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Neighbors say man may have had bomb
Police arrested a Nanakuli man yesterday after a domestic incident in which he locked himself in a car, reportedly with an explosive device.
Neighbors called police at 10:17 a.m. to a Mano Avenue address and told officers that there had been an argument and that the man may have had the device when he went into the car. The area was blocked to traffic briefly between Haleakala and Nanakuli avenues. Police were investigating and were unable to confirm whether a bomb was involved.
Makiki man charged in drug investigation
A 34-year-old Makiki man was charged with first- and second-degree promotion of dangerous drugs stemming from an undercover operation spearheaded by the Central Honolulu crime reduction unit.
Robert D. Tehero was arrested Friday near 1222 S. King St., said police Lt. Jerry Inouye. Charges were pending against another man, 40, who was arrested early Saturday morning in front 1121 S. Beretania St. on suspicion of similar offenses.
Tehero was arraigned yesterday in District Court and was being held in lieu of $75,000 bail.
Inouye said police seized cash, undisclosed amounts of cocaine and two cars — a 2004 Chevrolet sedan and a 1994 Saturn.
Man accused of assaulting girl
A 21-year-old man has been charged with multiple counts of sexual assault involving a 14-year-old girl.
Ty Kaneshiro's bail was set at $50,000. Police said the girl was attacked Sept. 28 at a neighborhood park in 'Alewa Heights.
Suspect arrested in nightclub attack
Police arrested a 33-year-old man Sunday on suspicion of attacking three employees of the Wave Waikiki nightclub early yesterday morning. The man was booked on suspicion of attempted murder and assault.
The man is accused of spraying one victim with an unknown liquid, hitting another man with a lead pipe and stabbing a third employee with a knife. None of the victims was seriously injured, police said.
Car sellers won't contest charges
A Honolulu man and woman entered no-contest pleas Friday to charges that they rolled back the odometers on cars and sold them under false names.
Ernest C. Hill and Dian H. Creeden are to be sentenced Dec. 23.
Hill and Creeden were accused of using false names while buying and registering three Toyotas between 1993 and June 2003, rolling back the odometers and selling or attempting to sell the cars.
