Posted on: Monday, July 23, 2001
Police Beat
Advertiser staff
Water main breaks in Kalihi
Board of Water Supply crews repaired a water main today on Liliha Street between North Kukui and King streets.
The break in the 12-inch main was reported at 8:20 p.m. yesterday and police routed traffic around the area. Service was restored around 2:25 a.m. today.
The break affected a sprinkler system at Mayor Wright housing project and closed two makai-bound lanes, said water board spokeswoman Denise DeCosta.
Stabbing victim improves
A 37-year-old Kalihi man stabbed yesterday morning near Mapunapuna has been upgraded from critical to stable condition, police said.
A homeless man, 23, was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. He was being held at the police cellblock this morning.
Police said he may have fought with the victim before, prompting the stabbing near Moanalua Stream.
2 arrested in pineapple theft
Police arrested two people last night near Wahiawa allegedly caught with a carload of stolen pineapples.
An officer stopped the car for a traffic violation at the intersection of Kaukonahua Road and Wilikina Drive and saw the car's rear seat "filled to the roof with pineapple," police said.
Both the driver and passenger were covered with dirt, they said. Officials from Del Monte Fresh Produce Inc. were called and identified the fruit as stolen, police said.
The 29-year-old man and 35-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of second-degree theft.
Waipahu traffic to be discussed A Waipahu town meeting July 31 will discuss transportation and traffic concerns.
The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the August Ahrens Elementary School main cafeteria.
State Department of Transportation director Brian Minaai will attend.
2 hurt in crash in Nanakuli
Two women, 30 and 85, were in fair condition at the Queen's Medical Center today after a two-car accident in Nanakuli last night.
Police said the collision occurred on Farrington Highway near Nanakuli Beach Park at 8:27 p.m.
Both women were taken to Queen's in critical condition, but have since been upgraded, the hospital said.
Stolen chicken leads to arrest
An argument over stolen livestock led to the arrest of a 28-year-old man after he allegedly brandished a gun yesterday in Wai'anae, police said.
Two men were arguing on Kulaaupuni Street about a stolen chicken, police said, when one lifted his shirt and displayed a handgun.
He was arrested on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening and released pending further investigation.
Woman struck in Waimanalo A woman was arrested yesterday on suspicion of second-degree assault after she allegedly hit a woman with a baseball bat during an argument in Waimanalo.
Police said the woman attacked when the victim, also 37, told her to leave a Waimanalo home yesterday afternoon. The victim was struck numerous times on both arms.
Vandals wreck Makapu'u heiau
The leader of a Native Hawaiian spiritual group said two Makapu'u heiau built by the group have been vandalized.
A'o Rodenhurst, who founded the Nation of Ku in support of an independent nation for Native Hawaiians, said vandals knocked over large stones in the heiau, some weighing as much as 800 pounds. The vandalism happened sometime last week, she said.
The heiau are on the makai side of Kalaniana'ole Highway. Rodenhurst said they were built eight years ago.
"It's like the desecration of a church," she said. "Traditional worship is traditional worship. It is a sacred place."
