Girl injured, man arrested after incident
A 17-year-old girl was taken to a hospital in critical condition following an incident on Kamehameha Highway early Thursday morning in Waimalu.
An Emergency Medical Services official said the victim was transported to the hospital in critical condition just before 3 a.m. Her condition was later upgraded to serious.
Police said the victim was arguing with a man when she fell out of a car at Kamehameha Highway and Hekaha Street.
A 20-year-old Papakolea man was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving near the Waimalu
Shopping Center.
People with outstanding warrants nabbed
State sheriffs arrested 39 people and cleared 60 warrants during a sweep by the Special Operations Section Fugitive Unit on Tuesday night.
The sweep targeted grand jury, probation and parole violators, as well as people with outstanding criminal warrants.
The warrants included 12 felonies and 48 traffic counts.
Of the 39 arrested, seven were unable to post bail and were jailed at the Honolulu Police Department’s Beretania Street station.
People with outstanding warrants are urged to turn themselves in, state Sheriff Shawn Tsuha said.
Kailua bank robbery suspect is in custody
Honolulu police have arrested a 31-year-old man in connection with a bank robbery in Kailua Sept. 7.
The man, who gave no local address, was arrested today at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of the Ward Gateway Center near the Ward Avenue Starbucks, police said.
He is being held pending a count of first-degree robbery and two drug-related offenses.
Police said a man walked into the Kailua branch of Hawaii National Bank on Aulike Street just before 4:30 p.m., handed a demand note and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police said the man may also be a suspect in other crimes.
NEIGHBOR ISLANDS
Man dies after helping put out Kau house fire
A Hawaii island man is dead after helping a neighbor put out a house fire.
Hawaii County police said Gerald Erickson was found unresponsive Wednesday outside a house in the Kau district that had been burning.
The 69-year-old had helped a neighbor put out a fire in the kitchen, and as the house began to fill with smoke, he went outside to call 911.
Firefighters arrived to extinguish the blaze. Erickson was taken to Hilo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead early Thursday.
An autopsy will determine the cause of death. Police are investigating.
The fire appears to have been started by an unattended propane stove.
