Yamashiro doing fine after heart operation
Big Island Mayor Steve Yamashiro has been upgraded to stable condition following emergency surgery Wednesday, according to the Queen's Medical Center.The mayor underwent surgery on Wednesday to repair damage to his aorta.
Yamashiro is breathing on his own, talking with family, and all signs look very positive, said surgeon Michael Dang in a news release yesterday.
Attorney suspended again for misconduct
The state Supreme Court has suspended Kauai attorney Arthur Trask Jr. from the practice of law, effective March 31.Trask already was on suspension, since 1999, for ethical misconduct in a separate disciplinary case.
In the latest case, Trask was suspended for multiple acts of professional misconduct, including failing to diligently prosecute a personal injury claim for his client, notify the client of his 1999 suspension, advise the client that she should seek legal advice elsewhere, file a mandatory affidavit of compliance with his 1999 suspension order and respond to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's repeated requests for information about his client's ethics complaint.
Trask, 52, was admitted to the Hawaii bar in 1982.
Foundation grant will fund free medications
Thousands of Hawaii's poor will get free prescription drugs from a statewide program launched yesterday with a $3 million check from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation.Gov. Linda Lingle said the Prescription Care Hawaii program is a public-private effort expected to help 20,000 of the state's needy get vital medication at no cost to taxpayers.
In part, it is to prevent discharged patients from landing back in the hospital because they could not afford expensive prescription drugs. The program links patients to various pharmaceutical company assistance programs that donate free drugs.
New part being sent to stranded aircraft
Hawaiian Airlines planned to use a new Boeing 767 to ferry a replacement part to American Samoa for an aircraft damaged in a collision with a bird on a flight from Honolulu.The 767 was to depart for Pago Pago after it arrived in Honolulu last night from the Boeing factory in Seattle, airline spokesman Keoni Wagner said. The plane will carry a nose cone to replace the one damaged Thursday, Wagner said.
The mishap, involving another Boeing 767, stranded 237 passengers who were to fly to Honolulu on Thursday night, he said.
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffHonolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
LEEWARD OAHU
3 suspects sought in 4 sex assaults
Law enforcement officials are asking the public's help in the search for three fugitives wanted on separate grand jury warrants for the sexual assault of four different girls.The suspects are Sheldon Manoha, Florencio Gandule and Matias Ulangca Jr.
Manoha is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting two girls, ages 12 and 13, in June 2001. His last known addresses were in Ewa Beach, but he is believed to be homeless and may frequent the Waianae area.
Manoha, 29, is described as 6 feet, 180 pounds, with a medium build, brown hair, brown eyes and a mustache. He owns a white 1984 Isuzu pickup bearing Hawaii license plates 833-TJA.
Gandule, 35, also known as Flor, is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a 12-year-old girl in the fall of 2001. His last known address was in Waianae on Puhawai Road, but he has been seen recently in Waipahu and Waianae. Police believe he is using crystal methamphetamine.
He is described as 5 feet 2, 110 pounds, with a small build, dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Ulangca, 52, is wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in December 2001.
His last known address was in Waianae, but he is believed to be homeless.
He has felony convictions for assault, terroristic threatening and theft.
Ulangca is described as 5 feet 8, 180 pounds, heavily built and balding, with gray hair and brown eyes.
Anyone with information concerning the suspects is asked to call Honolulu CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone. All calls are confidential and anonymous.
Sheldon Manoha: Wanted in the sex assault of two girls, he is believed to be homeless Florencio Gandule: Seen recently in Waipahu, he is wanted in the sex assault of a 12-year-old girl Matias Ulangca Jr.: Wanted in the assault of a girl, his last known address is in Waianae
WAIKIKI
Suspect arrested in Kuhio Avenue robbery
A 28-year-old Kakaako man was allegedly mugged by two men at 3 a.m. Thursday at a Kuhio Avenue apartment.The man met a 42-year-old woman in front of a condominium building at 2240 Kuhio Ave. She took him up to an apartment, where two men allegedly beat him and stole his watch.
The man went back to the condominium yesterday, and while reporting the incident, the woman, 42, and one of the robbery suspects returned to the scene.
Police arrested a 36-year-old Salt Lake man at 1:15 p.m. for second-degree robbery and drug offenses.
Police did not arrest the woman, who claimed she did not know the men planned to beat the victim.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Sheriff's Office's error frees man without bail
Big Island police are looking for a 27-year-old Keaau man who was mistakenly let go Feb. 21 after court appearances in Hilo Circuit and District courts.The escapee was identified as Bobby Keone Baring. Baring is described as 5 feet 9, weighing about 155 pounds with a medium build and tan complexion, black hair and brown eyes.
During his appearance in Circuit Court, Baring was ordered held in lieu of $1,000 bail. In a later appearance in District Court, however, he was mistakenly released without bail by the Sheriff's Office, police said.
Anyone with information about Baring's whereabouts is asked to call Officer Lorenzo Artienda at 961-2311 or the police nonemergency number at 935-3311.
Bad checks prompt warning on Big Island
The Hawaii County Police Department is warning merchants that there have been a large number of bad checks being passed throughout the county.Police said merchants and their employees should insist that an unknown person trying to cash a check show a photo identification.
They should also verify that the name on the check matches the name on the person's photo identification.
They also advised that third-party checks should be avoided.
Members of the general public are also advised that if they have lost or misplaced checks or have personal checks stolen, they should notify their banks or other financial institutions to stop payment on the missing checks.
