Big Isle man charged
in death of spouse
HILO >> Big Island police have charged an East Hawaii man with second-degree murder in the beating death of his wife.The suspect, Warlito C. Gorospe, 38, of Pepeekeo, north of Hilo, was to be arraigned this afternoon in District Court. He is being held without bail. Gorospe was charged yesterday after being arrested Tuesday.
Alerted to the case by a 9 p.m. call Tuesday, police went to a house in Hilo where they found Gorospe.
They were then led to a house in Pepeekeo where Gloria Gorospe, 27, was found lying on the floor.
An autopsy report said she died of blunt-force trauma to the head.
Police said the couple had been contemplating divorce and had recently taken out divorce papers. However, they were not divorced as police had said in initial statements.
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ACADEMIC AWARDS
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
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Seven adults and nine children were evacuated last night after a fire at two military housing units at 1225 Milo Place in Aliamanu. No injuries were reported.
CENTRAL OAHU
Wahiawa bank robber flees without a trace
Honolulu police are looking for a man who robbed the Wahiawa branch of Bank of Hawaii yesterday.Police said that at 12:45 p.m. the suspect entered the bank at 634 California Ave. and gave a note demanding money to the teller. Police said he fled in an unknown direction. They described him as a male in his 30s.
LEEWARD OAHU
Police seek assistance in burned-body inquiry
Police want help in their investigation of the death of a man whose partially burned body was found in May on the Leeward Coast.
John A.L. Reverio, 23, was last seen on May 11 camping at Lahilahi Park. Police said that at 6:45 p.m. on May 14, his body was found in the brush past Keaau Beach Park.
Reverio is described as 5 feet 5 inches, 145 pounds, with a medium build, black hair, brown eyes, a mustache and a goatee.
He was last seen wearing a dark-colored sweater, shorts and slippers.
Anyone with information may contact Detective Sheryl Sunia at 529-3166, or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Decomposed body discovered on Kauai
LIHUE >> A badly decomposed body was found yesterday on Kauai, police said.The body, believed to be a woman, was discovered in a grassy area in Numila, police said. An autopsy is scheduled for today.
Man charged in killing of ex-wife in Pepeekeo
HILO >> Police have charged Warlito C. Gorospe, 38, with second-degree murder in the beating death of his ex-wife.The body of Gloria Gorospe, 27, was found in Gorospe's Old Onomea Road home in Pepeekeo on Tuesday after he led police officers to the scene.
An autopsy yesterday determined Gloria Gorospe died of "blunt force trauma to the head," police said. The couple recently divorced, police said.
Makawao resident, 16, dies in 1-car accident
WAILUKU >> A 16-year-old Maui boy died yesterday after the all-terrain vehicle he was driving struck a boulder and the vehicle landed on him on a private road at the Diamond B Ranch in Kaupo.The boy, a resident of Makawao, had been working and left to get tools, said Acting Assistant Fire Chief Frank Tam.
Tam said another juvenile was sent to find the boy after he had been missing for 30 minutes and found the youth pinned under the vehicle.
Authorities said the accident happened between 10:10 and 10:45 a.m., and the boy died en route to a medical facility.
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Ezra chosen to serve on U.S. judicial body
Chief U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra has been chosen to represent the 9th U.S. Circuit on the Judicial Conference of the United States, the top policy-making body for the nation's federal courts.Ezra was chosen by a vote of all the 9th Circuit Article III judges during the 9th Circuit Judicial Conference held July 15-18 in San Diego.
Each of the nation's 13 judicial circuits is represented by its chief circuit judge and a representative of its district judges. Ezra joins Chief Circuit Judge Mary M. Schroeder on the conference that advises the chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on policy for the federal courts.
"I am deeply honored and very excited about this opportunity," said Ezra, the first Hawaii judge to serve on the conference. He noted that serving on the Judicial Conference is equivalent to serving in the U.S. Senate.
His three-year term begins Oct. 1. He succeeds District Judge Judith Keep of the Southern District of California. As a conference representative, Ezra will also sit on the Judicial Council of the 9th Circuit.
City sued over beach concession dispute
A company that submitted the highest bid to run one of four beach service concession stands in Waikiki only to be disqualified a month later has filed suit against the city.Waikiki Windriders and Hawaiian Ocean's Waikiki Inc., a joint venture, contends in its suit filed Wednesday that the city rejected its bid after the losing bidders protested, alleging fraud and collusion in the bidding process.
The plaintiffs contend the current operator of Stand No. 3 is about $250,000 in arrears with the city, did not submit a bid yet is still operating the stand.
Carol Costa, city spokeswoman, said because of an earlier protest, none of the contracts were awarded and the bidding process has ground to a halt. City lawyers are reviewing the challenges and had not yet seen the complaint filed by Waikiki Windriders. In the meantime the old concessionaires are still operating on a month-to-month basis, she said.
Waikiki Windriders and Hawaiian Ocean's had submitted the highest bid, more than $8,000 higher than the second-highest bidder. On May 24 the city accepted their bid and a deposit. On June 19, however, the city notified them by letter that all of their bids had been rejected, the suit said.
They sought an administrative hearing as provided by law and were denied. They appealed to the state Department of Commerce & Consumer Affairs, but a hearings officer ruled he had no jurisdiction to conduct an administrative hearing.
Waikiki Windriders and Hawaiian Ocean's are asking the court for a preliminary injunction to block the city from awarding the contract to Stand No. 3 until a full hearing is held. They also ask that they be awarded the contract as the highest bidder.
