The Coast Guard and the Honolulu Fire Department on Monday rescued a kayaker off of Kaena Point who was equipped with a VHF radio and a personal locator beacon.
In a statement, Petty Officer 1st Class Ashely Labarr called the rescued kayaker “a model example of being prepared. Having the radio and PLB with him made communications and locating him significantly faster and easier.”
At 7:34 a.m. the Coast Guard received a distress call from the kayaker saying he was taking on water.
When watch-standers learned he was equipped with a personal locator beacon, they directed him to activate the device.
A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter spotted the kayaker at 8:36 a.m., about a half-mile from Kaena Point.
Honolulu firefighters assisted in the rescue and brought the kayaker safely to shore via personal watercraft.
Man, 32, charged in Ewa Beach assault
A 32-year-old man has been charged for allegedly assaulting a 40-year-old woman in Ewa Beach.
Georgie B. Ladore was charged Saturday with second-degree assault and first-degree terroristic threatening. He was in custody in lieu of $50,000 aggregate bail.
Police said the suspect, later identified as Ladore, assaulted and threatened the victim around 9 p.m. Friday after he was served with a temporary restraining order.
Police arrived and arrested Ladore shortly after at a Kaunolu Street residence.
Court records show he was convicted of felony abuse in October 2015 involving the same victim and was sentenced in Honolulu Family Court to 127 days with credit for time served and five years’ probation.
Man allegedly drives off with ambulance
A 24-year-old Hilo man has been charged in connection with an ambulance theft at Hilo Medical Center last week.
Maksim Stasyuk was charged Friday with first-degree theft and two counts of criminal property damage and was in custody in lieu of $36,000 bail.
Hospital staff reported the American Medical Response ambulance was taken from hospital grounds Thursday. Police said a witness reported seeing the ambulance on Leilani Street, leading into the solid-waste transfer station.
At 2:20 p.m. Friday police located the ambulance and arrested Stasyuk.
