observe East Timor's Independence day on Monday.
East Timor separated from Indonesia in 1999.
Maui cop faces no charges in shooting incident
WAILUKU >> It appears there will be no criminal charges filed against a police officer who shot himself last year and then claimed a suspect did it following a routine traffic stop."To the best of my knowledge, there are no pending charges," said Acting Assistant Police Chief Lawrence Hudson.
On Dec. 4, officer Donald B. Nakooka said he was shot in the abdomen by a man he pulled over along Honoapiilani Highway near Kapalua.
Police launched an islandwide manhunt for the alleged shooter. It was revealed later that Nakooka had fabricated the story.
Maui police said the employment of Nakooka ended on April 15. Police Department officials declined to give further details about the case. But in the past, police Chief Tom Phillips has described Nakooka as having "some substantial personal problems."
Police estimated the cost of the investigation, including overtime for investigating officers, at about $25,000.
Nakooka, who had served on the force for 10 years, had been on paid leave pending an investigation.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
LEEWARD OAHU
Boys accused of sexually assaulting 6-year-old boy
Police are seeking charges against three boys, ages 12 to 13, for allegedly sexually assaulting a 6-year-old boy Wednesday.The victim identified the suspects after his mother called police. Police said the victim reported he was lured to bushes behind his Waianae home at about 3:30 p.m. and attacked.
Pearl City woman reports armed robbery by couple
A 25-year-old woman was robbed at gun point Wednesday after a man and a woman forced their way into her Pearl City apartment, police said.The victim told police she answered a knock on her apartment door at about 5 p.m. and found a woman asking to pick up an envelope. When the victim said she knew of no envelope for pickup, the stranger used her telephone to call someone.
A man then appeared at the door, and the couple brandished a handgun and forced the victim to open her safe. The couple fled with cash and valuables.
The suspects were described as a woman, between 20 and 30, and a man in his late 20s.
EAST OAHU
Japanese visitor, 61, dies from apparent stroke
A 61-year-old Japanese visitor died yesterday after suffering an apparent stroke while swimming at Hanauma Bay. She was taken by ambulance to Straub Clinic about 11 a.m. and pronounced dead about an hour late
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Puna man sought for info related to 2 missing men
HILO >> Big Island police are looking for John McGovern, 18, a Puna man who may have information about two other men missing since May 8, they said.Cassidy Toole and Wesley Alan Matheson, both 20, of Fern Acres, were last seen getting into a red sedan after their black Honda Civic got stuck in a ditch about 7 a.m. near South Point Road in the remote Kau district.
McGovern is not a suspect in the men's disappearance, said Capt. James Day of the Criminal Investigation section.
Detectives were assigned to the case because they have extra manpower that patrol officers in Kau do not have, he said.
"At this point it does not look like any foul play," Day said.
But there are also some "circumstances" that police are looking into, he said. He declined to give details.
McGovern is described as 6 feet tall, 215 pounds, with a medium build and brown hair and eyes.
Toole is 6 feet 1 inch, 152 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes.
Matheson is 5 feet 7 inches, 128 pounds, with blond hair and hazel eyes. His last name is tattooed on his back, along with pictures of a mermaid and fairies.
He reportedly shaved his head except for strands of dreadlocks.
Pearl City man charged in Big Isle sexual assault
A Pearl City man has been charged with several felony offenses in the robbery and sexual assault of a Big Island woman two years ago.Big Island investigators flew to Honolulu and arrested John Pali Paio Jr., 57. yesterday. Paio was charged with sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery, burglary, terroristic threatening, use of a firearm in commission of a crime, illegal possession of a firearm and impersonating a police officer.
Police said the victim reported she was assaulted on Nov. 11, 2000. A man identifying himself as a police officer forced his way into her Olona Street home, threatened her with a firearm and demanded money. The robber sexually assaulted her and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
HONOLULU
McKinley student, 17, arrested in teacher threat
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy after he allegedly threatened his teacher at McKinley High School yesterday.The teacher, 45, reported to police that he told the student to go to class about 8:15 a.m. He contacted school security after the suspect began to swear.
The teacher said the student threatened to "broke the computer" over his head. Police arrested the student and then released him pending investigation.
WINDWARD OAHU
HPD nabs third suspect in January bus assault
Police arrested a 17-year-old boy Wednesday in connection with an attack on a bus driver in January.Police arrested two other suspects, both 18-year-old men, following the incident.
Police said three men, who appeared intoxicated, assaulted a 54-year-old bus driver after they got on a city bus in front of the Windward City Shopping Center.
They spat on him and tossed a rubbish can at the bus when the driver kicked them off the bus with the help of another passenger.
One man also tossed a tire chock at the driver.
Two suspects were arrested after police searched the area.
The boy was arrested yesterday after the driver and a witness identified him in a photographic lineup.
