Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Man wanted in Hilo ice raid
Big Island police are looking for a 43-year-old Hilo man who fled Tuesday as officers attempted to serve a search warrant on his home.
Police said Brian Wade Pacheco of Wainaku Avenue left the home as officers from the East Hawai'i Ice Task Force, East Hawai'i Vice section and the Criminal Intelligence Unit approached the house at 1:45 p.m.
Police said they stopped four other people as they tried to leave the home.
A search of the house turned up 5.8 grams of crystal methamphetamine, or ice, and 2.2 grams of crack cocaine. Police said they arrested a 24-year-old woman and a 52-year-old man in the raid.
Three arrested after standoff
A standoff yesterday at 126 Pauahi St. was resolved without injuries by the U.S. Marshal Service's Fugitive Task Force.
Mark "Dutch" Hanohano, U.S. marshal for the district of Hawai'i, said the task force arrested Toni Riley on an outstanding probation violation warrant, at 10:27 a.m. Two others — a man and a woman — who were in apartment No. 402 were arrested by state sheriff's deputies for hindering prosecution.
The three barricaded themselves in the apartment at about 9:45 a.m. The task force gained entry to the studio unit with a key provided by one Riley's relatives.
HONOLULU
Meal offered at Gateway Park
The Kau Kau Wagon will serve a Christmas meal for the homeless from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today at the Gateway Park at the corner of Bethel and Hotel streets.
Guests will be served a traditional Christmas turkey lunch with all the trimmings prepared by chefs from the Hilton Hawaiian Village.
Hilton employees also are donating gifts, including jackets, tote bags, blankets, new or gently used clothing, toiletries, and books and toys for children.
Motorcycle officer injured
A Honolulu police motorcycle officer was injured yesterday when he was struck by a car turning left from North School Street onto Aupuni Street around 10 a.m.
The officer was taken to The Queen's Medical Center in serious condition, Emergency Medical Services employees said.
The woman driving the car was not injured.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Meals program adds routes
Hawai'i Meals on Wheels has opened a new lunch route to serve frail and elderly people in Pearl City and 'Aiea.
Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit group that provides hot, nutritious food and human contact for homebound elderly and disabled people. The group delivers more than 200 meals every day on 28 routes.
To become a volunteer or to receive meals, call 988-6747.
