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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, October 2, 2007

HAWAII BRIEFS
Body found Sunday identified

Advertiser Staff

A 19-year-old man whose body was found Sunday in Hilo at Boiling Pots Park, also known as Pe'epe'e Falls Park, was identified yesterday by Big Island police as Chase I. Morrill, of Kane'ohe.

Police and Fire Department rescue specialists responded to a report of a missing swimmer at 3:10 p.m. after witnesses reported that a man seen diving into a pool at Boiling Pots failed to surface.

Fire Department scuba divers retrieved the body.



WAI'ANAE ATTACK BEING PROBED

Police were investigating a beach attack early Sunday in Wai'anae in which a pickup truck was set on fire and two men assaulted.

The 5 a.m. incident is being investigated as second-degree arson and third-degree assault.

Two men, both 21, told police they were surrounded by a large group at an unnamed beach park. The group burned the truck, the men said.

Police have made no arrests.



HEAD-ON CRASH IN 'EWA INJURES THREE

A 36-year-old 'Ewa Beach woman was critically injured yesterday in a head-on traffic collision on Old Fort Weaver Road in 'Ewa.

Police vehicular homicide investigator Sgt. Danny Kaholokula said the woman was driving a 2001 Mercury Sable northbound on Old Fort Weaver Road when she crossed a double-solid center line to pass another vehicle and drove into the path of an oncoming 2001 Ford 150 pickup truck at 3:42 p.m.

The woman appears to have been speeding and may have been driving impaired, police said.

The two occupants of the pickup truck — a man, 30, and woman, 24, both of 'Ewa Beach — were transported to The Queen's Medical Center, where they were in stable condition, Kaholokula said.

The critically injured woman was also hospitalized at Queen's.

The collision occurred at Old Fort Weaver Road, at its extension to the rear of the Kahi Mohala healthcare facility, police said.

Police reopened the roads at 7:13 p.m.



MAN CHARGED WITH SEX ASSAULT

A 26-year-old Nanakuli man was charged last night with four counts of first-degree sex assault and 14 counts of third-degree sex assault for alleged attacks on a juvenile girl between February 2004 and July 2006.

Lee Peneku Jr. is also accused of four counts of violating a protective order and one count of unlawful imprisonment.

His bail totals $75,000.

Peneku is scheduled to make an initial appearance today in District Court.



PATSY T. MINK LUNCH IS SATURDAY

The Windward Women Democrats will host the fourth annual Patsy T. Mink Memorial Luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Mid-Pacific Country Club in Lanikai.

The keynote speaker will be Marilyn Bornhorst, former chairwoman of the Honolulu City Council, who served on that body with Mink.

Tickets are $30 each and may be purchased by sending a check payable to Windward Women Democrats, Pam DaGrossa, P.O. Box 960, Kailua, HI 96734.

For more information, call 261-7652 or write dagrossa@hawaii.edu.



FOUNDATION OFFERS QUICK HIV TESTING

People worried about contracting AIDS now can take a free 20-minute test at the Life Foundation to see if they are HIV-positive.

The new tests, approved by state officials earlier this year, are one of the best ways for individuals who engage in at-risk behavior to find out quickly if they have contracted the disease.

Other methods of HIV testing require a one- to two-week wait for results, a gap that often results in about 25 percent of people not returning to get their test results, according to the Life Foundation.

For more information about the testing program, call the Life Foundation at 521-2437 or see www.lifefoundation.org.



HANAPEPE BRIDGE CLOSING FOR REPAIR

The Hanapepe Bridge will be closed for several hours each day through tomorrow for repairs. Work will take place from 8 to 11 a.m.

A wooden barrier will be temporarily placed on the eastern end of the bridge during this period as part of the county's training exercises for the Hanapepe Flood Control Project.

Implemented in 1960, the project is designed to prevent the Hanapepe River from flooding the town.