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By Star-Bulletin Staff

THE GIFT OF DEFIBRILLATORS

CRAIG T. KOJIMA / CKOJIMA@STARBULLETIN.COM Pearlridge Center presented the Honolulu Police Department with 40 portable defibrillators yesterday as part of the shopping center's "Building a Better Community" campaign funded by fares from the monorail. Police Chief Lee Donohue, left, received one of the units from Pearlridge General Manager Marty Lastner. Donohue's life was saved by a portable defibrillator in 1999.

[ TAKING NOTICE ]

>> Maui County police Capt. Gary Yabuta, a 19-year veteran, has been promoted to assistant chief in charge of investigative services. Yabuta, 47, had served as commander of the department's criminal investigation division. He is a graduate of California State University-Northridge with a bachelor's degree in sociology.

>> Dr. Frank L. Tabrah is the recipient of the Straub Foundation Milnor Award for 2002.

>> Big Brothers Big Sisters of Honolulu has awarded its 2002 honors to the following volunteers:

Michael Berube, Community-Based Big Brother of the Year.

Marvelle "Kuulei" Laughlin, Community-Based Big Sister of the Year.

Dean Kakazu, Site-Based Big Brother of the Year at Kukui Towers.

Linda Siu, a Waianae High School senior and student coordinator for the Kamaile Elementary Site-Based Program.

>> REHAB Hospital of the Pacific has received $717,715 from the Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust for renovations to the dining and kitchen areas and other facilities. The hospital dining room will be named after the late justice and his wife.

>> First Hawaiian Foundation has completed a four-year grant of $100,000 to Mid-Pacific Institute in support of its Shared Pride Capital Campaign for the construction of a math, science and technology complex.

>> The Clerical Staff Council of Leeward Community College has presented two $550 scholarships to Desirae J. Vargas, a major in office administration and technology, and Ejaz Din, who is studying automotive technology.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers

HONOLULU

Police arrest Aiea man in assault with tire iron

Police arrested a 35-year-old Aiea man Tuesday when he returned to the scene of an assault 12 hours later.

Police said the suspect attacked a 23-year-old man with a tire iron on the sidewalk fronting Crane Playground at Kaimuki and Kapahulu avenues about 10:35 a.m. following an argument. The victim suffered minor injuries to his left forearm. The suspect fled before police arrived.

Later that evening, the victim spotted the suspect at the park and called police, who arrested him under suspicion of second-degree assault.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

$2,425-a-minute scam leaves phone message

WAILUKU >> Maui police officials are warning residents to be aware of a telephone fraud that could result in charges of $2,425 a minute per call.

Police Sgt. Jamie Becraft said yesterday the fraud involves a solicitor leaving a message on a resident's answering machine, saying there is an emergency or a prize to be obtained by calling a telephone number with an 809 area code.

The 809 area code is actually like a 900 pay-per-call number and tied to a location in the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean, where a foreign company charges people $2,425 a minute per call.

Becraft said since the call is outside the United States, federal regulations requiring advance notification of a pay-per-call charge do not apply, and the caller will end up dealing with the foreign company.

Maui police advise consumers to disregard telephone messages that ask them to call telephone numbers with 809, 284 or 876 area codes if they not recognize the telephone number.

NORTH SHORE

Motorcyclist critical after crashing into car

An unidentified man was taken to Queen's Medical Center in critical condition last night after a motorcycle he was driving crashed into a parked car in Waialua.

Police said the man was traveling east on Waialua Beach Road just past the Haleiwa Road intersection about 8:10 p.m. when his motorcycle went onto the south shoulder of the roadway and hit the car. Police said the victim, who was not wearing a helmet, was speeding and was thrown from the motorcycle on impact. He was flown to Queen's by Army Medevac helicopter.

The impact also pushed the 1953 Chevrolet sedan into a pickup truck parked in front of it.

Police said neither vehicle was occupied.