POLICE BEAT
Police searching for escapee
Advertiser Staff
Big Island police are searching for a Hawai'i Community Correctional Center inmate who escaped Friday during a trip to the hospital.
No information was available yesterday on why the correctional center staff took Arthur Dale Clayton, 44, to the Hilo Medical Center emergency room.
Police said Clayton escaped from the medical center on foot at about 6:15 p.m. Friday.
Clayton is 5 feet 6, weighs 180 pounds and has brown eyes and a shaved head.
He has tattoos on his right shoulder, right lower arm, back and abdomen.
He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a grey hooded pullover and brown boots.
Anyone with information about Clayton is asked to call Hawai'i Police Officer Royce Serrao at (808) 961-2213 or the police nonemergency number, (808) 935-3311. Those who wish to remain anonymous may call CrimeStoppers at (808) 961-8300 in Hilo or (808) 329-8181 in Kona.
O'AHU
CHILD'S INJURIES UNDER SCRUTINY
Navy and police investigators are looking into circumstances surrounding injuries sustained by a 5-month-old infant, police said.
On Thursday, police responded to a call from officials at Tripler Army Medical Center who reported that two active-duty Kane'ohe Marines, a woman, 22, and a man, 23, brought their infant daughter in for a checkup. During the examination doctors found 14 current or healing fractures including ribs and a clavicle.
No arrests were made but police and investigators with the Navy will pursue the matter through an investigation, police said.
