HAWAI'I BRIEFS
Man punched, critically injured
Advertiser Staff
A 29-year-old man suffered a critical injury yesterday from hitting his head on the roadway after being punched following an altercation inside a nightclub on Lewers Street.
Police arrested a 24-year-old man from Wahiawa for investigation of attempted second-degree murder at 2:45 a.m. The man was uncharged but still in custody at the Honolulu Police Department's Central Receiving cellblock last night.
According to police, the injured man was drinking at the club and attempted to cut into a dance with women who were part of a group. He was escorted from the club by security but became involved in a confrontation outside with members from the group the women were with.
The victim was talking to one of the club managers when the Wahiawa man ran across Lewers Street and allegedly punched him in the head, causing him to fall backward.
KALIHI
COPPER THIEVES STRIKE WAREHOUSE
Police yesterday were investigating the theft of 250 feet of copper wire from a solar supply company warehouse on Austin Lane.
The theft was discovered Thursday at 9:20 a.m. by R & R Solar Supply employees. No arrests had been made as of yesterday.
The copper is valued at $1,250, police said. Wiring from a fuse box also was stolen.
$500,000 GIFT TO HELP MUSEUM
The Mary D. and Walter F. Frear Eleemosynary Trust has donated $500,000 for Bishop Museum renovations, including restoration of the only surviving example of a Hawaiian house.
The donation will go toward the Hawaiian Hall overhaul at the Bishop Museum, with part of it earmarked for restoration of the Hale Pili. The grass house is the last-standing example of early Native Hawaiian architecture. The pre-1800 structure from Kaua'i's Miloli'i Valley was shipped to O'ahu for display in 1902.
MANOA
100-YEAR-OLD VICTIM IDENTIFIED
A 100-year-old man who died Friday after being injured in a car crash Feb. 4 near the entrance to Kanewai Community Park's pavilion was identified yesterday by the medical examiner's office as Hon Sam Hiu.
Hiu was a passenger in a Honda station wagon that veered off Dole Street, struck a concrete bench and became wedged between a tree and utility pole about 2:30 p.m. on Super Bowl Sunday. He was taken to The Queen's Medical Center.
The car was driven by Hiu's wife, who told police she dozed off.
DIAMOND HEAD
FALL INJURIES LED TO HIKER'S DEATH
An autopsy yesterday determined that a 62-year-old Waikiki man who fell while hiking Sunday morning in the Diamond Head area died of probable cardiac arrhythmia due to complications of multiple injuries from an accidental fall.
The medical examiner's office identified the man as Ronald Barboza.
Police said the man was injured in a fall about 11 a.m. He died at 11:50 p.m.
KAUA'I
UNITED WAY CUTS FUNDRAISING TIME
The Kaua'i United Way has shortened its 16-week shared fundraising period, during which it raises money in coordination with its participating agencies, to eight weeks, during September and October.
During the shared fundraising period, the social services that participate with Kaua'i United Way encourage residents to support the entire community by making donations to the United Way Annual Campaign. During the rest of the year, local agencies conduct their fundraising activities independently.
DOWNTOWN
MAN ALLEGEDLY CUT GUARD WITH SWORD
A 23-year-old McCully man was arrested early yesterday for first-degree terroristic threatening after allegedly cutting a security officer on the finger with a samurai sword during a confrontation at North Nimitz Highway and Smith Street.
The male officer, 29, was allegedly attacked after confronting the suspect during a security check at 1:30 p.m.
The suspect was booked for first-degree terroristic threatening. He was in police custody but not yet charged last night.
PERFORMER HURT IN ANTIGRAVITY ACT
A member of the AntiGravity acrobatic cast was injured Saturday night while performing on the trampoline at the Hawai'i Theatre.
Scott Loeser hit his head on the trampoline during a production number at the conclusion of Act I. "He hit his head and an ambulance brought him to Queen's (Medical Center)," said show promoter Tom Moffatt. "He was released from the hospital that night."
Vitaly Booza replaced Loeser for the concluding Sunday matinee and also appeared in Act II Saturday, said Moffatt.
KANE'OHE
SPOUSE MAY FACE KIDNAP CHARGE
Kidnapping and abuse charges were pending against a 34-year-old man who allegedly threatened to kill his wife while restraining her in his vehicle yesterday.
The man turned himself in to police in Kane'ohe at 2 p.m. and was booked for investigation of felony kidnapping and misdemeanor counts of abuse of a household member and second-degree terroristic threatening.
STATE
OHA TO HELP FUND HAWAIIAN BIBLE
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs this month will give a grant of $191,849 to fund the Baibala Hemolele, or Hawaiian Bible.
The money will be used to create an audio recording of the project and conduct workshops demonstrating how to use the Web site, www.baibala.org, which contains digital images of every page of the 1837-1839 Palapala Hemolele, the 1868 Baibala Hemolele and the 1994 Baibala Hemolele as well as a searchable computer text of the 1994 version. Diacritical marks are being added.
