HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Woman dies after being hit by bus
A 50-year-old woman has died after she ran into the path of a city bus on Kamehameha Highway in Pearl City Thursday night.
The Wahiawa woman, whose name has not been released, had been standing on the center median when she inexplicably ran across four east-bound lanes of Kamehameha Highway into the path of the bus, Honolulu police said.
The 51-year-old man driving the bus tried to avoid hitting the woman, police said.
The woman had been taken to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition.
The accident occurred at 10:52 p.m. in the right lane, 323 feet west of Lehua Avenue.
Maui officer out on bail in sex case
WAILUKU, Maui — A Maui police officer accused of demanding sexual acts from a woman in police custody was released after posting $70,000 bail.
Officer Aaron Won made bail after Maui Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza decreased the bail amount from $100,000.
Deputy public defender Jon Apo successfully argued that Won was not a flight risk and would stay with his mother on O'ahu pending his trial, which starts Nov. 1. Prosecutors opposed the bail reduction because of the seriousness of the charges.
Won, 25, was indicted by a Maui grand jury on charges of attempted sexual assault, kidnapping and attempted extortion.
A Lahaina woman, 27, reported to police that Won took her to the Napili police substation following a traffic stop on July 28 and then demanded sexual acts. When she refused, the woman was arrested for various alleged offenses, including driving without a license and having an expired safety sticker, police said.
Won, who is on leave without pay, has pled not guilty to the charges.
Old ordnance found offshore
A snorkeler discovered what's believed to be a harmless 250- to 500-pound training bomb about 200 yards off Marine Corps Base Hawai'i yesterday morning but Navy officials still closed the area to boaters and swimmers until at least tomorrow.
The ordnance was discovered in 15 to 18 feet of water and probably came from a Marine fighter jet from the 1970s, judging by the amount of coral growth, said Chief Petty Officer John Chittick.
Navy crews in Boston Whalers will keep boaters and swimmers at least 500 yards away from the area until tomorrow, when a Navy ordinance team can get to the site.
"The experts are telling me there's no danger of it exploding," Chittick said. "However, we don't want to take any chances. I'm reacting as if it's a piece of live ordnance."
