Makiki mom charged with false reporting

A 21-year-old Makiki woman who allegedly lied to police about finding a newborn baby at Sandy Beach will be arraigned May 28 in Honolulu District Court on a charge of filing a false police report.

Keala Simeona was arrested at the Honolulu Police Department main station at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday and released after posting $250 bail. Additional charges are not being pursued at this time, according to police.

Simeona initially told police on Sunday that she discovered the baby near the water after she heard several people screaming. Simeona took the unclothed baby to the Queen’s Medical Center, where it was determined that the infant girl was born about two or three weeks premature and weighed about 8 pounds.

After further questioning, police determined she was the mother of the baby, and she was arrested and charged Tuesday with false reporting, a misdemeanor that carries a maximum jail term of one year.

Mayor holding first of town-hall updates

Mayor Kirk Caldwell kicks off a monthlong series of townhall meetings across Oahu with a gathering at the cafeteria of Highlands Intermediate School in Pearl City this evening.

The mayor and Cabinet members will update the communities on his priorities, including fixing city roads, restoring TheBus service, investing in sewer improvements, beautifying parks, trying to make sure the rail transit line gets done properly and addressing homelessness.

All meetings will run from 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Other meeting dates and locations:

» Monday: Honolulu, Kaimuki High School cafeteria.

» May 9: Wahiawa/Mililani, Wahiawa District Park.

» May 16: Kapolei, Kapolei Hale.

» May 20: Windward, Kaneohe Community Center.

» May 22: Kalihi, Farrington High School cafeteria.

NEIGHBOR ISLANDS

North Carolina man identified as shock victim

Hawaii County police have identified the man who died in an industrial accident in Mountain View April 25 as Yves Morel, 56, of Raleigh, N.C.

An autopsy conducted Friday determined that he died from high-voltage electrocution, police said Wednesday.

Police said Morel was inspecting a newly installed water tank when he received a fatal shock at about 9 a.m. The accident happened at a site off Route 11, near North Kulani Road.

A 51-year-old Hono­kaa man who was working nearby was able to de-energize the electrical system, and suffered minor injuries from exposure to electricity, police said.

Morel was taken to Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 10:32 a.m.

Army experts detonate bomb in cane field

Army ordnance specialists detonated an unexploded bomb, likely left over from World War II, that was found Monday in a Maui sugar cane field.

The Maui News reported that an employee of the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. found the aerial bomb just east of the old Puunene School during a weed-control operation. A military base operated there during World War II.

Police photo­graphed the rusted cylindrical bomb, which was about 2 feet long and 4 to 6 inches wide. The photographs were sent to the Army Explosive Ordnance Division, which sent specialists from Oahu to dispose of the bomb.

A trench was dug Tuesday and the bomb was detonated on location. No injuries were reported.