Posted on: Friday, September 17, 2004
POLICE BEAT
Police investigate death at UH dorm
Advertiser Staff
Police homicide detectives last night were investigating the death of a University of Hawai'i-Manoa maintenance worker outside the Hale Laulima dormitory.
The man's body was found about 8 p.m. in a landscaped area on the makai side of the five-story dorm off East-West Road. A male student who lives in the dorm said the body was near the foot of a ladder that was against the building.
The man's name was not released. Homicide detective Lt. Bill Kato said it appeared to be an accidental fall, but an official cause of death is pending an autopsy.
Police said that earlier in the day someone had reported the man missing or overdue.
Students said the man was a familiar and friendly presence around the dorm.
Big Island group honors officers
Big Island police officers Michael Molnar and Kimo Siemann were named Officers of the Month for July by the Aloha Exchange Club of East Hawai'i.
Molnar and Siemen captured fugitives Blaine Farris and Clifford Sakamoto in Puna.
Man arrested in mallet assault
A 55-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly assaulting his 46-year-old girlfriend in Kaimuki last month and destroying her television.
The girlfriend told police that she got into an argument with her boyfriend Aug. 9, during which the man hit her on the arm with a brass mallet and then used the mallet to smash her TV.
Police found the man in Kalihi and arrested him on suspicion of second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal property damage.
Tip, surveillance nab theft suspect
Acting on a tip, police caught up with a suspected car thief and arrested him at a Honolulu hotel about 3:50 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers from the downtown Crime Reduction Unit went to the hotel, found the car and set up a surveillance operation.
They watched as a 35-year-old man got into the car and started it.
At that point, police moved in and arrested the man for suspicion of car theft and fraudulent use of license plates.
Car complaint leads to arrest
A complaint about a derelict vehicle resulted in the arrest Wednesday of a 49-year-old man in Punalu'u on suspicion of car theft, driving without a license and four contempt-of-court warrants.
A police dispatcher who took the complaint call, ran a check on the car's license plates and found the car had been reported stolen.
Officers responding to the call momentarily lost sight of the car but found it in Punalu'u and arrested the driver.
