HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man arrested in driver's shooting
Advertiser Staff
Police yesterday arrested a 25-year-old man for questioning in the July 28 shooting of a taxi driver at Pearlridge Center.
The man was identified as a suspect through DNA evidence, police said. He was arrested at 12:54 p.m. on the 46-500 block of Kamehameha Highway in Kane'ohe.
Yu Kyu Kim, 52, a driver for The Cab, was shot in the neck and critically wounded in the parking lot of First Hawaiian Bank at 98-1071 Moanalua Road at about 9 p.m. Kim has reportedly recovered from his injuries.
Police last night were investigating whether the shooting was part of a robbery.
The shooting came after the fatal July 6 shooting of taxi driver Manh Nguyen on Tantalus.
MCCULLY
MISSING BOY, 12, FOUND UNHARMED
A 12-year-old boy who is autistic was found uninjured yesterday at the Hilton Hawaiian Village hotel at 1:30 p.m., nearly three hours after he walked away from the campus of Washington Middle School.
Police conducted a massive search of the area for the youth.
CHINATOWN
CAPTOR RECEIVES 15-YEAR SENTENCE
A 40-year-old man was sentenced yesterday to a prison term of 15 years to life for attempted murder, kidnapping and terroristic threatening related to holding four people at his high-rise Chinatown apartment in May 2005.
Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario ordered William Alston to serve at least 15 years before being released on parole because one of the victims was older than 60 years of age.
Alston was convicted in connection with the bizarre 14-hour ordeal at his 18th-floor apartment on May 2, 2005. During the trial, one of the four people testified he was stabbed and set on fire by Alston.
The Hawai'i Paroling Authority will later determine when Alston can be released on parole after he serves 15 years.
KALIHI
CABLE PROBLEM CAUSES OUTAGE
About 780 Hawaiian Electric customers in the Kalihi-'Alewa-Nu'uanu area lost power last night because of a problem with an underground cable, a company spokeswoman said.
Power went out at 8:46 p.m. and was restored at 9:40. St. Francis Medical Center was among the customers affected. The outage was caused by a problem with an underground cable, HECO spokeswoman Janet Crawford said.
BIG ISLAND
FATALLY INJURED HIKER IDENTIFIED
A man who apparently fell to his death last week after he became lost in the dark in 'Opihikao has been identified as Larry Holland of Westminster, Calif.
An autopsy performed Tuesday indicated Holland, 59, died from injuries consistent with a fall from a high place.
Police were called shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday to the steam vents area in 'Opihikao, where they were met by a 46-year-old woman from Orange County, Calif. The woman told police she and Holland had gone to see the steam vents the previous day, but became lost in the forest after darkness fell.
The woman told police Holland fell down an embankment in the dark. At daylight, the woman was able to walk out to the highway and flag down a motorist for help.
VOYAGING CANOES UNDER FULL SAILS
The voyaging canoes Hokule'a and Alingano Maisu sailed down the coast of the Big Island yesterday after hoisting anchors at Kealakekua Bay late Tuesday.
Polynesian Voyaging Society spokeswoman Kathy Thompson said that when she checked about midday, the canoes were between Manuka and Ka Lae or South Point, both proceeding under full sail.
The sail plan called for the canoes to pass Ka Lae and out of the lee of the Big Island, and then turn downwind on the trade winds. The course would take them past Johnston Atoll, 900 miles from the Big Island, on their way to landfall at Majuro Atoll in the Marshall Islands. In all, this first leg of the sail is nearly 2,400 miles.
Hokule'a has a crew of 11 on board, Alingano Maisu has 13 and their escort boat, the 45-foot steel sloop Kama Hele, has a crew of six, Thompson said.
STATE
LITERARY COUNCIL TO HONOR WRITERS
Nominations are being sought for the Cades Awards for Literature, Hawai'i's most prestigious literary honor.
The awards, which come with a cash prize, honor two writers every year who have made a significant contribution to literature in the state. One award honors an established artist; the second goes to an emerging artist.
Nominations, along with supporting documents, can be sent to the Hawai'i Literary Arts Council, P.O. Box 11213, Mo'ili'ili Station, Honolulu, HI 96828-0213. The deadline is Jan. 31.
For more information, call 263-5627.
HAWAI'I KAI
LUNALILO HOME LU'AU PLANNED
The Lunalilo Home will hold a fundraiser lu'au and celebrate the 172nd anniversary of the birth of Mo'i William Charles Lunalilo from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday on the grounds of the adult residential care home for elderly Hawaiians.
Entertainment will be provided by Holunapae and Melveen Leed. Money raised by the lu'au will go to pay for programs, furnishings and equipment needed at the home at 501 Kekaulohi St.
Tickets are $30 each and can be purchased by calling 395-1000 or email lunalilotrustpa@hawaii.rr.com.
HONOLULU
CRIMESTOPPERS OFFICERS ELECTED
David M. Reed, head of Dave Reed Marketing, has been elected president of CrimeStoppers Honolulu Inc. for a fourth year.
Officers for 2007 are First Vice President Albert "Spike" Denis, Pacific Security Group; Second Vice President Leolani Kini, Hawaii Kai Towne Center; Corporate Secretary Brian Kessler, Strategies; and Treasurer George Cramer of George Cramer LLC. Kaleo Keaolunui of Hyatt Regency Waikiki Resort & Spa was elected to the board of directors.
