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Six injured in head-on crash
Six people were injured, one critically, in a two-car collision last night in 'Ewa. The accident occurred at about 9:15 p.m. on Fort Weaver Road near Laulaunui Street. Police said the cars collided head-on. One female was critically injured and taken to St. Francis Medical Center-West. Her condition was not available late last night. Five others were taken to The Queen's Medical Center. Their conditions also were not available, but an Emergency Medical Services official said none was critically injured.
Boy, 6, questioned in alleged assault
Police on Monday arrested a 6-year-old boy on suspicion that he sexually assaulted another boy in the restroom of a Leeward O'ahu school. The boy was questioned on Monday and released pending further investigation.
The case is the second sexual-assault complaint at a school involving a child 10 or younger investigated by police this month. On May 6, an 8-year-old boy was arrested after he was accused of dragging a girl into a restroom and assaulting her.
The cases are examples of awareness and improved reporting methods, police said. Police have included Child Protective Services in their investigations.
Man charged in 2001 hit and run
A 23-year-old man has been charged with negligent homicide in connection with a September 2001 hit-and-run accident in Mililani that killed a bicyclist.
Manuel Elias Jaime was charged Tuesday, said Jim Fulton of the Honolulu prosecuting attorney's office.
The bicyclist, 35, was riding a 21-speed bicycle on Kamehameha Highway near Kipapa Street at 12:30 a.m. when she was struck by a speeding car. The driver fled the scene. The suspect was located about 20 minutes later.
Boy, 14, suspected of starting fire
A 14-year-old boy identified by Navy investigators as the person who started a fire Sunday that damaged a ground-floor unit at Iroquois Point Housing has been turned over to Honolulu police. The boy was booked Tuesday for first-degree criminal property damage and released pending further investigation.
Honolulu police took the case because the federal court system does not handle juvenile cases.
Robbery suspects, information sought
Police are seeking the robbers in armed hold ups Tuesday night in Waikiki and Waipahu and also information about a man responsible for two April 29 robberies in Makiki.
Tuesday's robberies occurred at the International Market Place and Papa John's Pizza at 94-1021 Waipahu St. A knife was used in both robberies.
In the Waikiki robbery, a man with an 8-inch knife confronted a 17-year-old boy and a man, 20, both from Kaua'i, in a restroom at the marketplace at 6:45 p.m. and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from them.
In the 11:45 p.m. Waipahu robbery, a man threatened two employees with a small knife and fled with money from the cash register.
The man suspected in the April 29 Makiki robberies, stole cash from a convenience store at Ke'eaumoku and South Beretania at 9:45 p.m. A grocery store was robbed five minutes later by the same man, who slashed the storeowner on the arm when she refused his demand for cash.
Anyone with information can call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
Woman wanted in alleged art theft
Police are searching for a woman who is wanted in connection with the theft of a turtle statue from the Wyland Art Gallery at the Aloha Tower Market Place.
The $4,395 statue was stolen from the gallery around noon on May 2. Police have surveillance video of the woman entering the store with a man. The tape also shows the woman placing the 11-inch statue in her backpack and leaving the store, police said.
The woman is described as being in her late 20s with long wavy black hair and a medium complexion. She has sunken eyes and is missing some teeth, police said.
Anyone with information should contact Detective Dwayne Takayama at 547-7211 or CrimeStoppers.
