Kona parks permit office reopens
The Kona Permit Office of the Department of Parks and Recreation will reopen today.A spokeswoman said the office was closed in December because its lone employee retired but a new employee has been hired to continue the same services.
Camping and facility rental permits may be purchased at the office for the Kona Imin Center and the following beach parks: Kahaluu, Hookena, Isaac Hale, Kapaa, Kolekole, Laupahoehoe, Mahukona, Milolii, Punaluu, Spencer and Whittington.
Camping costs are $5 for adults, $2 for 13- to 17-year-olds, and $1 for children 12 and under.
Office hours for the Kona permit facility are 7:45 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3:45 p.m. Monday through Friday.
The office will be closed on weekends and holidays.
Other Kona district permits may be purchased at Kekuaokalani Gym, Hale Halawai and Yano Hall between noon and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Camping permits may also be purchased by credit card online at www.hawaii-county.com or www.ehawaiigov.org.
For more information, call the Kona Permit Office at 808- 961-8311.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Immigration holds 6 as possible illegals
U.S. immigration officials are holding six men believed to be Chinese nationals on suspicion they are illegal immigrants who arrived on the Big Island on a fishing vessel this week.The matter first came to police attention at 10:30 p.m. Monday when the U.S. Coast Guard notified police that a fishing boat might have run aground near Keauhou.
Apparently the vessel simply dropped the men off and left. Coast Guard officials said today they are trying to locate the boat and conducting an investigation.
Police said the men, none of whom who speaks English, apparently were put ashore in Kona Monday night. They were arrested at 8:42 p.m. yesterday in the upper Walua Road residential area of Kailua-Kona after they asked to use a telephone.
Big Island police put them on a morning flight today to turn them over to the custody of immigration officials in Honolulu.
Big Isle man sought for reckless driving
Big Island police want help finding Milton Carter, 56, who is suspected of fleeing from a sobriety checkpoint earlier this month in Kawaihae and nearly crashing head-on into a police vehicle.
Carter, whose last known address was in Puna, is wanted for reckless endangering investigation, a state bench warrant in an unrelated sexual assault case and a federal probation revocation warrant.
Police said Carter fled after traffic enforcement officers, believing he tried to avoid a checkpoint on Aug. 8, approached his pickup truck. Police said he sped off toward Kona on Queen Kaahumanu Highway. Officers pursued Carter, but pulled back because Carter was driving without headlights and recklessly overtaking other vehicles on the highway, police said.
Police said the near-collision occurred as Carter was passing vehicles on a blind hill, forcing an officer to swerve onto the shoulder of the highway. The incident was recorded on video by a camera in the officer's sport utility vehicle.
Police said Carter turned around near the Waikoloa junction, went off the roadway near the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, then fled on foot after his truck got stuck in soft dirt.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 326-4277 in Kona or 935-3311 in Hilo, or CrimeStoppers at 329-8181 in Kona or 961-8300 in Hilo.
WAIKIKI
Waipahu woman held in 'Goldilocks' burglary
A 42-year-old Waipahu woman went into another woman's Waikiki home Monday, ate some of her food, fell asleep in her bed, and was arrested for burglary investigation.An 83-year-old woman told police she left the front door to her Paki Avenue home unlocked about 7 a.m. when she went to water her yard. When she returned 45 minutes later, she found signs of a search and discovered items missing.
When police arrived, they found the suspect sleeping in one of the bedrooms. Police later discovered that the suspect removed several items and ate some food in the home.
HONOLULU
Help sought in finding bank robbery suspect
Police want help finding the man who robbed the Liliha branch of American Savings Bank on April 22.
Police said the robber went into the bank at 1425 Liliha St. about 5:45 p.m. and demanded money with a note that said he had a gun.
He was described as 30-40 years old, 5 feet 4, about 160 pounds, with a medium build, medium complexion, black hair, brown or black eyes, a mustache, a goatee and a scar above his right eye. He was wearing a red baseball cap, sunglasses and a long-sleeved T-shirt.
Call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone with any information.
LEEWARD OAHU
Man arrested after fire set at neighbor's
A 38-year-old Pearl City man was arrested for investigation of criminal property damage yesterday after he allegedly threw gasoline into his neighbor's home and ignited it.Police said the neighbor's daughter, 31, was in her bedroom about 11:40 a.m. when she saw the suspect carrying a small bucket and approaching her home.
She told police he threatened her when she confronted him through an open window. He then hurled the bucket's liquid content through the louvered window and lit it. She called police, and the fire department and put out the fire.
