Posted on: Tuesday, November 23, 2004
POLICE BEAT
Autopsy scheduled for today on boy who fell
Advertiser Staff
The father of a 3-year-old boy who fell to his death from the lanai of his family's Mo'ili'ili apartment Saturday told detectives he had stepped outside the apartment for a moment while his son, Eddy, was inside, police said.
Lt. Bill Kato, of the Honolulu Police Department's homicide unit, said the boy's father, Edward Reiser, told police he stepped out into the hallway momentarily during a "time out" while he waited for his son to calm down.
When he stepped back in, the boy was gone. He had fallen to the parking lot below the Hono Hale Towers.
Kato said investigators are treating the case "like any other death-from-a-fall case" and are waiting for the results of an autopsy, scheduled for today, before ruling out foul play, although none is suspected.
"We need to have a lot of questions answered and think the autopsy will have a lot to tell us," Kato said.
Three injured in traffic collision
An 18-year-old man was in critical condition at The Queen's Medical Center yesterday with injuries he received Sunday night when the truck he was driving hit a bus on Kamehameha Highway near Kahana Valley.
Police said the man was driving a 2003 Nissan pickup toward Kane'ohe and was attempting to overtake other vehicles in a no-passing zone when he collided with the bus, which was headed in the opposite direction.
The driver of the pickup and his front-seat passenger, a man also estimated to be about 18, were taken by Army helicopter to Queen's, where the passenger was listed in serious condition yesterday.
Man caught after fleeing hearing
A 19-year-old man faces an escape charge after he bolted from a courtroom at Honolulu District Court yesterday afternoon.
Police said the man was at a hearing on contempt-of-court warrants when he was told he would be sent to the O'ahu Community Correctional Center. The man became upset and ran from the courtroom about 12:45 p.m., police said.
A female bailiff attempted to stop the man, but police said he shoved her against a wall and fled. Police caught up with the man on the second floor of the building and arrested him without further incident.
The man faces a charge of first-degree escape, police said. The bailiff complained of pain to her shoulder, but was not seriously injured.
Man arrested in traffic incident
A 52-year-old Waipahu man was arrested Sunday on suspicion of attempted murder and reckless endangerment following a traffic incident.
A 28-year-old man from Kalihi told police he was riding with his girlfriend, 41, also from Kalihi, when the suspect collided with the girlfriend's car.
The boyfriend told police that he and his girlfriend pulled into a parking lot off N. King Street in Kalihi and that as he was getting out of his car, the other driver tried to run him down.
Police were called to the scene, found the other driver nearby and arrested him.
Two people found in stolen car
A 31-year-old woman who was found sleeping in a car in Punalu'u Sunday awoke to find herself being arrested on suspicion of car theft.
A police officer on routine patrol about 10 a.m. noticed two people asleep in the car. The officer checked with police dispatchers who said the car had been listed as stolen. The officer then found a witness who confirmed the woman sleeping in the driver's seat was driving the car earlier in the day.
At that point the officer arrested the woman as well as her passenger, who was named in several outstanding warrants.
Teen arrested after brief chase
A 16-year-old boy was arrested early Sunday morning on suspicion of stealing a moped.
Police said the boy committed a traffic violation in front of a patrol officer about 1:25 a.m. on Kaheka Street near Kanunu Street and was ordered to pull over. The boy got off the moped and ran but was caught after a brief foot chase.
The officer then checked on the moped, learned that it was stolen and arrested the boy.
