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Posted on: Wednesday, March 28, 2001



Police briefs

Advertiser Staff

Big Island hunters reported missing

Big Island searchers are looking today for two hunters in the Kulani area who were reported missing last night, a fire official said.

The hunters went out yesterday morning driving a Ford Bronco, which searchers were looking for today. The hunters also had dogs with them.

A helicopter search was under way this morning, a fire official said.

10 hospitalized after van crash

Ten people were hospitalized last night after a van they were riding in crashed into light pole in Hawai'i Kai, a fire official said.

The crash happened shortly before 11 p.m. on Lunalilo Home Road near Wailua Street, when a van traveling mauka ran into the light pole, said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Doug Bechert. The crash was near Kaiser High School and the Hawai'i Kai fire station.

Bechert said four people were taken to Queen's Medical Center and six to Castle Hospital. Paramedics reported the 10 had no serious injuries.

Third arrest made in carnival stabbing

Police yesterday arrested a third person in connection with a Punahou Carnival fight Feb. 2 in which two Roosevelt High School students were hurt.

An 18-year-old man was arrested at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder. He was at OCCC for another offense.

In February two boys, 15 and 17, had been arrested on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder. Both were released pending further investigation.

Two 15-year-old boys were hurt during the fight, including one who suffered multiple stab wounds, police said. The other boy suffered minor injuries.

Woman reports attack in Wahiawa

Police are investigating a report by a woman who said she was sexually assaulted by a man who stopped her for directions yesterday afternoon in Wahiawa.

Police said the 20-year-old woman left a Wahiawa store with her 2-year-old child at 4 p.m. and placed the baby in her car's backseat. A man parked behind her and asked for directions, the woman said.

When she got into her car, the man began fondling her until she screamed and called for help, she told police. The man fled and she drove to the Wahiawa police station to report the incident.

A police sweep of the area did not locate the assailant.

Hotel worker charged in break-in

LAHAINA, Maui ­ A maintenance worker has been charged with breaking into three rooms at the Sheraton Maui.

Tolan Roadrik, 26, of Kahului was arrested Monday when he went to pick up his paycheck from a subcontractor that does maintenance work at the resort. He was charged with three counts of first-degree burglary and bail was set at $15,000.

A Reno couple staying in a room at the Sheraton awoke at about 2:30 a.m. March 11 and found an intruder going through their belongings, said Lt. Lenie Lawrence of the Maui Police Department's Lahaina Criminal Investigation Division. The burglar fled with a wallet containing $195, Lawrence said.

At around the same time, a security guard spotted Roadrik where he was not supposed to be. The guard told the man to return to his work cleaning the pool.

Lawrence said investigators were able to link the suspect to two previous burglaries at the Ka'anapali hotel. In all three cases, entry was made though sliding-glass lanai doors, he said.