A 63-year-old surfer was in critical condition Saturday after lifeguards pulled him from the water in high surf off Oahu’s North Shore, a city lifeguard spokeswoman said.
Lifeguards responded to a surfer in distress at about 11:30 a.m. at Sunset Beach, paddled out to the man on a rescue board, pulled him up, and paddled him back to shore where the man began vomiting water, said Honolulu Emergency Services Department spokeswoman Shayne Enright.
Lifeguards performed medical treatment until paramedics arrived. Paramedics stabilized the man and took him to a hospital.
Surf at the time was 12- to 16-foot faces, Enright said.
Couple robbed early Saturday in Moiliili
Police say a man robbed two people while they were walking Saturday morning in Moiliili.
The victims, a 29-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man, were walking home at about 2:15 a.m. when the suspect stopped his vehicle and got out with a weapon, police said.
He demanded the victims’ property, then got back into his vehicle with their property and drove away.
Police opened a first-degree robbery investigation.
2 try to steal puppy from Humane Society
Hawaii island police say two people tried to steal a puppy from the Hawaii Island Humane Society in Kona.
At about 1:30 a.m. Friday, a man and a woman broke open a gate securing the organization’s kennel area and removed a 1-year-old American Stratfordshire Terrier named Cholo, police said. Employees discovered the broken gate in the morning and found Cholo wandering the parking lot.
The two suspects, both appearing in their mid-20s, were captured on security video. Police described the man as about 6 feet tall and weighing 165 pounds. He wore a light-colored shirt, shorts, and a backward baseball cap.
The woman was described as about 5-foot-7, 145 pounds, with short-cropped hair. She wore a neon yellow sports bra, white tank top, black shorts and a neon pink baseball cap.
