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Posted at 11:38 a.m., Monday, March 18, 2002

Police Beat

Advertiser Staff

Wai'alae Iki man held in attack

Police arrested a 33-year-old Wai'alae Iki man last night after he broke into his ex-girlfriend's home in Mililani and threatened her and a neighbor with kitchen knives.

At 7:19 p.m., the suspect tore the bars from the windows of the woman's Lanikuhana Place townhouse and broke the louvers to enter the home where she lived with their two children. The girlfriend, 32, grabbed one child and ran out the front door.

A neighbor who came to investigate the commotion saw the intruder had grabbed two knives from the kitchen. The suspect allegedly chased the victim and pointed the knives at the neighbor.

Police were called, and the suspect was seen walking away with the other child. The neighbor confronted the suspect, who gave up without resisting.

Victim in Waipi'o crash identified

Big Island police have identified the victim in a Friday traffic accident on the Waipi'o Valley access road as 44-year-old Curtis A. Kailiwai of Pa'auhau.

Kailiwai died early Saturday of injuries suffered when a pickup truck in which he was a passenger drove off the side of the Waipio Valley access road and plunged down a cliff to the beach below.

The victim, 32, had a temporary restraining order against the man, who faces charges for that violation as well as for two counts of terroristic threatening and one of burglary.

Witnesses reported that the vehicle had been speeding just before the accident, which occurred when the truck was passing another vehicle. Police have opened a negligent homicide investigation in the case.

Boy arrested in Salt Lake incident

A boy yesterday grabbed an 8-inch knife and threatened to kill his guardian, who his tried to keep him from leaving their Salt Lake home.

Police arrested and charged the juvenile with terroristic threatening after the incident, reported at 12:30 a.m. on Wanaka Street.

The boy allegedly told the adult he wanted to leave and was instructed to go to bed. When he tried to leave a second time, police said, the victim blocked the door and the boy grabbed the knife and threatened to kill the man. The victim fended him off with a cushion and, in the ensuing struggle, wrested the knife away from the boy.

Woman run off road; man sought

A woman told police Friday that she was run off the road in Kamehameha Heights by her daughter's boyfriend, who then fled and hasn't been located.

The victim said she was driving home just before midnight when she was struck from behind by a car that pushed her off Hala Drive and onto the grassy shoulder.

As the driver fled, she recognized him as the boyfriend and alerted police.

Theft of sports jackets probed

CrimeStoppers is trying to help recover 26 collectible sports jackets stolen from a Kuli'ou'ou home about a month ago and valued at a total of about $60,000.

The jackets, which represent assorted college and professional sports teams, are worth about $2,300 each. The owner, who had moved into another home while his own home was undergoing security renovations due to a previous theft, discovered that the entire set of 29 jackets had been taken from the home between Feb. 22 and March 3, police said.

Three of the jackets have been recovered. There was no break-in at the home, so police are investigating whether someone who had access to the home may have committed the theft, said Detective Letha DeCaires.

The owner has offered to help CrimeStoppers offset some of the financial loss to people who may have purchased the stolen jackets, DeCaires said.

Anonymous tips may be phoned in to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, *CRIME on a cellular phone.