Man falls to his death from his Akepo Lane apartment building

Police were investigating the death of a man who apparently fell shortly before 8 tonight from an apartment building in Iwilei.

According to initial reports, the man was trying to get into his locked apartment at 955 Akepo Lane when he fell.

He was taken by ambulance initially in critical condition to a hospital, police dispatch said.

Homeless man arrested in alleged knife assault

Police arrested a 36-year-old homeless man Tuesday night for allegedly using a knife to slash two men, age 19 and 21, in downtown Honolulu.

Police said the two men saw the suspect arguing with his girlfriend near a parking lot entrance.

The men walked over to the arguing couple and tried to mediate, police said. As the men approached, the 36-year-old man pulled out a knife and started slashing at the two younger men, who received large cuts to the body.

Police officers patrolling the area responded quickly, and arrested the suspect at Maunakea and North Beretania streets on suspicion of two counts of first-degree assault.

Surveillance leads to bust of ID theft ring

Police busted an alleged identity theft ring in Kaneohe on Tuesday afternoon.

Windward detectives and Crime Reduction Unit officers had been conducting surveillance of a Kaneohe house where items were allegedly being purchased over the Internet with illegally obtained credit cards using stolen personal information.

Police said the suspects had items mailed to a vacant residence in Kaneohe.

Seven people had their identities stolen after personal, confidential information was taken in an auto theft, police said.

Detectives were able to trace the computer being used to purchase the goods, and Crime Reduction Unit officers got a search warrant for the house.

Specialized Services Division officers executed a search warrant on the house at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. They found a variety of goods, including computers, allegedly purchased using stolen personal and confidential information. They also found methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia.

Police arrested a 37-year-old woman and three men, age 39, 41 and 45, at 45-587 Duncan Drive on suspicion of unauthorized control of personal and confidential information.

Drowning victim was man from China

The Honolulu Medical Examiner's Office identified a 61-year-old man who apparently drowned while swimming in the ocean off Waikiki as Kuang Cheng Pu of China.

Pu was swimming Tuesday with other people about 100 yards from shore, fronting Hilton Hawaiian Village, when he ran into trouble, authorities said. He was brought ashore about 1:30 p.m. and taken to a hospital, where he died.

An autopsy to determine the cause of death will be completed tomorrow.

Motorcyclist killed in crash is identified

Big Island police have identified the 53-year-old Kealakekua man who died Monday from injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash as Mark D. Bilan.

Bilan lost control of his motorcycle on Highway 180, just north of Hualalai Road in Holualoa, police said.

This was the sixth traffic fatality on the Big Island this year compared with four at this time last year.