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MAKING A PITCH FOR UH HOUSING

FL MORRIS / FMORRIS@STARBULLETIN.COM Katie Barry, a University of Hawaii student body senator, joined other UH students yesterday in pitching tents on the Bachman Hall lawn to gain public support of House Bill 19, which requests revenue bonds to finance construction of UH housing. Students were planning to spend the night in the tents.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

WAIKIKI

13-year-olds in serious condition after accident

Two 13-year-olds were struck by a car last night in Waikiki.

An Emergency Medical Services supervisor said the boys were taken by ambulance in serious condition to Queen's Medical Center.

Police shut down Ena Road between Kalakaua Avenue and Hobron Lane for about 2 hours after the 6:31 p.m. accident.

HONOLULU

Thief tips off police with his latex gloves

Latex gloves and other clues helped tip off police that a suspect was driving a stolen car yesterday, police said.

According to auto theft detectives, some suspects use latex gloves to prevent leaving fingerprints. During a traffic stop near North King and Kalihi streets at about 3:15 a.m. yesterday, an officer noticed that the 18-year-old male driving the car was wearing latex gloves and that the steering column was pried open.

A check with the vehicle's owner found that the car had been stolen, but the theft had not yet been reported. Police arrested the suspect for investigation of auto theft.

Police charge man with forging checks

A Kamehameha Heights man was charged with stealing more than $3,400 from a mainland brokerage firm earlier this year.

Wesley F.H. Chun was charged with two counts of second-degree forgery and two counts of second-degree theft after he allegedly counterfeited two checks, deposited the checks into his bank savings account, then withdrew the funds. Chun was arrested Tuesday at his Ahiahi Place home for the incident, which allegedly took place on Oct. 28. He is being held in lieu of $30,000 bail.

Burglary suspect was already being detained

A 27-year-old man, who was already in custody for an unrelated incident, was arrested for a burglary at a naval housing unit in the Salt Lake area Wednesday.

Police said the suspect allegedly broke into a woman's home and stole items at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday.

Fingerprints recovered from the scene of the burglary at Arizona and Camp Catlin roads were identified as belonging to the suspect, who was arrested for first-degree burglary.

WINDWARD OAHU

Hospital employee arrested for assault

Police arrested a Kailua medical facility employee yesterday for allegedly raping a woman earlier this year.

The victim, 35, said she was a patient at Castle Medical Center on Feb. 4 when she was sexually assaulted by the suspect, 45. The victim was treated for sex assault at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women & Children. However, when police went back to the medical facility where the assault allegedly took place, the suspect had already left work.

Police later identified the suspect and found him yesterday at his Ala Ilima Street home. He was arrested for investigation of first-degree sexual assault.