Posted on: Sunday, May 29, 2005
HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Woman killed in effort to stop bus
Advertiser Staff
A 69-year-old Honolulu woman was killed yesterday after being struck by a bus in front of the Foodland on South Beretania.
Witnesses told police the woman, who carried a cane, approached the bus as it was pulling away from the bus stop in front of the grocery store at about noon.
As the bus moved she ran alongside it and tapped on the side, trying to get the driver, a 56-year-old 'Ewa Beach man, to stop.
The woman fell on the road and was run over by the right rear wheel of the bus.
She was taken by ambulance to The Queen's Medical Center and pronounced dead at 12:46 p.m. Neither speed nor alcohol were factors in the accident, police said.
The woman's death marked the 33rd traffic fatality of year, compared with 30 at the same time last year.
Police are asking for help in finding a missing 24-year-old man believed to have disappeared near Manoa Falls.
He was last seen wearing a white shirt and white tennis shoes, but authorities don't know what type of shorts or pants he was wearing.
Police are worried he might be in danger.
At about 9 a.m. Friday, hikers found a pair of tennis shoes, clothing, and keys on a bench at the pool of Manoa Falls and turned them over to authorities.
A black mountain bicycle was found locked and secured at the Manoa Falls entrance.
The items, which had been left unattended for several days, may belong to Lemmon.
Firefighters, police and state officials have searched Manoa Falls but have not found Lemmon.
Anyone with information is asked to call police at 911 or at 529-3115. Information can also be sent to HPD'S Missing Persons Detail at pcamero@co.honolulu.hi.us or by calling 529-3394.
A 38-year old Honolulu man died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash near University Avenue and Date Street Friday night, authorities said yesterday.
Police said a black and white 2005 Harley Davidson was speeding on University when the rider lost control at about 9:15 p.m., struck a curb and was thrown from the vehicle.
The rider was taken in "very critical condition" to The Queen's Medical Center, where he died, police said.
A Kona man was arrested during a routine traffic stop on the Big Island Thursday after police caught him allegedly trying to hide a bag of methamphetamine.
John Nobriga, 35, of Kailua, Kona, was charged with three counts of promoting dangerous drugs, two counts of illegal possession of drug paraphernalia, one count of obstructing government operations and a number of traffic offenses.
His bond was set at $50,200.
Big Island police said they stopped Nobriga at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday on Ali'i Drive and allegedly saw him trying to conceal a packet of crystalline substance.
After seizing Nobriga's vehicle, police also found $4,980, which they took for possible forfeiture.
The crystalline substance turned out to be 4.5 grams of crystal methamphetamine, police said.
In an unrelated incident, Big Island police arrested two men and a woman Wednesday after serving a search warrant in a hotel room in Kailua, Kona.
They found six-tenths of a gram of methamphetamine, 10.25 pounds of a liquid substance containing methamphetamine, 1.2 grams of cocaine and 2.2 grams of marijuana.
Police charged Shelly Minick, 43, who has no permanent address; and Eric Johnson, 37, of Kailua, Kona, with seven counts of promoting dangerous drugs and five counts of illegal possession of drug paraphernalia.
Both are being held at the Kona police cell block.
Darrin Hardie, 35, of Kailua, Kona, was charged with two counts of promoting detrimental drugs. He was released on his own recognizance.
Help sought in finding man
Joel M. Lemmon is 6 feet 8 and weighs 230 pounds. He has brown hair and hazel eyes.
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