Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
HONOLULU
Highway arrest follows robbery
A gun and an undisclosed amount of cash were found in a car involved in a Kalihi bank robbery yesterday, said police Capt. Alan Arita of the Criminal Investigation Division.
Police arrested a 40-year-old man and his father, 62, who were in the car when it was stopped on Likelike Highway at 10:38 a.m. The son was held on suspicion of robbing Hawaii National Bank's bank at Dillingham Plaza.
A gun was used in the holdup, police said. A witness provided police with a description and license plate of the getaway car, leading to the arrests.
The older man, who was driving, was released last night pending further investigation.
His son, however, faces federal bank-robbery charges. According to Hawai'i Criminal Justice Data Center records, the suspect was convicted of first-degree sexual abuse and second-degree robbery in 1983. Federal authorities said he is unemployed.
Bank robbers can be imprisoned up to 20 years and fined up to $250,000.
Moped driver critically injured
A 20-year-old man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center with critical head injuries yesterday after crashing his moped into a parked van on Nanakuli Avenue near Lepeka Avenue.
The accident occurred at 5:43 a.m. Police said the man was not wearing a helmet.
School receives $1,500 in books
The Rotary Club of Downtown Honolulu, which has adopted Central Middle School, presented students in the English as a Second Language program with $1,500 worth of new textbooks yesterday.
The books were purchased through a grant from Rotary International.
The club also is supporting the school by judging its science fair, building a new circulation desk in the library, hosting essay contests and helping with campus beautification.
WINDWARD
Car-bus crash victim identified
The Honolulu medical examiner's office today identified the woman killed Sunday in a traffic collision in Kane'ohe as Betty C. Patberg.
An autopsy showed Patberg, 67, died of internal injuries suffered in a collision between her Volkswagen Golf and a city bus about a quarter-mile from He'eia Kea Pier. Police said a medical condition may have caused her to collide with the bus.
CENTRAL
Marching bands will compete
More than 900 students from 12 O'ahu high schools will perform during the final marching-band competition of the year at 6 p.m. Saturday at Mililani High School. Participating schools are 'Aiea, Waialua, Kailua, Farrington, Roosevelt, Kapolei, Iolani, Kahuku, Kalani, Kamehameha, Moanalua and Mililani.
Tickets are $6 for adults and $4 for students. For more information, call 627-7747.
