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Man arrested in child sex sting
Police said they arrested a 24-year-old man last week for propositioning sex over the Internet to an undercover officer posing as a 13-year-old girl.
The man, of a Makiki address, was released pending further investigation. He is the second person arrested under a new state law that prohibits using the Internet to target children for sexual activity.
Police Capt. Kevin Lima of the Honolulu Police Department Narcotics/Vice Division said an undercover officer posing as a girl on Dec. 4 was propositioned by the suspect in an Internet chatroom.
The man asked the "girl" to meet him around 11 p.m. in McCully for sex, police said. Police met the man there and arrested him for electronic enticement of a minor.
Lima said said the undercover officer wasn't trying to entice the man online.
Lima said the man's personal computer was confiscated. If convicted, the man could face a maximum ten years in prison.
Police seeking theft suspect
Honolulu police asked for the public's help in locating Fua Sale, who is wanted on a $15,000 auto theft arrest warrant.
Sale, 51, was arrested on Oct. 19 for allegedly driving a stolen vehicle.
At the time of the arrest, Sale gave a false name and was released pending investigation. Sale frequents the Wai'anae area.
Sale is described as 5 feet 9, 186 pounds with a medium build. He has black-gray hair and brown eyes.
Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, or *CRIME on your cellular phone.
Woman in ICU after hit-and-run
A 47-year-old Kona woman was hospitalized yesterday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver.
Kona patrol officers at 11:15 a.m. responded to the accident on Ali'i Drive near the three-mile marker. They learned that the vehicle, described as a light-colored, older-model compact sedan, was last seen heading north on Ali'i Drive after hitting the woman, who was walking south on the makai shoulder of the road. She was taken to the Kona Community Hospital, where she is in stable condition in the intensive care unit.
Anyone with information about the accident or the identity of the driver is asked to call officer Grad Elarianoff of the Kona Patrol at 326-4646. CrimeStoppers will take anonymous calls at 329-8181 in Kona or 961-8300 in Hilo.
DUI checkpoints part of season
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — Police have announced they will establish checkpoints around the island during the year-end holiday season to watch for drunk drivers.
The sobriety checkpoints will be established at random times and locations on Kaua'i through the New Year's period.
