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WINDWARD
Fishing hours expanded
Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden in Kane‘ohe will expand the hours of its popular Catch and Release fishing program, the city announced yesterday.
Family Fishing Days will be held every weekend from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Participants are encouraged to bring the entire family to fish for fresh tilapia and release their catch back into the stream at the foot of the Ko‘olau.
The program is free. Come prepared with hand-held poles, small barbless hooks, bait and buckets. Walking shoes, insect repellent, light raingear and a picnic lunch are recommended.
Call 233-7323 for more information.
CENTRAL
Two suspects in attack released
Police on Tuesday released two suspects arrested early Monday morning in an attack on a motorist near the Pearlridge Shopping Center.
A 23-year-old man was stabbed and struck with a baseball bat in the 12:17 a.m. attack. The motorist was assaulted near the Kamehameha Highway bus stop fronting the Sears store.
One of the suspects, a 23-year-old man, was released pending further investigation on potential charges of attempted murder and armed robbery. The other suspect, a 15-year-old boy, was released to the custody of his parents. Police plan to pursue charges in Family Court.
WEST O‘AHU
‘Ewa Villages figures sentenced
Shirley and Donald Hall Sr. each were sentenced to five years’ probation yesterday for their roles in the $5.5 million ‘Ewa Villages relocation scam.
Additionally, Circuit Judge Wilfred K. Watanabe ordered Donald Hall Sr. to serve one year in jail. Each of the defendants must pay $114,000 restitution.
Donald Hall Sr. owned A-1 Trucking and Equipment, which received $571,000 in city relocation money, at least half of it for work never done, prosecutors said. Hall pleaded guilty on June 25, 1998, to theft, money laundering and unlawfully owning a business.
Shirley Hall, who co-owned the trucking business with her husband, pleaded guilty on March 19, 1999, to theft and tax charges for submitting false billing. Prosecutors had said she played a secondary role in the scam.
Another defendant in the case, Benton Post, also was sentenced this week. Circuit Judge Victoria Marks agreed to a deferred-acceptance guilty plea for Post on a charge of first-degree theft.
Post can clear the charge if he maintains a clean record for five years. Marks also ordered Post to pay $19,000 restitution.
Deputy city prosecutor Randal Lee said Post "cooperated fully" and testified against former city housing official Michael Kahapea in the case.
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