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Man from Japan dies at Lanikai
A 40-year-old man from Japan died of an apparent drowning off Lanikai Beach yesterday afternoon.
The man was seen swimming alone and waving his arms, but witnesses on the beach did not think he was in trouble, said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada. But the man was seen drifting and that's when another beachgoer swam out to him, Tejada said.
The man was unconscious when he was brought to shore at about 1:20 p.m., Tejada said. Firefighters began CPR, but the man died at the scene.
An autopsy will be done.
Nanakuli man held in sex assault
A 23-year-old Nanakuli man has been charged with multiple sexual assaults involving a 14-year-old girl.
Joseph F. K. T. Paaoao, who was arrested Saturday, faces three counts of first-degree sexual assault and three counts of third-degree sexual assault. The assaults occurred between December and March at Wai'anae Coast beaches, police said.
He is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Second car suspected in Wai'anae fatality
Police say a 65-year-old Wai-'anae man who died Monday night at the Wai'anae Coast Comprehensive Health Center may have been hit by two vehicles.
Police are investigating whether the victim, whose name has not been released, was hit by another car on Ma'ili'ili Roadt before the 8:47 p.m. accident that hospitalized him Monday.
At 8:47 p.m., police said, a brown 1988 Toyota two-door van was traveling southwest on the road when it hit the man, who was sitting in the unlit roadway about two-tenths of a mile southwest of the Pa'akea Road intersection.
The man was not in a crosswalk.
Police said the van driver, a 37-year-old man from Ma'ili, was not speeding or under the influence of alcohol.
Woman sought in mail theft
Police and postal authorities are seeking help finding a woman wanted for a federal grand jury warrant related to mail theft and bank fraud.
The woman, Pamie Compehos, 40, also is wanted on state probation revocation and contempt of court warrants.
Compehos, who frequents Windward O'ahu, also is known as Pamela Lai, Pam Campehos and Pamic Sasha Mailani Compehos. She is described as 5 feet 3 inches tall, 170 pounds with a heavy build.
Anyone with information about this case can call Postal Inspector Keith Silva, 423-3790, or file an anonymous report with Crime-Stoppers, 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
