POLICE BEAT
Police find body in burned van
Advertiser Staff
A body was discovered by Kaua'i firefighters and police yesterday inside a van that burned at the Russian Fort in Waimea.
Police said they do not suspect foul play.
Waimea firefighters responded to a brushfire alarm at 6 a.m. and found a van fully engulfed in flames, officials said. The body was discovered after the brushfire was extinguished at 7:10 a.m.
An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause and manner of death. The body was burned beyond recognition, officials said.
MARINE ARRESTED IN MANSLAUGHTER
A Kane'ohe-based Marine was arrested last night on a $125,000 extradition warrant from Arizona.
Brandon P. Heidel, 23, is assigned to 1/3 Weapons, Section 2 at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i, according to police booking information.
The Arizona warrant charged Heidel with manslaughter and two counts of endangerment, police said. He was arrested at the base by Kailua police at 7:15 p.m. and was being held at the police Central Receiving Division cellblock.
MAN ARRESTED IN KIDNAP, SEX ASSAULT
Police yesterday arrested a 20-year-old Salt Lake man near Ala Moana Center on suspicion that he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl last year.
The man was arrested at Mahukona Street and Kapi'olani Boulevard at 5:50 p.m. for investigation of two counts of first-degree sex assault, kidnapping and five counts of third-degree sex assault.
A 16-year-old girl told police a man pulled her into a vehicle in Salt Lake and sexually assaulted her last year. No charges were immediately filed.
FIREFIGHTERS CORRAL BRUSHFIRE ON RIDGE
Firefighters yesterday contained a brushfire that started on a Kawaihae Valley ridge in East Honolulu about 9:45 a.m.
The fire was not large, but was difficult to get to, Fire Department Capt. Terry Seelig said.
An HFD helicopter lifted about a dozen firefighters with water pump packs to the location on the ridge, where they had the blaze under control by 11:15 a.m.
The helicopter continued doing water drops for another hour, dropping 80 to 100 gallons of water at a time on hot spots remaining on the ridge.
