Posted on: Tuesday, November 9, 2004
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man gets eight years for shooting teen
Advertiser Staff
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to eight years in prison yesterday for manslaughter and related charges for shooting a teenager at a Waipi'o Acres apartment in 2001.
Jared Lee Williams was sentenced by Circuit Judge Michael Town under the state's youthful offender law.
Williams earlier was found guilty after he pleaded no contest to charges of manslaughter, theft and burglary in the shooting of his friend, 17-year-old Robert Rhoda Jr., on Dec. 5, 2001.
The victim had earlier stolen the gun from another apartment at the Waikalani Woodlands complex, then he, the defendant and two others were eating pizza and doing drugs when the weapon went off, Williams' lawyer Myles Breiner said.
Breiner said the shooting was "accidental," but of a "reckless nature." His client had not contested that he recklessly killed Rhoda.
Williams at the time of the shooting was absent without leave from the Army and has since been discharged from the service, Breiner said.
The 19-year-old victim of a fatal house fire Thursday night in Nanakuli died of thermal burns and carbon monoxide poisoning, the Office of the Honolulu Medical Examiner said.
Frank M. Krzyska Jr. died in the home he shared with his mother and sister at 87-1428A Akowai Road. He was the seventh person killed in a building fire this year.
A 39-year-old Wahiawa man was charged yesterday in connection with the stabbing death of Jonathan Nunes in Wahiawa on Thursday.
Kerry N. Sanders, also known as Al Capone, was charged with one count of second-degree murder. He was being held last night in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Police believe the two men got into an argument at 560 California Ave. about 7 p.m. when Nunes, 32, was stabbed with a 10-inch kitchen knife. He was pronounced dead at Wahiawa General Hospital.
Police arrested Sanders Saturday night near Kamehameha Highway and Kilani Avenue in Wahiawa.
Also, Bailey George Valentine, 25, was charged Sunday in the killing of a 42-year-old man Friday at Aloun Farms in Kapolei.
Police said Valentine got into an argument and stabbed a fellow farm worker, who has not been identified, about 9:10 p.m. The injured man was taken to St. Francis Medical Center-West, where he was pronounced dead.
Valentine also was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.
Prevent Child Abuse Hawai'i will have its 18th annual "Breakfast with Santa" fund-raiser from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Dec. 11 and Dec. 12 at the Japanese Cultural Center, Manoa Grand Ballrooom, 2454 S. Beretania St.
For a $17 donation, people get a meal, a photo with Santa Claus, a Christmas gift and entertainment by clowns, costumed characters and magicians.
The group hopes to raise $40,000 for its cause.
For tickets, call 440-4613.
HANA, Maui — The kupuna of Hana will share their knowledge of flower and seed lei making, coconut and lauhala weaving, and other traditional skills during the Hana Cultural Center's Sixth Annual Ho'olaule'a on Saturday. (Nov. 13)
The cultural center operates a small museum containing hundreds of artifacts, books, photos and other items. The center includes an ancient chief's village, the historic courthouse and a gift shop.
The ho'olaule'a theme is "The Lei of Our Kupuna." During the year, the center has been videotaping oral histories from the area's elders for the "Kupuna Tell Me a Story" project.
Master hale builder Francis Sinenci will dedicate the rebuilt Hale Mua (men's eating house) at noon. The original structure built by Sinenci eight years ago burned in a July fire.
The ho'olaule'a, open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., also will feature food booths, games, entertainment, a fish and farmers market, a silent auction, lei and flower arranging contests, and book-signings by Kenneth Okana, author of "Hana, Days of My Youth."
The Balloon Man, Douglas Odani, will appear in a free performance at the Waimea Public Library on Kaua'i at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 17.
Odani will create balloon sculptures, then teach participants how to make balloon sculptures of their own.
The event, which celebrates Children's Book Week, is open to children 5 and older, as well as their parents.
There will be light refreshments and door prizes.
For more information, or to set up a sign language interpreter, call (808) 338-6848.
Celtic harp player and storyteller Patrick Ball will headline the 2004 Talespinners' Festivals of the Pacific next week.
The festival includes live performances at libraries on four islands by Ball, a native Californian, and local storytellers Nyla Ching Fujii and Joe Miller, and bluesman and balladeer Jeffry Stephen Babb.
For information about the festival and other performances, call your local library or visit www.librarieshawaii.org for a full schedule.
Cause disclosed in fire death
Two men charged in fatal stabbings
Meal with Santa at fund-raiser
Ho'olaule'a at Hana center
Balloon Man at Waimea library
Entertainment at talespinners' fest
