A 17-year-old 'Ewa boy died yesterday from injuries suffered early Sunday morning when he was struck by a pickup truck on Fort Weaver Road while riding a bike.

The medical examiner's office today identified the boy as William Lee Ellanna.

Ellanna, whose injuries included a broken pelvis, died at 4:15 a.m. yesterday at The Queen's Medical Center.

O'ahu has recorded six traffic-related deaths through the first 23 days of 2003.

Man charged in sexual assaults

Police yesterday charged a 42-year-old man with three counts of third-degree felony sex assault in connection with three attacks on two girls, ages 13 and 7, in October. Kenneth Wayne Puni, who has no permanent local address, is being held in lieu of $35,000 bail.

Woman locked out of stolen vehicle

A 27-year-old woman was arrested Wednesday in Ala Moana after she asked a police officer to help her unlock a stolen car she had been driving.

The woman flagged down an officer along Hobron Lane around noon, and told him that she locked herself out of her car, police said. The officer became suspicious after the woman gave inconsistent answers about "her" vehicle.

While two male acquaintances of the woman tried to open the car, the officer checked the car's license plate and found it didn't match the vehicle, police said.

After the men managed to unlock the car, the officer noticed the car's vehicle identification number also did not match up. The woman was arrested after she confessed that she had been driving a stolen vehicle.

The woman could face charges for fourth-degree theft, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, and fraudulent use of a license plate. The two men, ages 31 and 48, were also arrested for attempted unauthorized entry into a motorized vehicle.

Body found in fire yet to be identified

WAILUKU, Maui ­ Maui police are awaiting dental records to verify the identity of a body found in a Ha'iku home destroyed by fire Monday.

Maui police detective Brian Kaya said the man may have died of carbon monoxide inhalation, according to preliminary autopsy findings.

The body was discovered by firefighters after they extinguished a house fire at 280 Holokai Road. Family members told authorities that Lance Carrillo lived at the home.

Police ask for help finding 14-year-old

Honolulu police are asking for the public's help in finding 14-year-old Sabrina E. Rigg, who was last seen in Kailua on Wednesday.

Rigg was last seen at the Kailua Recreation Center at 21 S. Kainalu Drive around 5:45 p.m. Police are uncertain if this is a runaway case.

Rigg is described as 5 feet and 115 pounds with green eyes and light brown hair with blond highlights. She was last seen wearing a beige, long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans, black hooded sweater and white tennis shoes. She was carrying a backpack with a yellow floral design.

Anyone with information is asked to call HPD’s Criminal Investigation Division at 529-3115 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.

Police seek man for questioning

Honolulu police are seeking a man wanted for questioning in theft cases in which construction materials were ordered and delivered for home improvement projects, but never paid for.

Henry Leo Kaiser, 46, is also wanted in the investigation of a construction fraud case, in which a Kailua woman paid for services that were never completed. Kaiser may be operating from a 1991 silver Ford van.

Kaiser is also wanted for two family court warrants and has previous convictions for robbery, unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle, weapons, and felony assault.

Kaiser, who also goes by Henry Fujimoto, is 5 feet 11 and 225 pounds, with dark brown hair, brown eyes, mustache and beard.
The van has a Hawai‘i license plate JCX 482.

Anyone with information may call Detective John McCarthy at 261-6106 or anonymously to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.