Marine killed after Hawaii boat accident identified ADVERTISING Marine killed after Hawaii boat accident identified KANEOHE BAY, Oahu (AP) — A Marine who died after a 17-foot recreational boat he and two other men were on capsized off Oahu during
Marine killed after Hawaii boat accident identified
KANEOHE BAY, Oahu (AP) — A Marine who died after a 17-foot recreational boat he and two other men were on capsized off Oahu during the weekend was identified as Sg. Jaylon Walker.
The Marine Corps said Monday the 24-year-old from Garland, Texas, served as an aviation electronics communications system technician. He was assigned to a Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 24 at Kaneohe Bay.
Squadron commander Lt. Col. Robert Flannery says Walker was a fine Marine and will be truly missed by everyone in the squadron.
Maui woman gets community service for embezzlement
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — A Maui woman who stole more than $24,000 from a nonprofit organization that helps students become interested in science, engineering and math will avoid jail time.
Second Circuit Judge Joseph Cardoza ordered 50-year-old Theresa Nunan of Kihei, Maui, on Thursday to perform 100 hours of community service. Cardoza followed a plea agreement in sentencing Nunan that also allows her to keep a first-degree theft conviction off her record if she adheres to court requirements for five years.
Court records say Nunan volunteered as a treasurer for the Hawaii Society of Professional Engineers when she stole $24,440 from the organization. The theft occurred from October 2012 to March 2014.
Nunan apologized in court Thursday and said she continues “to care for the students any way I can.”
ACLU opposes Maui mayor’s proposed ban on sidewalk sitting
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposes two measures targeting homelessness on Maui that the county mayor says would protect public health and safety.
The organization singled out bills that ban sitting or lying on sidewalks and going to the bathroom in public areas. Three other measures presented to the Maui County Council last year prohibit drinking in public areas, stealing shopping carts and aggressive panhandling.
“The poorest Maui County residents will face criminal penalties for the basic life functions of sleeping and going to the bathroom,” the group’s legal director, Daniel Gluck, said.
The package of bills is “intended to help protect and preserve the public health, safety and welfare,” Mayor Alan Arakawa said in a letter to council chairman Mike White in November.
The county’s Corporation Counsel’s office sought guidance from the ACLU on the panhandling measure because the group sued Hawaii County for its anti-solicitation ordinance, Gluck said. The settlement resulted in that county repealing provisions that criminalized solicitation and begging.
