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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin Staff
[Taking Notice]
COURTESY PHOTO Hawaii Special Olympians
Hawaii's 13 Special Olympics athletes garnered 14 gold, 10 silver and five bronze medals at the recent 2003 Special Olympics World Games in Dublin, Ireland.
score big at World GamesFollowing are the results of the June competition that involved 7,000 disabled athletes from 160 countries.
Aquatics, male:
>> Daniel Kam, of Honolulu, age 19, gold, 4x50-meter medley relay; silver, 100- and 200-meter freestyle
>> Franz Knorr, of Mililani, 22, gold, 25-meter backstroke; silver, 4x25-meter freestyle relay; bronze, 25-meter freestyle.
>> Shannon Lum, of Honolulu, 31, gold, 50-meter backstroke and 4x50-meter freestyle relay; silver, 100-meter freestyle
>> Steven Smith, of Kaneohe, 31, gold, 4x50-meter freestyle relay; silver, 100-meter freestyle
Aquatics, female:
>> Jody Ann Cambra, of Maui, 21, gold, 25-meter freestyle and backstroke; silver, 4x25-meter freestyle relay
>> Lindsey Curb, of Honolulu, 18, silver, 25-meter backstroke and 4x25-meter freestyle relay
>> Norine Ng, of Kunia, 31, gold, 4x50-meter medley relay
>> Stephanie Zane, of Honolulu, 35, gold, 50-meter backstroke and 4x50-meter medley relay; bronze, 100-meter freestyle
Track and field, female:
>> Patricia Carter, of Hilo, 15, gold, 1,500-meter run; silver, 3,000-meter run
>> Jolyn Imoto, of Honolulu, 18, silver, 200-meter run; bronze, 4x100-meter relay
Track and field, male:
>> Peter Hickman, of Hilo, 21, gold, 400-meter run; bronze, 800-meter run
>> Sean Hively, of Waimanalo, 23, bronze, 3,000-meter run; fourth place, half marathon
>> Brad Edayan, of Kaneohe, 22, gold, 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs
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Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staff
CRIMESTOPPERS
Police are looking for a man who used a gun to demand money at the Mililani Town Center branch of American Savings bank yesterday afternoon.
CENTRAL OAHU
Gunman flees after robbing American Savings Mililani
Police are looking for the masked gunman who robbed the Mililani Town Center Branch of American Savings Bank yesterday afternoon.Police said the suspect walked into the bank at 95-1249 Meheula Parkway at 2:55 p.m. wearing a black T-shirt wrapped around his head and holding a handgun in his right hand. The suspect demanded money and was last seen running through the Mililani Town Center parking lot toward Star Market, police said.
The suspect is described as in his late 20s, about 5 feet 5 and 160 pounds. He was last seen wearing a beige baseball cap backward, the black T-shirt around his face, a white T-shirt, khaki shorts and an Ace bandage around his right shin, which police believe might have been hiding a tattoo.
The suspect was also carrying an olive green backpack and a silver-colored handgun. Police said the suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
Anyone with information about is asked to call Lt. Ray Quon at 692-3006 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Police seek driver who allegedly dragged cop
Big Island police are looking for a 21-year-old Puna man who allegedly injured a police officer by dragging him behind his vehicle.Police said that on Thursday at about 7 p.m., an officer observed Timothy Jackson driving in a reckless manner in the parking lot of the Pahoa Community Center.
After being flagged down on Kau Hale Street, Jackson allegedly took off as the officer was talking to him. The officer's arm was caught in the window of the car, police said, and Jackson dragged him for about 30 feet before the officer was able to get his arm loose.
Jackson then sped off, according to police.
The officer was treated for abrasions to his arms, back and legs.
Jackson is described as 6 feet tall, weighing about 160 pounds, with a slim build, brown eyes and black afro.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Benton Bolos at 961-2385, the police nonemergency number at 935-3311 or CrimeStoppers at 961-8300 in Hilo, 329-8181 in Kona.
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Jury in fatal shooting convicts homeless man
A Hawaii jury took about an hour yesterday to convict a former New York man of second-degree murder.Prosecutors said Anibal Ortiz, 26, shot Odin Ortiz (no relation), 37, in the left eye at Ala Wai Community Park on Dec. 28. Both men were homeless at the time.
Anibal Ortiz's attorney said his client was about a mile away at a friend's house when the shooting took place.
But Deputy Prosecutor Franklin Pacarro Jr. said bullet fragments from Odin Ortiz's body matched with Anibal Ortiz's gun.
Also, witnesses testified that Anibal Ortiz was the only one standing next to Odin Ortiz after he was shot, Pacarro said.
Both men were said to have been arguing about whether the victim had been disturbing Anibal Ortiz's possessions.
Anibal Ortiz faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison with the possibility of parole.
Police contend arrest solves car break-ins
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park rangers believe they may have solved a recent rash of car break-ins along Chain of Craters Road with the arrest of a man who was allegedly caught breaking into a van.Robert Souza Jr. was charged in federal court yesterday for allegedly breaking into a white van at the park on Saturday.
Prior to Souza's arrest, park rangers had been investigating about 20 vehicle break-ins that started soon after June 15.
According to a federal affidavit, rangers observed Souza break into the van parked along Chain of Craters Road at about 4:30 a.m. and saw him remove two bags from the vehicle.
Rangers said they detained Souza, who then admitted to breaking into two other vehicles on park property during separate occasions, according to the affidavit.
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