Posted on: Saturday, February 12, 2005
POLICE BEAT
Student charged with harassment
Advertiser Staff
A 16-year-old student was arrested at Wai'anae High School Thursday morning after he allegedly threaten to harm a 34-year-old teacher at the school. The teacher told police that the boy began to argue with her and that she felt threatened.
Police initially classified the incident as terroristic threatening and arrested the boy, but charged him later with the lesser offense of harassment.
Suspect sought in sexual assault
Police said the man was standing outside a red extended-cab pickup truck near Kamailio and Makalea streets in 'Ewa Beach about 6 p.m. on Jan. 6 when he grabbed the girl and forced her into the back seat of his truck. The man sexually assaulted the girl in the truck before she broke free and ran away, police said.
The man is described as being in his 40s, with dark blond hair and a mustache. He was last seen wearing a green tank top and faded blue jeans.
Anyone with information should call Detective Greg McCormick at 529-3417 or CrimeStoppers at 955-8300.
A man whose Pearl City home was damaged by a fire Feb. 4 was arrested yesterday for suspicion of trafficking in crystal methamphetamine while his mother was arrested for suspicion of hindering prosecution.
The mother and son were released without charges pending further investigation. After a fire gutted portions of the home at 1978 Ho'okumu Place in Pearl City, fire investigators reported finding chemicals that are commonly used to make methamphetamine, including acetone and denatured alcohol.
No one was home when the fire broke out at the three-story, single-family home. Damage to the home and its contents was estimated at $335,000.
A former president of the police union has pleaded guilty to two petty misdemeanor charges that he harassed a female friend but is asking for a chance to have the charges dropped.
Ray Ancheta, president of the State of Hawai'i Organization of Police Officers from 1995 to 1997, asked Thursday for a deferral of his guilty plea.
If granted, the case would be dropped if he abides by conditions similar to probation. If denied, he faces sentencing on the two counts that each carry a maximum of a $1,000 fine and 30 days in jail.
An April 14 hearing has been set.
An 82-year-old man was critically injured yesterday morning when he was hit by the side mirror on a passing flat-bed truck while trying to cross Dillingham Boulevard by Kohou Street near Kapalama Stream.
Police, who were called to the scene about 7 a.m., said the man stepped into the street from the mauka side and was not in a crosswalk when the accident occurred.
The man was in serious condition when he arrived at The Queen's Medical Center, but was later listed as critical after his condition worsened.
Police are looking for two masked gunmen who robbed the Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant at the corner of Kapi'olani Boulevard and Ke'eaumoku Street early yesterday morning.
The restaurant manager told police he noticed about 1:35 a.m. that the restaurant's front door had been damaged and was examining the door when two men appeared and demanded money.
Both men were wearing black ski masks and dark shirts, according to the description provided to the police. One of the men was armed with a handgun while the other had a rifle, police said.
The men left the restaurant after they were given an undisclosed amount of money. There were no injuries during the incident.
Police yesterday opened an assault investigation to try to determine how a 1-year-old girl's leg was broken.
The girl's foster parents brought her to the St. Francis-West Medical Center emergency room at about 9 a.m. Thursday and told workers that the child was in pain and was having trouble walking.
Police were called after hospital staff members determined that the girl's injuries were inconsistent with the foster parents' explanation.
The girl's foster father was listed as a suspect in the case although he was not arrested.
Police are asking for the public's help in finding a man suspected of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl last month.
Mother, son arrested after fire
Ex-SHOPO head pleads guilty
Man hurt trying to cross busy road
Masked gunmen rob KFC location
Girl's broken leg prompts inquiry
