Preliminary hearings for O'ahu Community Correctional Center escapees Michelle Padilla and Kimberly Takata, who were captured yesterday, are scheduled for Tuesday at District Court. Padilla and Takata were taken to District Court today for initial appearances before being sent back to the Women's Community Correctional Center.

A 22-year-old man arrested with Takata at a parking structure off Ke'eaumoku Street on suspicion of hindering prosecution has been released pending further investigation.

Man charged in Kaimuki heist

Honolulu police yesterday charged 35-year-old Murray Fairman with last November's robbery of the Kaimuki branch of Territorial Savings & Loan Association. Fairman was taken into custody Wednesday in Arizona.

Kalihi man held in assault on girl

A 58-year-old Kalihi man accused of sexual assault involving a 12-year-old girl is being held in lieu of $11,000 bail. Emosa Matamea was charged yesterday with third-degree sexual assault. The alleged offense occurred Wednesday.

Attorney wins justice award

Hawai'i attorney Lawrence Okinaga has been named the recipient of the American Judicature Society's 2003 Justice Award.

The award, the society's highest distinction, will be presented to Okinaga in November.

The society cited Okinaga's work as chairman of the Judicial Selection Commission, Commission on Judicial Conduct, and as president of the society. Okinaga is a partner in the firm Carlsmith Ball and is a graduate of the University of Hawai'i and Georgetown University.

Hit-run death investigated

Big Island police are investigating today's death of a woman in an apparent hit-and-run accident.

Firefighters found the woman lying face down on the Honoka'a side of Highway 19 past Nani Waimea intersection at 4:07 a.m.

Woman charged in alleged attack

A 32-year-old North Kohala woman was charged yesterday with manslaughter and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury.

Kuulei Haunani Leith-Ellen Lewis is accused of driving a 1995 Honda Passport at a man she was arguing with on Tuesday. An autopsy determined the man died of a traumatic head injury.

Kaua'i police identify body

Kaua'i police have identified the badly burned body recovered Wednesday by firefighters batting a brush fire in Lawa'i as Florence Au, 91. The body was found in a car.