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Singer’s drug case dismissed in court
KEALAKEKUA, Hawai‘i — The Big Island marijuana possession case against singer Whitney Houston is over.
It would have ended earlier, but her two attorneys from Honolulu and New Jersey insisted on a hearing yesterday, even though Deputy Prosecutor Melvin Fujino filed a motion Monday to have the petty misdemeanor charge dropped. Just before yesterday’s court session, the attorneys decided not to go through with the hearing after all.
The dismissal was filed after Houston met the conditions of a plea deferral that she pay $4,000 in fees and donations and undergo a drug abuse assessment. The assessment done last month concluded the singer was not in need of treatment.
Houston was charged after a small amount of marijuana was found in her handbag while she was waiting to catch a flight at the Kona airport Jan. 11, 2000.
Contaminant found in cooling system
WAILUKU, Maui — An airborne contaminant has been detected in the air conditioning system of a Maui County building that was temporarily abandoned because of foul odors, officials said yesterday.
County spokeswoman Karlynn Kawahara wouldn’t say what the contaminant is, except that it is an irritant.
Employees with the county Planning Department and the Land Use and Codes Administration were moved out of the building after the Feb. 21 servicing of the Kalana Pakui Building air-conditioning system.
Members from the Maui Fire Department trained in identifying hazardous materials were to conduct a sweep of the building.
In the meantime, the Planning Department will be in the Civil Defense Agency office on the first floor of the main county building next door. Land Use and Codes is at the nearby David K. Trask Jr. Building in Room 201.
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