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HONOLULU
Two men charged in 'Aiea robbery
Two 18-year-old O'ahu men are facing federal felony charges in connection with the Dec. 15 armed robbery of a 7-Eleven store on 'Aiea Heights Drive.
Rory Kealii Sitani of Kalihi and Hekesi Folaumahina of Wahiawa were named in a complaint filed in federal court yesterday that charges the pair with obstructing interstate commerce by means of a robbery.
Fifty dollars in cash, four to six cases of beer, cigarettes and 20 bottles of liquor were stolen at gunpoint in the robbery.
Boy, 13, suffers burns in attack
A 13-year-old boy suffered second- and third-degree burns to his face and arms in an attack Wednesday in Kalihi Valley.
The boy told police he was walking home when he was punched in the head from behind at about 4 p.m. on the 1400 block of Kamehameha IV Road.
The boy did not know what was used to burn him, police said. He was treated at Kapi'olani Medical Center for Women & Children.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Woman charged with visa fraud
A 52-year-old Kaua'i woman has turned herself in to federal authorities in Seattle to face charges of visa fraud related to her efforts to help American families adopt Cambodian children.
Lauryn Galindo, of Hanalei, had an initial appearance in U.S. District Court yesterday. She has arranged hundreds of adoptions of Cambodian children through her sister's firm, Seattle International Adoptions, and other adoption agencies.
Investigators alleged that some of the children put up for adoption by the Seattle agency were not orphans, but had been bought from poor families.
Kaua'i man, 29, held in stabbing
LIHU'E, Kaua'i — A 29-year-old Kilauea man was arrested Tuesday night in connection with the attempted murder of a 37-year-old homeless man. The victim was in critical condition at Wilcox Hospital with stab wounds.
Officers arrested Paulus Gamachuu several hours after the 7:37 p.m. stabbing, which followed a confrontation between the two men.
Police said Gamachuu is being held on a charge of second-degree attempted murder.
