3 hikers rescued, another 7 left on ridge

Two groups of hikers got lost on AieaLoop Trail on Sunday evening, but firefighters were able to locate one group and walk them out.

Fire rescue workers responded to a distress call involving three hikers, one of them female, at 8:13 p.m. and were able to find them in the dark.

The other group of seven hikers hunkered down for the night on a ridge overlooking the H-3 freeway.

Those hikers used their cellphones to call 911 at about 6:53 p.m. Sunday. A fire rescue helicopter was able to locate them by about 7:30 p.m., but fire officials decided to wait until first light Monday to conduct a safe helicopter lift, Honolulu Fire Department spokesman Kevin Mokulehua said.

Mokulehua said there were no reports of injuries.

The hikers went off the trail and were so far up the ridge that a decision was made to extract each individually Monday using a sling from the helicopter, Mokulehua said.

Homeless man held in threat to officer

A 49-year-old homeless man allegedly threatened a police officer in Waikiki early Saturday morning and was arrested.

Police said the suspect brandished a dangerous instrument and threatened to kill the offer at about 12:30 a.m.

Police arrested him 10 minutes later at Paki Community Park on Leahi Avenue on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening, several drug offenses and violating park rules, and on an outstanding contempt warrant.

The officer was citing the man for violating the city’s park closure law when the incident escalated, police said.

Motorcycle crash forces closure of H-1

Honolulu police closed the Ewa-bound H-1 freeway on the airport viaduct Sunday after a motorcycle crashed, seriously injuring a man and a woman.

The closure was reported just after 6 p.m., and the freeway reopened at about 7:40 p.m.