Posted on: Thursday, March 10, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Officials identify accident victim
Advertiser Staff
The city Department of the Medical Examiner has identified Masako Maruya as the pedestrian who was killed Monday night while trying to cross an intersection near the Kamehameha Shopping Center in Kalihi.
Police traffic investigators have said Maruya was in a marked crosswalk and was crossing Makuahine Street from east to west with a green light in her favor about 6 p.m. when she was hit by a pickup truck that was turning left from Hala Drive onto Makuahine.
She died at The Queen's Medical Center at about 11:45 p.m.
A small mercury spill at Farrington High School caused the evacuation of a classroom yesterday.
An emergency hazardous materials response team was called to the school after a student accidentally broke a thermometer containing mercury in a freshman science class, Farrington principal Catherine Payne said.
No students required hospitalization, but a few changed their clothes as a precaution, Payne said. The classroom will remain closed today so tests can be performed to ensure there is no further danger.
The school is using the incident to inform students about the danger of mercury, a toxic liquid metal that gives off harmful vapors.
A 51-year-old man was arrested yesterday in connection with the Feb. 12 robbery of the Kamehameha Shopping Center branch of Bank of Hawaii.
The man was turned over to the Tripler Army Medical Center for psychiatric observation soon after he was arrested, police said. Charges are pending, police said.
On Feb. 12, a man walked up to a teller at the Bank of Hawaii, which is inside the Star Market, and demanded money. He was given an undetermined amount of cash and fled on foot, police said.
The spouses of sailors aboard the USS Chicago will hold a fund-raiser Tuesday at the Moanalua Shopping Center McDonald's to support the wives' club and sailors during the Chicago's yearlong deployment.
The event is called a McTakeover.
The USS Chicago SSN 721 Ohana Wives Club will staff the restaurant from 5 to 8 p.m, and 20 percent of the proceeds collected during those hours will go directly to the club.
City crews feared there was yet another rupture in a sewer pipe on Kalaniana'ole Highway in Niu Valley on Tuesday night, but found out after digging up the pipe that it was intact.
The pipe has ruptured in roughly the same spot three times in the past month. The 45-year-old pipe was thought to have ruptured again Tuesday night, because freshly laid asphalt had started to buckle and moisture was appearing from underground.
The city plans to install an emergency bypass line and a permanent underground replacement for the main.
Steel plates were used to cover the trench that crews dug on Kalaniana'ole Highway near the Niu Shopping Center. In the previous breaks, the 16-inch cast iron pipe spilled untreated sewage into storm drains that lead to the ocean.
Police are searching for a Honolulu man who may have skipped town after he was indicted by an O'ahu grand jury for securities fraud, police said.
Yee is described as 5 feet 6, 150 pounds, with a medium build, black hair, brown eyes and glasses.
Anyone with information about Yee may call Detective Jill Kaui at 529-3852. Anonymous calls may be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
A 30-year-old man was critically injured when he lost control of his moped and crashed in Nanakuli last night.
Police said the man, a Nanakuli resident, was riding the moped east on Nanakuli Avenue near Lahikiola Place when he lost control of the vehicle. The man was thrown and hit his head on the roadway, police said.
The man was taken to The Queen's Medical Center with head injuries. Police said he was not wearing a helmet.
The O'ahu Civil Defense agency will close Waimea Bay Beach Park today from 7 to 10 a.m.
The recent high surf caused a sandbar buildup and city crews will work to clear it.
A northwest swell brought waves with faces as high as 35 feet early Tuesday.
A 41-year-old Mililani Mauka man was arrested at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday after he allegedly threatened to shoot a neighbor for the second time in two days.
Police said the suspect, a resident of Pu'ukoa Street, has been involved in an ongoing dispute with a neighbor.
The Mililani Anti-Drug Committee and Mililani Town Association Neighborhood Security Watch programs are presenting a free identity theft workshop at 7:30 p.m. April 26 at the Mililani Recreation Center III, 95-281 Kaloapau St.
The Honolulu Police Department will provide information on identity theft and tips on protecting personal information such as Social Security and credit card numbers.
Call Andrea Kunukau or Pat Hurley at 440-2633 for further information.
One person was killed in a single-vehicle crash last night on the Big Island.
Fire officials said the accident occurred at about 6:15 p.m. on Napo'opo'o Road, one mile from the intersection with Highway 11 in the Honaunau area. The driver of the Jeep died at the scene, fire officials said.
No information about the identity of the victim was available last night.
Maui County was hit by heavy rain yesterday morning, prompting the closure of all six public schools on Moloka'i.
State Department of Education officials said the decision to close the schools came after heavy rains and rising waters prevented school buses and other vehicles from crossing stream beds. They said the schools were expected to reopen today.
On Maui, Honoapi'ilani Highway was closed after some boulders fell on the road near Honokohau.
Jolene Corr, 15, was last seen at school in January but she failed to return home, according to police.
The girl is described as 5 feet 6, 160 pounds, with brown hair, brown eyes and a tan complexion.
Anyone with information about Corr is asked to call the Kaua'i Police Department Dispatch at 241-1711.
Mercury spilled in science class
Bank robbery suspect arrested
Crew's spouses raising money
No break found in sewer pipe
Securities fraud suspect sought
From May through December 1993, William Yee, 54, allegedly sold shares of "William Yee's School of Financial Services" to investors but never opened the school or returned any money to investors, police said. Yee's last known local address was 335 Merchant St. Police said that Yee posed as a New York stockbroker and is believed to have left the island but may return periodically.
William Yee
Moped rider injured in crash
Waimea sandbar to be cleared
Man arrested in alleged threat
Free workshop on identity theft
Big Island crash kills Jeep's driver
Rain closes Moloka'i schools
Kaua'i police seek runaway girl
Kaua'i police yesterday said they are looking for a teenage runaway who has been missing since Jan. 11.
Jolene Corr
