Police arrested a 41-year-old Honolulu Police Department officer last week for investigation of six counts of sexual assault but had not charged him as of Thurs- day.
The officer was arrested at 6:10 p.m. May 8 on suspicion of four counts of first-degree sexual assault and two counts of third-degree sexual assault. Police released him from custody just over an hour after his arrest.
HPD has restricted the police powers of the officer, who has eight years of service, said department spokeswoman Michelle Yu.
The officer, a Mililani resident, is assigned to District 7, which covers East Honolulu, she said.
Police are continuing their investigation into the allegations, Yu said.
Driver killed as truck flips over in Makiki
A 44-year-old Pearl City man died Thursday after his pickup truck overturned in Makiki, police said.
Police said the driver was speeding as he headed north on Mott-Smith Drive, lost control of the 2005 Toyota pickup truck and plowed into a yard on a steep embankment.
When the driver tried to re-enter the roadway, he hit a curb, flipping the truck onto its roof at 3:48 p.m. on Mott-Smith Drive, 300 feet north of the Kalawahine Place intersection.
Firefighters responded and extricated the man, who was pinned inside the truck.
The driver suffered head and internal injuries and died at the scene, police said.
Police said speed was a factor, and alcohol and drugs are possible factors.
Police closed Mott-Smith between Kalawahine Place and Makiki Heights Drive for about 3 1/2 hours while they investigated the accident. The road was reopened at about 7:20 p.m.
This was the 21st Oahu traffic fatality this year compared with 23 at the same time last year.
Suspected hit-and-run puts man in hospital
Police are investigating an apparent hit-and-run accident after a 25-year-old pedestrian was hit while in a crosswalk early Thursday morning near the Hawai‘i Convention Center.
Traffic investigators said the Honolulu man was in a crosswalk on Kalakaua Avenue near Kapiolani Boulevard at 12:15 a.m. when he was hit by a car heading north on Kalakaua Avenue.
The pedestrian was taken in serious condition to a hospital, Emergency Medical Services reported.
The car fled the scene but was later located at a nearby business, police said.
No arrests have been made.
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Pair unharmed by house fire on Garden Isle
A Lihue couple escaped from a fire Thursday that caused $90,000 in damage to their home and left them displaced.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at the two-story home on Ohiohi Street at about 1:30 p.m. Wednesday. The couple — a 48-year-old man and 51-year-old woman — got out of the home without injury, according a news release from the Kauai Fire Department.
The fire was under control at 2 p.m. and out by 2:50 p.m. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The American Red Cross will help the couple.
