POLICE BEAT
Man indicted for alleged sex attack
Advertiser Staff
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A 27-year-old man was indicted yesterday on two counts of first-degree sex assault in connection with an alleged attack on a college student.
Nariaki Saito was arrested Thursday at Ward Centre, where he worked as a valet, after contacting the female victim, 21, and asking her to meet him. The woman, a University of Hawai'i-Manoa student, brought police with her to the meeting.
According to a police affidavit, the woman had been drinking in Waikiki on March 17. A friend put her in a cab but instead of being driven home, she awoke in a Makiki apartment. The woman told police a man was touching her and pounded her head on the floor.
The man drove her to her dormitory and said he wanted to see her again, the affidavit said. He sent her a text message on March 18, leading to the meeting and his arrest.
HOUSE CLEANER ARRESTED FOR THEFT
A Kahalu'u woman was arrested yesterday on suspicion of forging 62 checks and stealing more than $25,000 from an elderly Kane'ohe couple.
The woman, 43, worked as a house cleaner and allegedly cashed forged checks belonging to her employers from November 2006 through December 2007, police said.
The woman was arrested yesterday at her home.
