Farrington to host high-court hearing
The Hawaii Supreme Court will hold its first hearing at a high school Thursday when it hears oral arguments in a theft case from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Farrington High School auditorium.
The hearing is part of the Courts in the Community project, which will include high court hearings in school settings, the state Judiciary said.
About 200 students from Farrington and Mililani high schools are expected to attend.
The hearing will be for an appeal of a conviction over the theft of a truck and tools from a construction site.
The hearing will be open to the public, but two subsequent sessions involving students questioning the lawyers and the justices will be closed to the public.
The auditorium’s doors will open at 9 a.m., the Judiciary said.
Shark-sighting closes beach at Makena park
Maui officials closed the beach at Makena State Park for a few hours Tuesday after a lifeguard spotted a 10- to 12-foot-long shark near shore.
The lifeguard saw the shark about 10 to 15 yards from shore at about 11 a.m., said Deborah Ward, state Department of Land and Natural Resources spokeswoman.
Shark warning signs were posted, and state environmental enforcement officers warned beachgoers from Maluaka beach to the northern end of Ahihi-Kinau Natural Area Reserve.
Lifeguards reopened the beach at 2:30 p.m.
Maui suspect, 62, is arrested in New Mexico
A fugitive from Maui wanted for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14-year- old girl was arrested Monday in New Mexico.
Stanley James Pacheco Sr., 62, was found on an Indian reservation in Santa Clara, N.M., the U.S. Marshals Service said.
He was being held on $500,000 bail until an extradition hearing that hasn’t yet been scheduled.
A grand jury in October charged Pacheco with three counts of first-degree sexual assault, six counts of third-degree sexual assault and two counts of first-degree attempted sexual assault.
Pacheco’s son, Chad Kukona-Pacheco, was also indicted in the case. He faces six counts of first-degree sexual assault and five counts of third-degree sexual assault.
