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Star-Bulletin staff and wire
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Bring pets for Santa photos to help out Humane Society
Santa Paws is coming to town this weekend.
Pets, naughty or nice, can have their holiday photos taken with Santa and Mrs. Claus to benefit the Hawaiian Humane Society.
For a $20 donation, pets can have a photo session with professional photographer Stan Wright. That includes negatives and prints by mail.
Pets will be provided holiday hats, antlers, lei and other accessories in which to dress up.
The photo sessions will be held 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Humane Society's garden. The event is sponsored by FujiFilm Hawaii and Stan Wright Photography.
Donations will go toward supporting the Humane Society's efforts in preventing animal abuse, placing homeless animals with families and teaching children compassion for animals.
The Humane Society will also have on hand holiday gifts for pet lovers, including calendars, T-shirts and gift certificates.
The Humane Society is also asking for donations of new pet toys so every animal adopted during the holidays can go home with a present. Donations can be dropped off at the holiday reception at the Humane Society, 6 to 7 p.m. tomorrow .
For more information, call 356-2225.
Volunteers needed to clean, monitor marsh
Volunteers who don't mind getting muddy while helping endangered Hawaiian water birds are needed for a work day Saturday at Kailua's Hamakua Marsh.
Work from 8 a.m. to noon will include invasive-species removal, invertebrate monitoring, water-quality monitoring, waterbird surveys and debris removal. Participants should bring rubber boots, sunscreen, raingear, lunch and water.
For information, contact Christina McGuire at 542-1559 or mcguirec@hawaii.edu.
Federal meth case nets 22-year sentence
A Maui man found to be a career criminal was sentenced in federal court on Monday to 22 1/2 years in prison.
Keoki Astronomo, 35, was convicted of possessing 84 grams of almost pure methamphetamine with intent to distribute. He was also found guilty of being a convicted felon in possession of ammunition. Astronomo was arrested in August 2003 during a Hawaii Fugitive Task Force operation, U.S. Attorney Edward Kubo Junior said.
Astronomo was present at a Lahaina residence where one of the wanted fugitives was known to frequent, Kubo said.
U.S. District Judge David Ezra found Astronomo was a career criminal offender. Astronomo had two priory felony convictions for drug trafficking and was on furlough at the time of his arrest.
Police, Fire, Courts
By Star-Bulletin staff
CENTRAL OAHU
Mo-ped driver dies after Mililani crash
A 42-year-old Honolulu man died early yesterday after the mo-ped he was driving collided with a car in Mililani Monday night.
The Medical Examiner's Office identified the man as Valentino Paglinawan.*
Police said that at about 10:20 p.m., an 18-year-old Wahiawa man was driving a 1990 two-door Acura Integra Wahiawa-bound when he made a left turn from Lanikuhana Avenue to Makaimoimo Street and collided with the mo-ped.
The driver of the mo-ped was thrown off the vehicle, landing first on the car and then the roadway, police said.
Taglinawan suffered critical head injuries and was taken to Wahiawa General Hospital, where he died just after midnight, police said.
He was not wearing a helmet, police said.
This is the 70th traffic fatality on Oahu this year, compared with 60 at this time last year.
HONOLULU
Police arrest men at park with 2 fake IDs
Police arrested a man Monday night for allegedly having two fake IDs.
A patrol officer stopped the man, 23, for being at Makiki District Park at 11:30 p.m., after the park had closed. The officer asked the man for identification and the man gave him a California driver's license which appeared to be fake, police said.
The officer ran a check on the ID and discovered that the license number did not correspond with the name on the ID card. Upon arresting the man police found another piece of identification which also appeared to be counterfeit. The suspect was arrested for investigation of two counts of second-degree forgery.
Waipahu man last seen at Grocery Outlet
Police are looking for a 49-year-old Waipahu man who was last seen 2 p.m. Monday at Grocery Outlet on Dillingham Boulevard.
Randall Young, who is mentally challenged, has been reported missing on prior occasions and was found in the Kaimuki and Ala Moana areas.
Young is described as 5 feet 5 inches, 180 pounds, with black hair, brown eyes and is of Chinese ethnicity. He was last wearing a pink, blue and white long-sleeved shirt and brown pants.
Anyone with information is asked to call Officer James Vasconcellos at 479-5452 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on your cell phone.
WAIKIKI
Woman allegedly used gun to rob couple
Police arrested a 32-year-old Ahuimanu woman after she allegedly robbed a couple at gunpoint Monday.
Police said the suspect demanded money from a woman, 26, and a man, 35, near the Aston Coral Reef Hotel at 2299 Kuhio Ave. at 1:21 p.m.
The suspect was later arrested for investigation of two counts of first-degree robbery and two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening.
WINDWARD OAHU
3 boys arrested in Kaneohe vandalism
Police arrested three boys after they allegedly vandalized a Kaneohe school and damaged a vehicle parked there earlier this month.
Police said that at about 9 p.m. on Nov. 13 a 46-year-old school faculty member heard a commotion outside of a classroom and saw three juveniles running away. An investigation later revealed eggs thrown at the glass door to the administration building and light fixtures broken.
The faculty member's car was also extensively damaged damage after the suspects apparently scratched it with a sharp object, police said.
A witness later positively identified the suspects via a school yearbook and police arrested the suspects Monday, ages 12, 14, and 15 for investigation of second-degree criminal property damage. The suspects were later released pending an investigation.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Big Island fire forces condo evacuation
A three-acre brush fire in a vacant lot forced the evacuation of Kailua-Kona condominium buildings Monday night. Big Island fire officials said the fire was reported at 7:45 p.m. and firefighters brought the blaze under control at 8:20 p.m.
A half acre of heavy brush and small trees close to the Alii Lani Condominiums helped fuel the fire.
The winds were light, according to the fire department, which sent eight units to fight the fire.
CORRECTION
Thursday, December 1, 2005
» The last name of Valentino Paglinawan, the 42-year-old man killed Tuesday in a mo-ped accident, was misspelled on Page A4 in yesterday's morning edition.
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