Violent argument leads to arrest
Advertiser Staff
A 24-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after an argument in which a coworker was punched, stabbed and shot at with a slingshot, police said.
The fight broke out at 2:43 p.m. between the 24-year-old suspect and another man, 28, at a Kalihi-area business.
During the argument the 24-year-old punched the 28-year-old man in the face before being restrained by other workers, police said. The 24-year-old grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed the 28-year-old in the face, opening a small cut on the man's right cheek, police said.
The 24-year-old was again restrained and forced out of the area, but he returned with a slingshot and fired at the 28-year-old, police said. The man was not hit.
HALE'IWA
ALLEGED CAR THIEF NABBED MID-STEAL
A 28-year-old North Shore man wanted for three car thefts was arrested Tuesday after he tried to steal yet another car and nearly ran over a police officer in the process, police said.
At 11:30 a.m. yesterday, Beach Task Force officers from police District 2 saw the man snooping near parked and unattended cars in an area of Hale'iwa that recently has been hit with a spike in property crime, police said.
The man was later seen leaving the area in a car. Officers stopped the man and he was arrested on suspicion of four car thefts and attempted murder, police said.
STATEWIDE
SCHOOLS TARGET ACCESSIBILITY
More than $775,000 will go to four public schools on O'ahu and the Big Island for improvements that will ensure campuses comply with accessibility guidelines under the federal Americans with Disabilities Act.
Kailua High School will get a total of $280,000 for accessibility improvements to the softball field and girls' physical education locker and shower building.
Holualoa Elementary will receive $94,000, Kamaile Elementary will receive $159,000 and Ho'okena Elementary will receive $242,500 for accessibility ramps on campus.
IMPROVEMENTS FOR LIBRARIES SET
Improvements to the following state libraries has been announced:
MAKUA
FIRE BURNS PART OF ARMY RESERVATION
A brushfire burned 200 to 300 acres at the Army's Makua Military Reservation yesterday. The Army said initial reports did not indicate any damage to archaeological sites or to endangered species.
Training was not being conducted at the time the fire was discovered by Army civilian workers.
Army, Federal Fire Department and city firefighters fought the blaze, as well as a helicopter with a bucket from Wheeler Army Air Field.
BIG ISLAND
DRUNKEN-DRIVING ARRESTS HIT 600
Big Island police arrested 21 motorists for drunken driving during the week of July 25-31. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes, and one was under the legal drinking age of 21, police said.
Police on the Big Island have made 600 DUI arrests this year, compared with 604 during the same period last year. The Kona District has had 302 drunken-driving arrests so far this year and the South Hilo District was next with 145 arrests.
Traffic fatalities are down this year, with 19 compared to 25 at this time last year. But alcohol-related fatalities are up sharply: 12 this year compared with seven at this time last year.
Police also said there have been nine drug-related traffic fatalities in 2005, compared with 11 at the same time last year.
