POLICE BEAT
Suicide note found after fatal crash
Advertiser Staff
Police are investigating a fatal pickup truck crash yesterday on Nu'uanu Pali Drive as an unattended death rather than a traffic accident due to an apparent suicide note found in the vehicle.
The identity of the 35-year-old man killed in the one-vehicle crash will be released by the Honolulu medical examiner's office upon ID confirmation. Final disposition of the case is pending an autopsy scheduled for today.
The man was the lone occupant in a 1998 Ford pickup headed south on Nu'uanu Pali Drive at about 10:05 a.m. when it veered to the left of the roadway and ran head-on into a large tree about a half-mile north of Pali Highway, according to vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. Danny Kaholokula.
VISITOR APPARENT DROWNING VICTIM
A 61-year-old visitor from Japan who was snorkeling yesterday in an area known as Cockroach Bay, near Makapu'u, died in an apparent drowning.
The man, whose name was not released yesterday, was snorkeling while his wife remained on the beach, said Honolulu Fire Department Capt. Robert Main. Campers found the man's body against some rocks at 7:20 a.m., and called 911, he said.
As firefighters were pulling his body from the water, the man's wife ran up to officials and recognized her husband, he said. Emergency Medical Services officials determined the man had apparently drowned.
SUSPECT CHARGED IN HOTEL BREAK-IN
A 30-year-old man identified as a suspect in a Jan. 9 break-in of a Waikiki hotel room has been charged with second-degree burglary.
Police said Jason A. Nagy was identified by fingerprints.
Nagy's bail is $15,000.
MAN, 76, ACCUSED OF SEXUAL ASSAULT
A 76-year-old man was charged Saturday with sexually assaulting a girl over an extended period in Salt Lake.
Bonifacio Taguba was charged at 6:30 p.m. with three counts of first-degree sex assault and was being held last night in lieu of $100,000 bail pending an initial appearance today in District Court.
KAUA'I POLICE: NO FOUL PLAY IN DEATH
Kaua'i police do not suspect foul play in the death of a man whose body was found in a Chevy sport utility vehicle Saturday night at Port Allen Small Boat Harbor.
The body was discovered by a passerby who investigated an odor coming from the vehicle. The man's name is not being released until next of kin is notified, police said.
MAN CHARGED IN ASSAULT ON DRIVER
A 30-year-old man has been charged in connection with an incident Friday in Hawai'i Kai during which a motorist was reportedly punched in the mouth.
Tobius J. Davies, also known as Tobias Jason Davies, is accused of first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle for allegedly reaching into the complainant's vehicle to punch him. Bail was set at $50,000 pending an initial appearance today in District Court.
The 47-year-old male complainant told police he exited the H-1 Freeway and was stopped in the middle lane of traffic on Kalaniana'ole Highway when the suspect drove his vehicle next to his, waved a finger and swore at him. The suspect then allegedly drove his vehicle in front of the complainant's vehicle, got out and struck him before driving off. The incident was reported at 8:05 a.m.
Davies has 15 prior convictions, including felony firearm offenses.
7 CHARGED AS REPEAT OFFENDERS
Seven of the 24 people charged with operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant Saturday night and early Sunday were charged as repeat offenders as police continued stepped-up monitoring of Honolulu's roadways for drunken drivers as part of the ongoing "101 Deadliest Days of Summer" national campaign, from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day.
Charged as repeat offenders were Roger A. Young, 49, of Kapunahala; Ralph Fine, 30, of Waipahu; David Lawrence Milne, 50, of Kalihi; Anthony G. Kasparec, 22, of Marine Corps Base Hawai'i; David Alan Papst, 24, of He'eia; Coedy Masei K. Kaneshiro, 26, of Hawai'i Kai; and Cyrus Ladore, 33, of a Kapi'olani Boulevard address.
Young, Fine and Kaneshiro were charged with other offenses as well. Young and Kaneshiro were driving with licenses suspended from previous DUI convictions, according to police booking information. Fine is accused of reckless driving and refusing an order to stop. Kaneshiro also has an outstanding $1,000 warrant.
