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Clinics will offer legal advice for free
Residents who need advice related to family law or general legal matters are invited to attend free Neighborhood Legal Clinics to be held once a month through December at the Waimanalo Health Center.Volunteer Legal Services Hawaii (formerly Hawaii Lawyers Care) is teaming up with the center to sponsor the clinics from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Oct. 11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13.
People interested in seeking advice are asked to call the Intake Line at 528-7046 on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Campaign commission fines DeSoto $4,200
The state Campaign Spending Commission voted unanimously to approve a $4,200 fine against former City Councilman John DeSoto for improper campaign expenditures.By a 3-0 vote, the commission upheld a conciliation agreement in which DeSoto admitted that he used $4,200 in campaign funds for his personal use.
Bob Watada, the commission's executive director, said an investigation by the commission's staff found that DeSoto paid for parking, parking tickets and personal clothing items with his campaign funds.
The commission also voted 3-0 to uphold a $19,000 fine against the local engineering firm of NTW Associates Inc.
NTW, a city contractor, admitted to giving $29,000 under false names to Honolulu Mayor Jeremy Harris' political campaign and $2,500 in false-name contributions to former Gov. Ben Cayetano, Watada said.
During the past two months, Honolulu police have arrested five donors linked to NTW for an investigation of making campaign contributions under false names.
Under state law a donor can give no more than $4,000 to a mayoral candidate during a four-year election cycle. Contributors also cannot make political donations under false names.
Ewa Beach library to hold book, video sale
A book and video sale will be held at Ewa Beach Public and School Library tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.The library is at 91-950 North Road, on the campus of Campbell High School.
The sale is sponsored by Friends of Ewa Beach Public and School Library, and proceeds will go to support the library.
Alleged swordsman is held without bail
WAILUKU >> Acting Maui Circuit Judge Reinette Cooper ruled that a man accused of trying to slash a police officer with a sword should continue to be held without bail.Casey Strom Nies, 30 and homeless, also will undergo a mental examination, Cooper ordered yesterday.
Deputy Prosecutor William Sloper argued Nies should be held without bail because he poses a danger to the community and has a prior felony weapon conviction on Kauai.
Nies is charged with first-degree attempted murder and other charges. His trial is scheduled for Nov. 17.
Nies was shot in the hip by police in a parking lot in Kihei on Aug. 26, after allegedly refusing to drop a sword and trying to cut a police officer.
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By Star-Bulletin staffNEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Rejected job-seeker allegedly steals bike
Honolulu police said a man who was looking for a job and could not find one allegedly stole a bicycle instead.Police said the 18-year-old suspect and another man were looking for a job Monday at Campbell Industrial Park. When the men were told that there were no openings, the suspect allegedly stole a bicycle that belonged to one of the employees of the business where he was applying for a job.
Police said a witness who saw the suspect steal the bike and flee the area chased him down and detained him for police. The suspect was later arrested for third-degree theft.
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Big Isle police seek escaped male suspect
Big Island police are looking for a 25-year-old man who escaped from police custody on Wednesday.
Police identified the escapee as Nathaniel Davis, of Naalehu in the Kau district. Davis allegedly escaped from police custody in the Manuka State Park area of Kau, and is also wanted on a warrant for revocation of parole and for other pending investigations.
Davis is described as being 6 feet tall, weighing about 140 pounds, with short brown hair, brown eyes and multiple tattoos.
Police said he is possibly still in Kau.
Anyone with information about Davis' whereabouts is asked to call Sgt. James Gusman, of the Kau Patrol, at 939-2520 or the police nonemergency number at 935-3311.
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