POLICE BEAT
Road in Hale'iwa closed due to fire

Advertiser Staff

A brushfire that began about 4:30 p.m. yesterday near the Hale'iwa bypass road prompted officials to close the road for about an hour as firefighters put out the blaze.

Because flames reached the edge of the road and heavy smoke made for poor visibility, officials closed the bypass, officially known as the Joseph P. Leong Highway, in both directions.

Firefighters put out the brushfire about an hour after receiving the alarm.

Woman allegedly threatens officer

A 26-year-old Kapolei woman was arrested Monday in connection with an incident Thursday night in which a police officer reported being nearly hit by a driver to whom he had just issued a speeding citation.

The motorcycle officer said he gave the woman a speeding ticket about 6:40 p.m. after pulling her over as she was traveling east on the Moanalua Freeway. The officer said the woman began swearing at him as he walked away.

The officer said he got on his motorcycle and had stopped another vehicle about a tenth of a mile away from where he had given the woman the speeding ticket. He said he had just gotten off the motorcycle when he heard a car horn and looked back to see a car drive three or four feet onto the shoulder line and head directly toward him.

The officer said he jumped out of the way and was not injured as the car roared past, its driver screaming obscenities and displaying her middle finger.

The woman whom he had ticketed surrendered yesterday at the main police station and was arrested for suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening.

Stalled van leads to man's arrest

A 32-year-old Kalihi man was arrested on suspicion of multiple felony offenses after a police officer spotted a stalled van in Manoa Monday night and stopped to see what was wrong.

The officer saw the man pushing the van along University Avenue near Maile Way about 10:50 p.m. The man said the battery died and that he was pushing it in hopes of getting it started again.

The police officer ran a check on the van and found it was registered to a Sand Island area medical technology company that had reported the van stolen Monday.

The officer arrested the man on suspicion of unauthorized control of a propelled vehicle. He was also arrested on suspicion of promotion of dangerous drugs following a search of the van's interior.