Residents exit early morning fire unhurt
Two women escaped injury when their home in the Keapuka subdivision of Kaneohe caught fire Thursday.
Firefighters were called at 2:06 a.m. to a two-story house on Apapane Street, according to fire Capt. Terry Seelig. Seven companies totaling 35 firefighters had the blaze under control by 2:26 a.m. and extinguished at 2:49 a.m.
The fire started on, and was contained to, the second floor, Seelig said. The woman who lives on the second floor was getting ready for work when she noticed the fire. She grabbed her dogs and notified the woman who lives downstairs, and they all left the house safely.
Damage is estimated at $300,000 to the structure and $50,000 to its contents. The cause is under investigation.
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Pair charged in robbery of teenager
Two Kailua-Kona women were charged Thursday in the robbery of a 13-year-old girl waiting for a Hele-On bus.
Charged with second-degree robbery, third-degree assault and fourth-degree theft were 18-year-old Judie Kahele of Kailua-Kona and 19-year-old Kayla Arellano of Kailua-Kona. They remain at the cellblock pending their initial court appearances, scheduled for today.
At 2:24 p.m. Feb. 15, the Kailua-Kona girl reported that she had been waiting for the bus at Kealakaa and Kealakehe streets when two women approached her, attacked her and stole her backpack. She had a cut lip and abrasions in the attack.
Detectives continued the investigation, determined the identities of two suspects and put out an all-points bulletin for their arrest.
At 10 p.m. Tuesday, Kona patrol officers arrested them. Detectives later recovered the girl’s backpack.
Makawao man struck as 2 go through his car
Maui police arrested a man and woman Wednesday for allegedly rummaging through another man’s truck in the Costco parking lot in Kahului.
The truck’s owner, a Makawao man, 42, found the suspects in his truck at about 4:45 p.m., police said.
The intruder stuck the owner in the face with a bottle and fled, police said. He was arrested at a nearby store.
The woman drove off in a green Honda sedan and was later arrested at her Paia home.
