Hilo woman is arrested in stabbing death
Hawaii County police arrested a 37-year-old Hilo woman Monday night in connection with a stabbing death in Hilo.
The woman was arrested on suspicion of second-degree murder and held in the Hilo cellblock.
Police responded to a 5:19 a.m. call Monday in the 1400 block of Kaumana Drive, where they found a 38-year-old Hilo man with a stab wound. The victim was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he died at 7:11 a.m.
Computers, electronics stolen from school
Kauai police are asking for the public’s help in finding the person or persons who stole an estimated $20,000 worth of laptop computers and other electronic devices from Kapaa Elementary School during the winter break.
The theft happened sometime between Dec. 28 and Thursday, a Kauai Police Department news release said. Items taken include 12 white MacBook laptops, 20 black Kindles, an InFocus projector, and several video and digital cameras. The items were stolen from a classroom. Police said there was no forced entry into the room, but that someone pried open the metal cabinets in which items were stored.
Broken gas pipe feeds townhouse fire
Six people were displaced after a fire damaged their two-story Nanakuli townhouse Sunday night.
Firefighters were called to the Helelula Place residence at 10:08 pm. The fire was under control 34 minutes later.
Fire investigators traced the fire to a broken gas pipe outside the residence. A pilot light from a water heater ignited the leaking gas, resulting in a fire that caused an estimated $25,000 in damage to one of the units, according to Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Capt. Terry Seelig.
The fire also resulted in a temporary loss of electricity for two buildings. No injuries were reported.
Pedestrian hit by truck was Waianae man
The pedestrian struck and killed while crossing Farrington Highway in Nanakuli on Friday has been identified as Kirk Bowman, 60, of Waianae.
Bowman is Oahu’s first traffic-related fatality of 2013.
Police said several cars swerved to avoid Bowman as he crossed the highway toward the Kahe Power Plant. He was struck by a Ford F-250 pickup truck driven by a woman in her 40s. The crash, which happened shortly after 5 a.m., closed the highway in both directions for several hours.
California man, 31, drowned, autopsy finds
A 31-year-old California man found New Year’s Eve in a Hawaii island ravine drowned, an autopsy showed, Hawaii County police said Monday.
The man was identified Friday through dental records as Yogi Yoswara of San Gabriel, police said.
Yoswara, originally from Indonesia, was a graduate student at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and was expected to receive his master’s degree next year.
Police said his family is in Hawaii and will take his body to California or Indonesia.
Yoswara was reported missing Dec. 19. His body was found Dec. 31 in a ravine in the Kapehu Camp Mauka area of Papaaloa about 400 to 450 feet from the road that led to the home where he had been staying, police said.
