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Kalihi man badly hurt in mugging

A 51-year-old Kalihi man suffered a fractured jaw and critical injuries to his throat and chest today when he was mugged by an unknown number of men outside a Kokea Street bar in Kapalama.

Police said the man may have been struck in the face with a metal pipe and had two stab wounds to his chest.

The attack occurred in front of Leslie's Place, 549 Kokea St., at 2:07 a.m. The man is at The Queen's Medical Center where he underwent surgery today for his injuries, police said.

Police are investigating the case as an attempted murder. Witnesses or anyone with information should call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME by cellular phone.

Suspect charged in home burglary

Police charged 36-year-old Etuale Etuale Sua on Saturday in connection with the burglary of a Liliha Street home on April 14.

The third eldest of eight Waipahu brothers, seven of whom have been convicted of felony crimes in Hawai'i, Sua is being held in lieu of $25,000 bail on charges of first-degree burglary.

He is accused of stealing jewelry and other items from a home on the 1600 block of Liliha Street. Sua was arrested Friday at a North Kuakini Street bakery and was charged after being identified by the victim.

Teen arrested in rock-throwing

One of several young men who police saw throwing rocks from an overpass at westbound cars on the H-1 Freeway Saturday morning was captured at a nearby public housing complex.

Six cars were damaged in the rock throwing but no one was injured, police said.

Officers saw the 18-year-old man throwing rocks from the Radford pedestrian overpass at about 2:30 a.m., police said. He was with a group that ran into a nearby public housing area.

Pair accused of stealing bananas

Theft charges are pending against a 54-year-old man and woman, 29, who were arrested yesterday in Kahuku for allegedly trying to steal an estimated $1,000 worth of bananas from Soukaseum Farm, police said.

Police stopped to question the pair, who were standing near two vehicles on Kamehameha Highway at 2:40 a.m. One of the vehicles had its hood raised. Police said they became suspicious when they saw bundles of bananas on the roadside near the vehicles.