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Police, Fire, Courts
Star-Bulletin staff and wire
Fireworks shows around the island
Public fireworks displays this weekend include:Today
» Waikiki Groin, 7:30 p.m.
» Turtle Bay Resort, 9:15 p.m.
» Aloha Tower, 8:45 p.m.Tomorrow
» Magic Island, 8:30 p.m.
» Kailua Beach Park, 8 p.m.
» Schofield Barracks, 8:30 p.m.
» Hickam Air Force Base, 9 p.m.
Reminders are issued on new air travel rules
State and federal transportation officials are reminding passengers to follow airport rules when packing for trips during the busy summer travel season."We want our passengers to have a pleasant airport experience," said Rod Haraga, state transportation director.
"Keeping the security lines brisk and moving is part of that experience, but we also need the public's cooperation in doing so."
Some of the following rules that have been in effect will be enforced this summer:
» Each passenger will be allowed to check in two bags before boarding. Each can be no heavier than 50 pounds for domestic and interisland flights and no heavier than 70 pounds for international flights.
Passengers will pay $25 for baggage that exceeds the limit for domestic and interisland flights.
Additional fees on international flights vary by destination.
» Each passenger will be allowed two carry-on bags. For example, a woman can take a purse and a carry-on, while a man can bring a briefcase and a carry-on.
» Remove prohibited items in carry-on luggage.
Items such as pocketknives, box cutters and other prohibited items can hold up airport lines.
Wet weather dampens plum harvest on Kauai
LIHUE » The annual plum harvest in Kokee was scheduled to begin today, but the state Parks Division cautioned that rain has reduced the crop considerably.The plum trees were planted in the 1930s for the public to use. About 1,000 people participated last year.
Permits are available at the Kokee State Park Headquarters. Harvesting is allowed from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily through Aug. 8. Each person is allowed to pick up to five pounds daily. State officials recommend using a short pole and a net.
[ TAKING NOTICE ]
» Promotions within the Maui Fire Department include: Rescue captains Mark Paranada and Frank Tam to assistant chief; Fire Inspector III Valeriano Martin to captain of the Fire Prevention Bureau; Jeffrey Kihune to captain of the Hazardous Material Bureau; and fire apparatus operators Lance Yokoyama and Eric Otani, to captain.
» Alan H. Gottlieb, a longtime agricultural businessman, has been appointed to the Hawaii Board of Agriculture. He is owner and chief operating officer of Hawaiian Earth Products, Ltd.; secretary/treasurer and business manager for Ponoholo Ranch Ltd.; and general manager and controller for Kahua Beef Sales, Inc. and Kahua Meat co., Ltd. Gottlieb was named Cattleman of the Year in 1999 by the Hawaii Cattlemen's Council.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staffWINDWARD OAHU
Police arrested a 23-year-old Kaneohe man Thursday who was wanted in connection with a kidnapping and robbery case last month in which a man's clothes and truck were taken.
Kaneohe man arrested in kidnapping, robberyOn June 26 a 22-year-old man told police he had been robbed and kidnapped by three men.
Police said the victim had stopped to ask directions sometime before 12:30 a.m., and the three men got into his truck, supposedly to help him.
Instead, they drove around Kaneohe and eventually took the victim's outer clothing and truck, police said.
Police identified and arrested one of the suspects at his Kaneohe home.
He was arrested for kidnapping, second-degree robbery, second-degree theft and second-degree terroristic threatening.
Police were looking for the other two suspects, described as in their 20s.
HONOLULU
Honolulu police are looking for an escapee in a wheelchair who did not return to a court-ordered program last week.
Escapee fails to return to mandatory programSabrina Ann Trump, also known as Frank James Sanchez, failed to return to the program on June 25.
Trump had been acquitted on Oct. 26, 1993, due to mental incapacity of two counts of sexual assault and one count of terroristic threatening.
Trump is described as 5 feet 7, 135 pounds, with a slim build, hazel eyes, a fair complexion and brown shoulder-length hair.
Anyone with information about Trump's whereabouts is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or by dialing *CRIME on a cellular phone.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Island police have identified the victim of a fatal traffic crash that occurred Wednesday as Grant M. Headley, 41, of Hilo.
Victim of car crash identified as Hilo manHeadley was killed near the 10-mile marker on Saddle Road when he lost control of his vehicle, which ran off the left shoulder, overturned and came to rest more than 200 feet off the roadway.
Police used fingerprints to identify the victim and notified the family Thursday.
An autopsy is scheduled to determine the exact cause of death.
Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call officer Reed Mahuna, of the East Hawaii Traffic Enforcement Unit, at 961-2332.
Honolulu Police Department Crimestoppers
