Newswatch
By Star-Bulletin Staff
TRUCK'S TUMBLE TIES TRAFFIC
BARRY MARKOWITZ / NEWSPHOTOHI@HAWAII.RR.COM
A truck belonging to Barney's Rolloff Service rolled over on its side yesterday on the Waianae-bound Moanalua Freeway near the Tripler exit at about 12:20 p.m. According to police, the debris and demolition material inside the truck shifted and caused the truck to turn over. The container of the truck hit a lamp post near the bottom of the on-ramp and slightly damaged the base of the post. Police and fire personnel responded to the accident. The driver was in the cab of the truck, but was not injured, according to police. Police used the shoulder of the on-ramp to reroute traffic from about 12:45 p.m. to 2 p.m.
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2 Farrington accident victims out of hospital
Two people injured in a chain-reaction collision that killed a girl and a motorcycle police officer last week have been released from the hospital.Police said a Dodge Stratus swerved to avoid hitting a cardboard box that fell onto the middle of Farrington Highway near the Honokai Hale subdivision. A Ford Mustang then struck the car, pushing it through the grass median and into the path of police motorcycles traveling in the opposite lanes of the highway.
Police said solo bike officer David Bega, Jr., 26, was released from the Queen's Medical Center over the weekend. The driver of the Stratus, Karen Williams, was released from Queen's Monday, said HPD traffic investigator Ray Lurbe. Solo bike officer Paul Javier, 35, remains hospitalized.
The collision killed solo bike officer Ryan Goto, 35, and 10-year-old Alacia Williams, who was sitting in the front passenger seat of the Stratus, driven by her mother, Karen Williams.
Lurbe said he has not yet interviewed Williams and he plans to re-interview the driver of the Mustang that struck Williams' car from the rear. The box that triggered the collision fell from the back of a pickup truck. Its driver stopped to retrieve the box, but did not see the collision, Lurbe said.
USS Missouri receives correspondent's papers
World War II documents that belonged to a late Associated Press war correspondent have been donated to the USS Missouri Memorial Association.The papers that belonged to Spencer Davis include an original report on the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor, an annotated draft of Davis' dispatch filed after the Sept. 2, 1945, surrender ceremony aboard the USS Missouri and detailed "War Diary" accounts of the war in the Pacific.
The Davis documents represent a first-hand look at the surrender, said Mike Weidenbach, curator of collections at the famed battleship, which has been restored as a visitor attraction at Pearl Harbor.
The plan is to use the texts for reference. Eventually they may be displayed, although no plans have been set, he said.
Davis' "work as an embedded journalist demonstrates the importance of a free press during times of war," McKinnon said.
Davis was a desk editor for the International Press Service in San Francisco at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. He soon joined the AP there, and covered the war in the Pacific. He followed Gen. Douglas MacArthur as U.S. forces moved across the Pacific, where he was present aboard the Missouri in Tokyo Bay for the surrender ceremony.
After the war, he became one of the news service's "Old China Hands" reporting from Manila, Shanghai, northern China and Manchuria. Returning to the United States, he covered the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in 1951 and transferred three years later to Washington, where he concentrated on Asian issues, including the Vietnam War.
Davis died in 1992 at age 82.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Hilo citizens chase down suspected bank robber
Big Island police arrested a man who allegedly robbed a bank yesterday after the suspect was chased down and captured by bank employees, customers and passers-by.Police said the suspect, who was wearing a kerchief over his face, entered the Waiakea branch of Bank of Hawaii at about 9:30 a.m.
Pretending to have a gun in his jacket pocket, the suspect approached a bank teller and demanded money, according to police.
After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect fled the scene on foot, police said.
A female bank employee and a male customer then chased the suspect as he ran toward Banyan Drive on Kanoelehua Avenue, police said. A passing motorist stopped to pick up the bank customer, and the two continued chasing the suspect in the car, police said.
Police said the suspect was running across Kanoelehua Avenue when the bank customer jumped out of the car and tackled him.
Another passing motorist then stopped to help, and the two held the suspect until a nearby off-duty police officer arrived and arrested him, according to police. Police then recovered the cash.
Big Island Police Chief Lawrence K. Mahuna praised the four people who chased and held the suspect, but noted that police usually advise residents to call authorities instead.
CRIMESTOPPERS
Police are seeking the public's help in identifying a male suspect who robbed a victim in a Makiki apartment lobby in March. This image has been modified to protect the identity of the victim.
HONOLULU
Police hunting for man who choked woman
Police want help in finding a man who choked and robbed a woman in the lobby of her Makiki apartment building on March 22.Police said the victim returned home from work about 3 a.m. and was waiting for the elevator when the suspect grabbed her and began choking her. Police said that as the victim started to lose consciousness, the suspect took her cash and purse.
The suspect is described as in his late 30s or early 40s, 5-foot-6, about 190-200 pounds, with a stocky build and light colored, cropped and kinky hair.
Anyone with information should call Detective Gordon Makishima at 529-3383 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or to *CRIME on a cellular phone.
LEEWARD OAHU
Woman is key suspect in Waipahu bank heist
Police want help identifying the woman who robbed the Waipahu branch of City Bank yesterday.Police said the suspect, who was wearing a black shirt over her face, entered the bank at 94-210 Pupukahi St. about 12:05 p.m. She took out a knife, demanded money, then fled on foot in the mauka direction on Pupukahi, according to police.
The suspect is described as in her early 20s, about 5-foot-3, about 135 pounds and with dark hair.
Anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
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[The Courts]
Waipahu man indicted for alleged sex assault
An Oahu grand jury indicted a Waipahu man for allegedly sexually abusing a 9-year-old boy for 2 1/2 years.Douglas Faataitai was charged yesterday with 29 counts of first-degree sexual assault and 11 counts of third-degree sexual assault.
He allegedly abused the boy, described as a family friend, from December 2000 to July 2003. Police arrested Faataitai at his home on July 22. An arraignment date has not yet been set.
Federal complaint filed in meth case
A federal criminal complaint was filed yesterday against two men who allegedly tried to send themselves nearly a pound of methamphetamine.James Carvalho and Matthew Perkins were accused of attempting to possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine.
According to the complaint, a suspicious box addressed to a Kaneohe residence was intercepted by law enforcement authorities on Monday. The box contained a canister with about 453 grams of methamphetamine, the complaint said.
The box was then delivered to a residence at 47-193 Kamehameha Highway and then taken to another residence on Iuiu Street in Kaneohe, according to the complaint.
Perkins then picked up the box and took it to Carvalho's home at 46-355 Kahuhipa St., where the two opened the box, the complaint said.
According to the complaint, Perkins and Carvalho admitted to knowing what was in the box and to having received a parcel containing methamphetamine.
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