POLICE BEAT
Teen says she was sexually assaulted
Advertiser Staff
A 15-year-old girl reported being sexually assaulted early Sunday morning at a Waikiki hotel.
Police said the victim and a female friend met a group of young men, estimated to be in their early 20s, between 4 a.m. and 5 a.m. and accompanied the men to their hotel room.
Once at the hotel, one of the men assaulted her, the girl said.
She went to the Sex Abuse Treatment Center with her parents and filed a report on the incident from there.
DRIVER IN HIT-RUN INCIDENT SOUGHT
Police are looking for a driver involved in a hit-and-run incident near the University of Hawai'i-Manoa last month.
On Feb. 15, at 10:40 p.m., a moped was hit by a car that was traveling on Lower Campus Road near the Hale Ilima student dorm, police said.
The driver of the moped was thrown to the road and suffered a broken leg.
The car may have damage to its front area.
The vehicle is described as a dark compact, possibly green, police said. The first three letters of the license plate are PCE, police said.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cell phone.
DROWNED KAYAKER WAS HONOLULU MAN
A 62-year-old Honolulu man who drowned while kayaking in a stream deep in Nu'uanu Valley last week has been identified.
Thomas Dallinger drowned Thursday, the city medical examiner's office said.
Dallinger was kayaking with two other men in Nu'uanu Stream during the early evening when his kayak overturned, police said. He was taken to Kuakini Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead shortly before 7:45 p.m. The two other men were not injured.
The men apparently began their journey off Nu'uanu Pali Drive near Jackass Ginger Pool, near where they had parked their car, and had planned to finish a few hundred yards away, near the Ilanawai subdivision.
MAN FOUND DEAD IN CAR IDENTIFIED
A 36-year-old man found dead in the back of a parked car at Kailua Beach on Saturday has been identified.
Wallis Yoshino, of Honolulu, died of a heart attack, the city medical examiner's office said. The results of a toxicology test are pending.
On Saturday, police said the man had gone to a concert in the park and was drinking heavily before passing out in the car.
Yoshino was found at 11:20 p.m. while police were inspecting cars left in the parking lot after the concert.
Officers woke up Yoshino's companion, who was in the front seat, but were unable to revive Yoshino.
When Yoshino did not respond, officers performed CPR and called an ambulance. Yoshino was pronounced dead at Castle Medical Center.
MAN ALLEGEDLY HIT GIRLFRIEND IN FACE
A 52-year-old man was arrested in Kapolei on Monday after he allegedly punched his girlfriend in the face.
Police were sent to the scene to investigate a report about a male and female fighting in the driveway in front of a residence.
When officers arrived about 5:30 p.m. the girlfriend, 43, told them her boyfriend had struck her in the face causing injuries.
The boyfriend was then arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault.
