A 38-year-old woman was sentenced yesterday to a 10-year prison term for using the identities of three women to steal items from various companies.

Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario also ordered Lillian Hussein to serve the full 10 years without parole because she is a repeat offender. The judge ordered Hussein to pay more than $3,000 in restitution.

Hussein obtained items such as jewelry, food, computers, a used car and furniture though the use of the women's identities, according to city Deputy Prosecutor Melissa Karlen.

Hussein earlier pleaded guilty to 36 felony offenses of identity theft, forgery and theft that she committed in 2005 and 2006 while on probation in earlier cases involving identity theft.

Her probation for the previous case was revoked earlier and she was ordered to serve a 10-year prison term.

Hussein must serve the sentence after she completes serving the earlier 10-year term, according to the judge's ruling.

BULLETS DAMAGE SPEED INDICATOR

Someone fired a weapon at an electronic speed indicator sign near Waimanalo Intermediate and Elementary School, damaging the sign and endangering residents in the area.

"It's disturbing for two reasons," said Scott Ishikawa, spokesman for the state Department of Transportation. "One is the sign is meant to help the school kids, and second, the bullets actually went through the sign, so someone could have been hurt."

The state installed a $25,000 pair of the indicator signs last year to help slow traffic passing the school. The community had reported that the signs were succeeding in slowing traffic, Ishikawa said.

Sometime before Thursday, the sign nearest to Bellows Air Force Station began to malfunction. When a DOT staff member investigated, he found several bullet holes in the sign, Ishikawa said.

"The front plate glass is solid enough against vandalism but it's not bulletproof," he said.

DOT will repair the damage, but Ishikawa didn't know what the cost would be.

HFD HONORS NEW CAPTAINS MONDAY

The Honolulu Fire Department will hold a ceremony Monday to recognize 21 newly promoted fire captains.

The event starts at 9 a.m. at the Charles H. Thurston Training Center at 890 Valkenburgh St., near Honolulu International Airport.

The following fire captains will be honored: Alexander Adams, Bradley Chang, Brian Derby, Ponciano Galera Jr., Warren Iseke, George Kaopuiki, Stephen Kohn, Brett Lomont, Grant Marcus, Thomas McKee, Matthew Melim, John Pregil Jr., Blaine Shimizu, Paul Shimizu, Geoffrey Shon, William Steinke Jr., Gerald Tanaka, Jeffrey Tilley, Brandon Uehara, Jarin Wong and Joseph Zaremba.

Light refreshments will be served and pictures will be taken.

SPAM JAM TO CLOSE PART OF KALAKAUA

Kalakaua Avenue, from Seaside to Ka'iulani avenues, will be closed to traffic starting at 2 p.m. today for the fifth annual Waikiki Spam Jam Street Festival.

The free event will run from 4 to 10 p.m., but traffic will be diverted starting at 2 p.m.

There will be live entertainment, craft booths and, of course, Spam foods and products.

More than 8,000 people are expected to attend the annual street festival. Musicians will perform at stages at the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center and Outrigger Waikiki Hotel.

More Spam is consumed per person in Hawai'i than in any other state, according to Hormel Foods Corp. Island residents buy 6.7 million cans of the luncheon meat annually, or about 5 1/2 cans per person. It also is one of the most requested items at the Hawaii Foodbank.

For more information, go to www.spamjamhawaii.com.