Project to improve Kahana park facilities
The state this month will begin an eight-month, $455,000 project to fix the comfort station and visitor orientation building in Kahana Valley in Windward Oahu.
The improvements will include new fixtures and partitions, flooring repairs, electrical and roofing work at the visitor orientation building and adjacent comfort station, as well as installation of rain gutters, parking and accessibility features at the Ahupuaa o Kahana State Park.
The state park is located between Kaneohe and Laie.
Neighbor held in man’s assault
A Puna man has been charged with assault after his neighbor went to the hospital with substantial injuries to his face and body Sunday, Hawaii County police said.
Detectives charged Kiel Brende, 28, of Waa Waa, with second-degree assault. His bail was set at $10,000.
At 2:49 a.m. Monday patrol officers went to Hilo Medical Center, where a 47-year-old man was being treated for injuries reportedly inflicted by his neighbor at the victim’s Waa Waa home on Pakala Road shortly before midnight Sunday. Police arrested Brende on Monday.
Officials warn of pyramid scheme
Kauai County officials have warned the public about a pyramid scheme known as "Women’s Gifting Circles" or "Women Empowering Women Circles."
Prosecutor Justin F. Kollar said Tuesday the schemes appear to be on the rise in recent months.
"These schemes are marketed as a way to entice women through a tiered investment model, often using language that speaks in terms of ‘empowering’ women spiritually or financially," Kollar said. "The people at the top of the pyramid collect money from those at the bottom of the pyramid, plain and simple. The people at the bottom are promised future rewards that are based on recruiting additional followers to start new circles. These schemes are illegal and are designed by predators to extract money from people who trust them."
Anyone with information on gifting circles on Kauai can contact the prosecutor’s office at 241-1888 or through email at prosecutor@kauai.gov.
