Hawai'i briefs
Advertiser Staff
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Motorcyclist on Big Island killed
A man was killed on the Big Island Saturday night after his motorcycle went off the road and crashed.
Hawai'i County Fire Fighters arrived at the site of the accident at the 93-mile marker on Mamalahoa Highway at 8:57 p.m. Saturday and found the man dead at the scene.
Firefighters said the man was heading south when he apparently lost control of his motorcycle and crashed.
Plea changed in murder case
A Big Island man has agreed to be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for the beating death of an another man.
Casey Cameron Eason, 29, of Kona Highlands, had pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the death of Michael Rhett Hackmeyer, 39, of Kailua-Kona.
Eason changed his plea to "no contest" in exchange for prosecutors dropping the classification of the crime as "especially heinous."
That provision carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison with no chance of parole if convicted.
Hackmeyer's partially decomposed body was found April 10, 2003, along the road to Makalawena Beach. His family said he had been missing since April 1.
An autopsy determined he died of severe head injuries.
Police said the two men were friends who sold cocaine in Kona, and fought after getting into an argument.
CENTRAL O'AHU
Concert honors troops' families
Wheeler Elementary School hosts a concert 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. tomorrow for students and families of Schofield Barracks soldiers deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The school started a twice-weekly program in February to help military families cope with academic, social and emotional issues.
Co-sponsor of the event, which features Kalehua and ancient Hawaiian martial arts, is Solomon Elementary School on Schofield Barracks, which has a similar support group.
WINDWARD O'AHU
Palsy Association needs clothing
The United Cerebral Palsy Association is seeking donations of new and used clothing to help support the nonprofit organization's activities.
A curbside drop-off will be set up from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily from June 2 to June 4 in front of the Navy Federal Credit Union in the Aikahi Shopping Center in Kailua.
The clothes will be sold at Savers Stores, which will pay UCPA for the goods.
Those dropping off clothing will receive receipts for tax deductions.
Donors also will receive a $5 gift certificate to Savers Stores.
