Search for missing hiker is suspended
The Honolulu Fire Department has suspended its search for missing hiker Noemi Alcotas pending further information.
Alcotas has been missing since Friday when, investigators say, she and boyfriend Jojo Acosta were apparently swept into the ocean off a remote area of Hanauma Bay by a large wave.
Hikers found bags belonging to Alcotas and Acosta on a cliff above the Bridge Rock shoreline formation and alerted HFD and the city Ocean Safety Division. Acosta’s body was discovered in the water later that day.
There has been no further sign of Alcotas despite more than three full days of intensive land, sea and air searches.
Possible speeding cited in Jeep crash
Maui police say the 26-year-old driver of a Jeep Wrangler may have been speeding Sunday when he lost control of his vehicle and hit a tree in Haiku.
The accident occurred at 4:20 p.m. on West Kuiaha Road, about seven-tenths of a mile north of Kaupakalua Road.
Maui police said the driver failed to make a right turn and lost control of his black 1991 Jeep Wrangler.
He was not wearing a seat belt, police said.
Paramedics took the driver to Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition.
Duo hurt as tree falls on metal-roofed tent
Two people suffered head injuries Monday morning after a large tree fell on a homemade tent structure with a metal roof at Malaekahana Park in Windward Oahu.
Emergency Medical Services personnel said the incident occurred at about 10:15 a.m. and that the victims are women ages 52 and 56. Both were taken in serious condition to a hospital.
Hawi pair charged with theft and burglary
Hawaii County police charged a Hawi couple Saturday with theft and burglary in connection with a home burglary in Kapaau.
The couple is accused of stealing several items, including electronics, purses and wallets during an Oct. 5 burglary of a home on Lehuula Circle.
Police arrested Roberta Ramos, 23, Friday afternoon on a $20,000 bench warrant for violating parole in an unrelated theft and burglary case.
Police uncovered information implicating Ramos and boyfriend Kelvin Kaneshiro. Police arrested Kaneshiro on Friday evening.
Detectives charged Ramos and Kaneshiro with first-degree burglary and second-degree theft.
Ramos was also charged with contempt of court.
Her bail was set at $27,000, and Kaneshiro’s bail was set at $7,000.
