Waipahu man held in sex assault attempt
A 27-year-old man was charged Tuesday after he allegedly forced his way into a 15-year-old girl’s home and tried to sexually assault her Sunday night in Waipahu.
Jakphyl Riem of Waipahu remained at the main police cellblock in lieu of $150,000 bail. He was charged with burglary and kidnapping.
Police said the girl locked herself in her bedroom and called her father as Riem pushed his way into the Pupupuhi Street home, then forced his way into the girl’s bedroom at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday.
The girl’s father called police, and responding officers arrested Riem on suspicion of burglary, kidnapping and sexual assault.
Car chase lands 2 suspects in custody
Police arrested at least two people after a car chase that began in Wahiawa and ended on Kunia Road early Tuesday morning.
The pursuit led to the closure of Kunia Road for more than an hour after the suspects ran from their vehicle near the Royal Kunia Golf Course at about 1 a.m.
Police said the pursuit began after one of the suspects, a 46-year-old Kaneohe man, threatened a man with a gun at about 11:30 p.m. Monday. The dispute began when the suspect allegedly challenged a 54-year-old man to a fight while the man was talking with a 50-year-old woman.
The suspect got into a car driven by a 27-year-old Kaneohe woman and drove off, police said.
Officers spotted the car in Wahiawa, and the suspects led police on a car chase to Kunia, where the suspects stopped their vehicle about two miles north of Anonui Street and ran into a cane field, police said.
Five people were in the car. Officers arrested the 46-year-old man and the 27-year-old female driver at about 1 a.m. and were searching for the other people in the car. Police closed Kunia Road between Kupuna Loop and Kunia Camp until about 2:19 a.m. Police did not say whether they captured the other people in the vehicle or whether they are still looking for them.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Hunters kill first invasive deer on Hawaii island
Hunters hired to control invasive species on Hawaii island have killed their first axis deer.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Tuesday the deer was killed April 11 in the southern part of the island.
Big Island Invasive Species Committee Manager Jan Schipper declined to specify where, to prevent interference with the committee’s two hunters.
The animal native to India and Sri Lanka was first introduced to Molokai and Oahu in 1868, Lanai in 1920 and Maui in 1959, but it hadn’t been found on Hawaii until last year.
Non-native mammals such as pigs and goats already damage the island’s environment. But axis deer are a new type of menace in part because they can jump over fences that are meant to protect native forests.
Visitor found in ocean died of heart attack
A Montana man found in the ocean off Kahaluu Beach Park on April 10 died of cardiac arrest, Hawaii County police said.
An autopsy last week determined the cause of death for Edward Woyciehowicz, 68, of Missoula, Mont.
A lifeguard spotted Woyciehowicz, pulled him from the water and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
Fire personnel continued with CPR and took him to Kona Community Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
He was one of two visitors who died in the ocean off West Hawaii last week.
An autopsy found that William Savage, 49, of Okotoks, Alberta, drowned April 11 while on a scuba diving tour.
