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$10,000 grant to help treat addiction

Aloha House, a nonprofit group on Maui that helps in the recovery of drug and alcohol addiction, has received a $10,000 award from HomeStreet Bank. Aloha House provides treatment to more than 500 people each year.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

WINDWARD OAHU

Burglary victim finds just the right patrol car

A traffic stop in Kaaawa turned into a lucky break for a burglary victim earlier this week.

Police said that on Monday a 60-year-old man who had his laptop computer stolen from his home pulled his car over to talk to an officer who was conducting a traffic stop of another vehicle.

While telling the officer about how his house had just been broken into, the victim looked into the vehicle that the officer had stopped and saw the laptop.

The 20- and 22-year-old males in the vehicle were arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft.

HONOLULU

Phony gift certificate leads to Kahala arrest

Police arrested a 34-year-old woman who allegedly tried to use a counterfeit $50 gift certificate at Kahala Mall yesterday morning.

Police have been investigating a number of fake $50 gift certificates at Kahala Mall and Pearlridge Center over four days. Both shopping centers are operated by MMI Realty Services Inc. and sell $50 gift certificates that can be used at either location.

Store security apprehended the female suspect at a Kahala store at about 10:54 a.m. yesterday.

Police arrested the woman for suspicion of second-degree forgery.

Police have arrested at least three other people for allegedly trying to use the certificates, but many more have been successful, investigators said.

Man reported missing turns up in Bay area

A 54-year-old Honolulu man who had been reported missing was located in San Francisco, police said yesterday.

A CrimeStoppers missing-persons bulletin was issued Tuesday for Lester Tong Chang of a Kilauea Avenue address.

Chang had last been seen Nov. 15. Police said he told investigators he was staying with relatives in San Francisco since Nov. 18.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

Fugitive from Georgia apprehended on Maui

A fugitive wanted on the mainland for armed robbery, hijacking and aggravated assault is in a Maui Police Department jail awaiting extradition to Georgia.

U.S. Marshal Mark Hanohano said the Hawaii Fugitive Task Force arrested Chun Hyok Yi on Maui this week after receiving information that Yi was possibly in Hawaii.

Police in Columbus, Ga., requested the help of the U.S. Marshals Service in arresting Yi because of the case's high profile. The victim was shot four times, and Yi was considered armed and dangerous.

The task force, formed by the U.S. Marshals Service last year, includes state sheriffs, the four county police departments, the Honolulu Prosecutor's Office and the state Department of the Attorney General.

Police investigating man's death on Kauai

Kauai police are investigating an incident last Thursday that resulted in the death of a 62-year-old Puhi man.

Officers were called to Wilcox Hospital at about 5 p.m. to investigate a possible assault and interviewed a man who had been taken to the hospital with head injuries.

After talking with the man, investigators examined the scene of the alleged assault, a Puhi residence, and found resident Frank Yoro with head injuries. He was also taken to Wilcox Hospital, where he died at about 2 p.m. the next day.

The first man was arrested by police for suspicion of second-degree murder and was released pending investigation.

Anyone with information about this incident can contact Lt. Roy Asher at 241-1680 or Detectives Samuel Sheldon, Marvin Rivera or Joseph Adric.