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No repair date set for Wahiawa water pump

Board of Water Supply officials are continuing to ask Wahiawa and Whitmore Village residents to conserve water as crew members assess a broken pump that supplies the area.

"We still have people working on the pump problem," said Wanda Yamane, informational specialist for the Board of Water Supply. "They've managed to alleviate pressure on the system."

The pump, located several hundred feet underground, broke at about 8 p.m. Saturday. Yamane could not say when repairs were expected to be completed.

Coast Guard welcomes home anti-drug ship

The Honolulu-based Coast Guard vessel Rush is scheduled to return today after a 67-day deployment to disrupt narcotic operations in the eastern Pacific.

Its tour seems to have paid off. During its deployment the Rush crews seized 4,835 pounds of cocaine with a street value pegged at millions of dollars.

The Rush also participated in drug-trafficking operations dubbed Operation New Frontier in the Caribbean.

On Oct. 31 the Rush received a report of a fishing vessel that was refueling a "go-fast" vessel suspected of drug trafficking, about 270 miles off of the Galapagos Islands.

The Rush launched its MH-68 helicopter to conduct an investigation. Coast Guard officials said the fishing vessel stopped after multiple warning shots, including one into the engine compartment.

Ninety-one bales of pure cocaine weighing an estimated 2.4 tons were discovered aboard the vessel, with an estimated street value of $43 million.

Earlier this year, the Rush was credited with the interdiction of the fishing vessel Luis Angel, where 3.85 tons of cocaine were seized.

Along with its recent seizure, the Rush interdicted nearly 12,500 pounds of cocaine this year, a record-setting one for the Coast Guard in drug seizures.

The Rush is one of two 378-foot High Endurance Cutters based in Honolulu. It has 188 officers and crew members.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

WINDWARD OAHU
Couple charged in theft from HPD officer's home

Police charged a couple yesterday for allegedly burglarizing a police officer's home in Kaneohe.

Police identified the couple as Ralph Reveira and Michelle Kahoopii. Detective Gary Lahens, with the Criminal Investigation Division, said the couple has a criminal history of theft-related offenses and is currently on probation.

Lahens said the couple burglarized the home of a police sergeant based at the Kaneohe police substation last Monday.

The sergeant's police uniform was one of the items taken.

A few days ago, police located the couple's black van at a Waikiki hotel. Jewelry, PlayStation equipment and other items were found inside.

Police arrested the couple Friday and charged them yesterday with second-degree theft.

Lahens said the couple might be linked to other burglaries that have occurred in the Kaneohe area. Both are being held in lieu of $40,000 bail.

LEEWARD OAHU
Fatality ID'd in crash of stolen motorcycle

The Medical Examiner's Office identified the 33-year-old man who died Friday night in a crash in Ewa Beach as John Yuen of Aiea.

Police said Yuen was operating a stolen motorcycle and was heading toward Iroquois Beach on Fort Weaver Road just after 6 p.m.

A car driven by a 19-year-old man was heading in the opposite direction on Fort Weaver Road and was making a left turn on Parish Drive.

Police said the motorcycle and car collided. Yuen was pronounced dead at the scene. Police believe Yuen was speeding.

HONOLULU
Officials ID man who drowned off Waikiki

The Medical Examiner's Office identified the 84-year-old man who apparently drowned Saturday at Kaimana Beach as James Lan of Honolulu.

Police said Lan might have suffered a heart attack while swimming. Beachgoers brought him to shore sometime around 8:15 a.m.

CENTRAL OAHU
Unauthorized pickers of pineapples arrested

Police arrested two men after they allegedly attempted to steal more than 500 pineapples in Wahiawa.

Police said a security guard at the Del Monte pineapple fields observed three suspects loading two pickup trucks with pineapples at about 1:30 a.m. yesterday.

Police said one of the three suspects fled on foot, while the two other suspects were arrested. Police believe the suspects are linked to previous pineapple thefts at the Del Monte field in the last year.

KONA
Family is homeless as fire damages house

A house fire caused more than $160,000 in damage in Keauhou over the weekend.

Eight fire companies responded to the blaze at the 79-7197 Hooper Road home of Harold Teshima Jr. at about 7:21 a.m.

Officials said the blaze is believed to have started in the central part of the split-level wooden home before spreading throughout the lower part of the house.

Officials said a family member heard an unusual sound before the fire started. There were no injuries.

The fire is under investigation.

The American Red Cross is assisting family members with living arrangements.

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