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Tip aids recovery of stolen smoker
Police on Monday night recovered a smoker stolen Oct. 13 from behind a Kaimuki restaurant.
Detective Kenny Toriki said the smoker was found on 16th Avenue in a turnaround area near a park. Police went to the scene after receiving an anonymous tip at 10:30 p.m., he said.
The Southern Yankee Pit Smoker, valued at more than $7,000, was stolen from a parking lot behind Top of the Hill restaurant on Wai'alae Avenue. It is owned by Phillip Cater, a chef at the restaurant.
Fire destroys Olomana home
An early morning fire gutted a single-story, three-bedroom home at 1314 Ulupuni St. in Olomana yesterday morning
The Hawai'i chapter of the American Red Cross is assisting the four women, two teenaged girls and man who lived in the house.
One of the girls, 19, was treated for a burn on her right hand at Castle Medical Center and released, Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada said. No other injuries were reported.
The fire was reported at 1:30 a.m. and seven companies had it under control at 2:02 a.m., Tejada said. Damage is estimated at $240,000 to the home and $30,000 to contents.
Standoff ends with man's arrest
A two-hour standoff was resolved without injury early yesterday when police rushed into a McCully apartment and arrested a 44-year-old man who they said earlier had threatened four officers with a samurai sword.
Police rushed the man at 5:34 a.m. after he opened the door to a ground-floor unit of a two-story apartment building at 1753 Nanea St. to allow two women and a 3-year-old girl to leave, police said.
The incident began at 3:30 a.m. when a patrol officer, responding to a noise complaint, was confronted by the man in the driveway entrance to the apartment building. The man, who reportedly was arguing with a neighbor, threatened the officer with a samurai sword, Kosaka said.
Three other officers at the scene were threatened by the man, Kosaka said.
One of the officers fired a bean-bag round from a shotgun at the man as he went back into the apartment. The bag struck the man on the leg.
Fisherman dies after argument
A 42-year-old long-line fisherman died early yesterday after a confrontation with the captain of a fishing boat at Kewalo Basin.
The man reportedly was intoxicated when he and the captain began arguing at 12:50 a.m., police said. Police said the man tried to grab the captain, as the two reportedly fell on the deck. The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
An autopsy was being performed to determine cause of death.
Traffic victims still hospitalized
A 37-year-old male bicyclist was critically injured Sunday when he was struck by a sports utility vehicle on Kamehameha IV Road near Keha Place. He was upgraded to guarded condition yesterday.
In an unrelated accident, a 1-year-old girl who was a passenger in a van that crashed shortly before noon Sunday in La'ie remained last night at The Queen's Medical Center. Queen's has not released her condition since her arrival because she is a minor.
The child's father, 29, and mother, 30, are in fair condition. A 2-month-old boy died during the accident after being thrown from the family van by the impact.
