Police said two rifles, one possibly an assault rifle, were stolen from a truck parked along Farrington Highway in Waianae overnight Tuesday.
Police would not say where the truck was parked, but a bulletin broadcast on the police scanner early Wednesday morning said it was near Waianae High School.
The case has been classified as first-degree theft and unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle.
Suspect caught with surfers’ belongings
Two surfers confronted a homeless man who allegedly tried to steal their personal items while they were surfing at Makaha Beach on Tuesday afternoon.
The surfers, ages 17 and 18, confronted the 25-year-old suspect, whom witnesses caught on the beach, and recovered their belongings.
The suspect was arrested at 3:30 p.m. on suspicion of second- and third-degree theft.
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Bus driver accused of braking hard to hurt rider
Hawaii County police are investigating an accident on a Hele-On bus Tuesday night that sent a 60-year-old Pahoa man to the hospital.
A witness told the Honolulu Star-Advertiser that the injury occurred because the bus driver of Pahoa-bound county bus 705 intentionally slammed on the brakes to injure a man who the witness said was drunk.
A spokeswoman said police are investigating the incident that occurred on Highway 130 at 7:53 p.m. The Pahoa man was taken to Hilo Medical Center with minor head injuries and was released Wednesday morning.
About 10 people were on the bus, and they had to be transferred to another bus.
Rain runoff prompts brown water warnings
The state Department of Health has issued brown water advisories for Oahu and three areas of Maui.
The department issued the brown water advisory for Oahu on Monday due to heavy rain.
The advisories are issued to warn the public about flood and storm water that may contain overflows from cesspools and sewer manholes, pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals and flood debris.
The department said that if the water is brown, stay out of it.
On Maui, brown water advisories were issued Wednesday for Kahana, Honokahua and Honolua Bay.
