Newspaper seeks expedited court ruling
Attorneys for the Honolulu Star-Advertiser filed a motion Tuesday with the Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals asking for an expedited ruling on Gov. Neil Abercrombie’s appeal of attorney fees awarded to the newspaper in the judicial nominees case.
Attorney Robert Thomas is asking the court to assign a hearing and trial at the earliest possible date.
Abercrombie has asserted that "the Circuit Court abused its discretion" when it awarded $70,000 in attorney’s fees and costs to the Star-Advertiser.
Circuit Judge Karl Sakamoto granted a request by the newspaper in November for a judgment under the state open-records law ordering Abercrombie to make public the names of finalists submitted to him by the Judicial Selection Commission.
Hawaii isle man is charged in fatal stabbing
Hawaii County police charged a Honomu man with second-degree murder for a fatal stabbing Sunday morning in a Honomu home.
Daniel Schuster, 49, was charged Monday with promoting a dangerous drug and drug paraphernalia. He was in the Hilo police cellblock Tuesday, unable to post $54,000 bail.
Police responded to a home on Pua Street at 6:18 a.m. Sunday after receiving a report of a stabbing. Police and Fire Department personnel discovered Joshua Earl Trickel, 30, of Honomu inside the home with injuries and no apparent signs of life. Police arrested Schuster at the home.
Man held after alleged shooting at Hilo condo
Authorities on Monday charged 34-year-old Jarvis Naoki Higa of Hilo with attempted murder for allegedly shooting a firearm at a Hilo condominium complex July 18. He was arrested Monday and is being held in lieu of $375,000 bail.
Police said Higa allegedly threatened another 34-year-old Hilo man July 18 with a firearm. Police also determined a round was fired in the parking lot of a condominium complex in Hilo. No one was injured.
Kauai woman who fell off bike dies of injuries
A 55-year-old Kauai woman died Monday at the Queen’s Medical Center, where she was taken after falling off her bike.
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s Office identified her as Audrey M. Barretto.
Police said she fell Sunday while riding her bike on Kauai. She was initially taken to a Kauai hospital for treatment and later transferred to Queen’s, where she died.
