Posted at 11:20 a.m., Monday, November 14, 2005
POLICE BEAT
Apartment fire quickly extinguished
Advertiser Staff
Honolulu firefighters quickly extinguished an intentionally set fire today in an Iwilei apartment.No one was injured in the 6:33 a.m. fire at 607 N. King St., said Capt. Kenison Tejada, fire department spokesman.
The small fire was in a fourth-floor apartment of a four-floor walk-up. Tejada said firefighters discovered that it had been intentionally set.
Woman allegedly assaulted by son
Police are investigating possible second-degree assault charges against a 48-year-old man for allegedly beating up his mother Saturday morning.
The suspect and his mother, 79, were at the Kailua home they share when the victim began to "express herself" about 7:30 a.m. She was upset that her son had lent her car to his girlfriend, police said.
The suspect struck his mother in the face several times, fracturing her jaw and breaking her nose, police said.
Business property damaged by fire
Police are investigating the cause of a fire yesterday that damaged a new dump truck and a new tanker truck at BEI Hawaii Environmental Services, 311 Pacific St.
An older truck also was damaged. The new trucks were valued at more than $100,000 each, police said, but the total damage from the 8:15 p.m. fire was listed at $162,000.
