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Police say child's burns accidental
Second-degree facial burns suffered by a 14-month-old girl last week in Nanakuli have been determined by police to be the result of an accident, said HPD Capt. Carlton Nishimura.
The girl's aunt, 24, said the child fell onto a makeshift stove while playing in a garage Thursday at a house on Haleakala Avenue.
Several charges filed against man
Big Island police have charged 19-year-old Waimoku Lum Ho with one count each of first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, first-degree terroristic threatening, promotion of a detrimental drug and possession of illegal drug paraphernalia and two counts of illegal place to keep a weapon.
Lum Ho is being held in the Hilo cellblock in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Big Island robber flags down visitors
A Canadian couple was robbed Friday on the Kapa'a County Beach Park Road in North Kohala.
A man waved the couple down as they were driving down the road at about 10:50 a.m. Thinking the man might have had car trouble, the couple pulled over, North Kohala patrol officers said.
The couple told police that the man pulled a handgun and demanded money. The robber grabbed a handbag with an undisclosed amount of cash and jewelry, took the keys to the couple's rental car and drove off.
The couple described the robber as being in his mid-30s, about 5 feet 10 and 160 to 170 pounds. He was driving an older model grayish-beige, full-size sedan.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Zachary N. Houchin of the Kona Criminal Investigation Section at 326-4232.
Man charged in auto, wood theft
A 35-year-old Kapolei man was charged Friday in connection with the theft of 16 sheets of plywood from a construction site. In addition to second-degree theft, Bennett Chee was charged with auto theft. Bail was set at $25,000.
A patrol officer allegedly saw Chee driving out of the construction site with the lumber Friday at just before 4 a.m.
Chee was arrested at 4:10 a.m. after it was determined that the lumber had been stolen. During the investigation, police learned the vehicle also was stolen.
