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Kailua felon held on arms charge
A 40-year-old Kailua man was arrested and charged with being a felon in possession of firearms after police said they found a small arsenal of weapons in his home.
Warren Dean Castro was arrested Wednesday after the FBI and Honolulu police executed a search warrant on his Onioni Street home.
During the search, police and the FBI found a locker in a bedroom closet and recovered 13 firearms, according to an affidavit filed in U.S. District Court yesterday. Among the weapons recovered, the affidavit said, were several loaded pistols, shotguns and rifles.
In one of the bedrooms, authorities also found two revolvers, one of which was loaded and the other without a serial number, according to the affidavit.
The FBI and police said Castro told them that he was holding the weapons for a friend, the affidavit said.
The FBI said Castro was convicted in May 24, 2000, of three counts of terroristic threatening.
Robbery suspect surrenders
A 23-year-old man who was being sought by police after he was indicted by an O'ahu grand jury last week in connection with a home-invasion robbery in 'Ewa earlier this year turned himself in yesterday.
Rory Cabrera gave himself up to police yesterday.
Rory Cabrera walked into the Kapolei police substation yesterday afternoon, police said. Police had considered him armed and dangerous.
Cabrera also is wanted for questioning by police in connection with several outstanding armed robbery and auto theft cases, police said.
Last week's indictment is in connection with a robbery on Jan. 13 in which two men forced their way into a Puamaeole Street residence. Police identified the suspects from the license plate of the getaway car. The second indicted suspect in the case has surrendered to police.
Hikers pulled from Kahana
Two women hikers stuck in Kahana Valley overnight Wednesday were flown out of the area by helicopter yesterday morning.
The women, in their early 20s, were not injured, said Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Kenison Tejada.
The two hikers were brought out safely yesterday at 6:45 a.m. Two rescue specialists spent the night with the hikers after they were located at 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The women had hiked into the valley at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday and were unable to make their way out, said Tejada. One of the women used a cell phone to contact a relative, who then reported the lost hikers to the Fire Department at 6:30 p.m.
DOT worker hit by car on H-1
A state Department of Transportation employee remained in critical condition yesterday after being struck by a car on the H-1 Freeway near Waikele Wednesday morning.
The man, who works for DOT's Highways Division, was trying to pick up debris from the west-bound lanes of the freeway near the Manager's Drive overpass shortly before 10:30 a.m., when he was struck by a 2003 Dodge Stratus, according to police.
The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center, where he remains hospitalized. The driver of the car was treated at the scene.
The victim was not wearing a reflective orange vest, police said.
Ship's crewman falls overboard
A C-130 Hercules airplane from the Coast Guard's Air Station Barbers Point transported a Norwegian Star crewman from Christmas Island to O'ahu yesterday after he fell overboard and cut his legs on the ship's propellers.
The accident happened about 1,000 miles south of Honolulu, Coast Guard officials said.
The 24-year-old crewman, Percival Meruena, a Filipino national, was listed in stable condition and was scheduled to reach O'ahu last night.
Gun discovered after 911 call
Police responding to a dropped 911 call yesterday arrested a 28-year-old Kalihi man, who had been arguing with his wife, after they found in his possession what they said was a stolen .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol.
The arrest occurred at 12:16 a.m., two minutes after police were sent to the man's residence between Makalapua Place and Halona Place. The man was outside the home when police arrived. Officers noticed an object under the man's shirt and ordered him to raise his hands, police said. When he did so, the gun fell to the ground, police said.
Police arrested the man, who is a felon, on suspicion of detention of stolen property and two drug-related offenses.
Marine released in club incident
A 23-year-old Marine arrested Monday on suspicion of punching a woman outside a Waikiki nightclub was released Tuesday pending further investigation for possible future indictment.
The woman's jaw was broken. Police officers who were near the Red Lion nightclub at 240 Lewers St. at 3:30 a.m. reportedly witnessed the incident.
