Special bus shuttle service will be available during the Presidents Day weekend in Lanikai while a city parking ban is in place.
Bus route 70, Lanikai-Maunawili, will provide additional service between Kailua town and Lanikai from about 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Sunday and Monday.
Lanikai will be designated a “special enforcement district,” meaning no parking will be permitted on the shoulders of public streets between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m. today, Sunday and Monday. Cars will be ticketed and towed away.
Golf cart jaunt nets probation for Lanai man
WAILUKU >> A Lanai man who took a golf cart and went for a joy ride near the Four Seasons Resort before crashing the vehicle has been sentenced to one year of probation.
Gilbert Bolo, 23, was sentenced Wednesday after he pleaded no contest to unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle in connection with the April incident, The Maui News reported Thursday.
Bolo’s attorney, Jared Brickey, said his client had been drinking with a friend at the hotel when they spotted the golf cart and decided to go for a joy ride. Both Bolo and his passenger were injured when the vehicle crashed on a private road near the resort.
“It was kind of like bad karma for taking the golf cart without permission,” Brickey said. “Unfortunately, both him and his co-responsible suffered injuries. It was kind of a harsh lesson for him to learn.”
Deputy Prosecutor Jeffery Temas said hotel security employees had watched the golf cart being driven away and found it overturned on the road near Manele Bay. Bolo and his friend left the scene, but police found evidence linking them to the crime, Temas said.
Maui Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo said letters to the court described Bolo as a good and responsible person.
He apologized in court Wednesday “for my poor judgment and reckless behavior,” and has since paid $840 in restitution for the damaged golf cart.
“I think the golf cart won this race,” Loo said after seeing photos of the damaged vehicle. “It’s clear this was a joy ride that almost turned into a jail ride.”
