Suspicious package closes Noelani school

Police issued an all-clear Tuesday afternoon after investigating a suspicious package at Noe­lani Elementary School in Manoa.

The school was closed after reporting the package at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The police bomb squad was dispatched and found nothing of a threatening nature in the package, police said.

At 1:25 p.m. parents were advised to pick up their children at the Manoa Valley District Park pool area. School normally closes at 2:15 p.m.

The early release came one day after school was let out early due to a chemical odor that sickened 10 students at the Woodlawn Drive campus.

Woman hospitalized after being hit by car

A 52-year-old Haiku woman was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition after she was struck by a car Monday night.

Maui police said the accident occurred at 7:30 p.m. on Kokomo Road north of Nehe Place in Haiku.

The victim was attempting to walk around a utility truck when she was hit by a 2002 Lexus sedan driven by a 65-year-old woman, who was not injured in the accident.

2 arrested in alleged copper theft attempt

Two men were arrested Tuesday morning after they allegedly tried to steal copper wiring in the Nim­itz Highway area, police said.

Patrol officers were sent to investigate at about 11:54 p.m. Monday. They saw two men, ages 34 and 36, attempting to take copper wiring from the highway area and arrested them for investigation of second-degree copper theft.