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Woman found safe at Makapu'u
Firefighters from the Hawai'i Kai station found a woman, who had been the object of an air and ground search last night, about 7:15 this morning near the top of a trail that descends from the Makapu'u Lighthouse to the shoreline.
"A ground grew made contact with her and assisted her in walking out," said Capt. Kenison Tejada, a Honolulu Fire Department spokesman.
Tejada said the woman appeared to have some minor scratches and bruises and was checked by city emergency medical services technicians before being released.
The woman's boyfriend, 43, called police last night to report the woman missing. He told police that he and his girlfriend had gone to fish in the tidal pools at the base of the Makapu'u cliffs about 10 a.m. yesterday and left about 6 p.m. in hopes of getting back to their van before dark.
The man said he decided to hike out "the long way," hugging the shoreline, because he had been knocked down by a wave earlier and injured his knee. His girlfriend decided to take a more direct route by hiking back up the same trail the pair had used to hike down to the fishing area, the man told police.
He said he expected his girlfriend to be waiting for him when he arrived back at the van which was parked on the road leading to Makapu'u lighthouse.
He waited for a while and called police when his girlfriend failed to show up. Police and firefighters searched the area last night until about 9 p.m. with the aid of a Fire Department helicopter but could not find the woman.
The search resumed at daybreak today and the woman was found a short time later, Tejada said.
Man arrested in sex assault case
A 19-year-old Wahiawa man was arrested yesterday on suspicion of first-degree sexual assault.
Police arrested the man based on a complaint filed by a 16-year-old girl who said that an acquaintance assaulted her about 5 p.m. yesterday.
Police obtained a search warrant for the man's home, found him there and made the arrest.
Woman arrested in auto theft
A 36-year-old woman was arrested on suspicion of car theft after she and a friend took a new car off a car dealer's lot in Wahiawa without permission.
Police said the woman and her friend were looking at cars and were able to obtain the keys for one of them before driving it off the lot about 2:45 p.m.
A police officer spotted the woman driving the car, ordered her to pull over and arrested her.
Man arrested in car theft
A 32-year-old man was arrested in Wai'anae yesterday for allegedly stealing a car from a Nanakuli woman.
A patrol officer was responding to an unrelated narcotics complaint when he saw the car go by and checked with police dispatchers on whether the car had been stolen.
After learning that the car had been reported as stolen, members of the Wai'anae District crime reduction unit found the driver, ordered him to pull over and arrested him about 12:55 p.m.
Traffic stop leads to theft arrest
Charges are pending against 21-year-old man who was arrested on suspicion of car theft early yesterday morning near Diamond Head Beach Park.
A police officer on routine patrol stopped a driver on a minor traffic offense about 1 a.m. on Beach Road. The officer ran a check on the car's license plate and vehicle identification number and learned a 31-year-old O'ahu man had reported the car as stolen.
Man arrested in car theft
A 26-year-old man was arrested at a Wai'anae Coast beach park yesterday morning as a suspect in the theft of a car from a 27-year-old woman.
Patrol officers saw a white Honda parked on the grass at the park and noticed a man walk away from the car very quickly as they approached.
A check of the car's license number and vehicle identification number indicated it had been reported stolen earlier.
The man was arrested for car theft but was later released pending further investigation.
Stolen car driven without lights
A 23-year-old man with no local address was arrested on Kamehameha Highway near Hekaha Street in 'Aiea last night on suspicion of auto theft.
A police officer on routine patrol saw a Honda being driven without its headlights on about 11:15 p.m. and ran a check on the car's license number.
The check showed the car had been reported stolen. The officer ordered the driver to pull over and arrested him.
