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Female traveler caught with gun

A woman has been charged with attempting to smuggle a loaded handgun aboard a United Airlines flight from Honolulu to San Antonio on Friday.

An affidavit filed in federal court Monday accused Princess Samonte of trying to carry a loaded .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol aboard United Flight 64.

An airport screener found the gun concealed in Samonte's sock, according to the affidavit, and notified Department of Public Safety officers, who made the arrest.

A firearms check found the gun was unregistered.

Samonte told FBI agents that she traveled with the same weapon from Honolulu to San Antonio earlier in the month without being stopped at a security checkpoint, the affidavit said. She also told agents that she did not know it was illegal for anyone to carry a concealed weapon through an airport checkpoint without a permit.

Waikiki stabbing hospitalizes man

Police are investigating a Waikiki stabbing yesterday morning that sent a 46-year-old man to the hospital in serious condition.

Officers responded to the area fronting 248 Ka'iulani Ave. around 2:45 a.m. and found a man bleeding from the abdomen. The victim told police that another man attacked him and stabbed him two or three times before running down Ka'iulani.

The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center.

Autopsy awaited in infant's death

Police were awaiting results from an autopsy performed yesterday to determine if crystal methamphetamine use by the mother of a 3-day-old boy contributed to the infant's death. The mother used crystal meth on the day she gave birth, police said.

The child, who was born prematurely, was taken off life support yesterday at 2:12 p.m.

Fire destroys home in Upcountry Maui

A fire in Olinda, Maui, left two people homeless yesterday. Officials said the house fire at 1330 Olinda Road destroyed the home.

The Red Cross was assisting the two people who were left homeless.