Posted on: Saturday, August 31, 2002
Police Beat
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| Firefighters hold on as a basket carrying an injured hunter is lowered from an HFD helicopter to a Makaha golf course. An Army helicopter waited nearby to take the hunter to The Queen's Medical Center.
Carol Cunningham • Special to The Advertiser |
Pig hunter injured in Makaha Valley
Fire crews airlifted an injured pig hunter out of Makaha Valley yesterday afternoon after he fell about 100 feet into a ravine two hours earlier.
The man, believed to be in his 20s, had hiked about five miles into the valley with three other pig hunters when he apparently slipped on moss at the top of the ravine and fell shortly before 11 a.m., said Honolulu Fire Department spokes-man Capt. Richard Soo.
An HFD helicopter plucked the man out of the dry river bed at 1:15 p.m. and took him to a nearby golf course, where an awaiting Army helicopter took him to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition. He has since been upgraded to guarded condition.
The man fractured both legs and was having difficulty breathing because of chest injuries, Soo said.
The party notified police by cellular phone and one of the hunters walked out of the valley to meet firefighters. The other hunters started a fire to help the helicopter crew locate them.
The uninjured pig hunters walked out of the valley without assistance.
UH student found dead in dorm room
A 23-year-old University of Hawai'i student was found dead in his campus dorm room yesterday.
The name of the student was not released and investigators won't know the cause of death until an autopsy is performed.
Police were called to the student's second-floor room at the Hale Noelani dormitory at about 5:45 p.m. when his body was found in bed. The man, who was last seen alive Thursday, was pronounced dead at 6:04 p.m.
Driver critical after Kailua Road crash
A 53-year-old motorist was critically injured in an early morning crash yesterday on Kailua Road near Hamakua Drive.
Police said the man, who was driving toward Kailua, lost control of his Volkswagen. The car skidded across the median to the opposite side, hit a guardrail and rolled over several times. The driver suffered chest and rib injuries and was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.
The incident was reported at 4:23 a.m. Kailua Road was closed to traffic until 7:30 a.m.
'Ewa teen charged in sexual assault
Police on Thursday charged a 17-year-old 'Ewa boy with multiple sexual-assault offenses stemming from an alleged attack on two teen-age girls at a Seaview subdivision.
JD Babauta of a Pahu Street address was charged with two counts of first-degree sexual assault and one count of second-degree sex assault.
He is the second person charged in the case. Arcel Tubalado, 31, charged with first-degree sexual assault, is at the O'ahu Community Correctional Center awaiting trial. Third-degree sex assault charges are pending against a third man, 25.
The alleged incident occurred Feb. 20 and involved 13- and 14-year-old girls.
Domestic dispute leads to arrest
A 21-year-old Kane'ohe man was arrested yesterday for allegedly choking and threatening his girlfriend with a knife this month.
The man had refused to let his 27-year-old girlfriend leave their Noii Place home Aug. 20, before threatening her with a folding knife and then choking her, police said.
Detectives arrested the man on suspicion of first-class terroristic threatening, kidnapping and abuse of a household member.
Man charged in crystal meth case
HILO, Hawai'i — A man suspected of selling crystal methamphetamine while working at a Keawe Street service station was arrested Thursday along with a second man.
Johnathan M. Koshi, 27, was charged with promoting dangerous and detrimental drugs and illegal possession of drug paraphernalia. The second suspect, a 24-year-old man, was released.
Officers recovered about 10 grams of crystal meth, 15 grams of marijuana, a scale, small plastic packets and paperwork describing drug transactions, police said.
