Man sentenced for driving into group of teens
HONOLULU — An Oahu man convicted of intentionally driving into a group of people leaving a party at an Oahu beach was sentenced to 18 months.
Malik Morton was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty in July to charges of assault, attempted assault and terroristic threatening. Prosecutors dropped a first-degree attempted murder charge in exchange for his guilty plea.
Morton accelerated his car into a crowd in May 2016, leaving two people injured at Ewa Beach, prosecutors said.
A 17-year-old boy was hospitalized after receiving abrasions and contusions, according to court documents.
The encounter critically injured Alisha Brown, causing skull and face fractures and collapsed lungs. She was placed in a medically-induced coma for more than a month.
Brown was walking with a group of people and was thrown into the air by Morton’s silver Hyundai.
Morton is expected to be released in two months after receiving credit for time served. He also was ordered to pay $113,000 in restitution to the victims.
Remains of Marine killed during WWII return home
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — A Chicago-area Marine killed during World War II has returned home after 75 years being buried in Hawaii as an unknown serviceman.
Patriot and honor guard members escorted the remains of Marine Corps Tech Sgt. Harry Carlsen of Brookfield, Ill., to Arlington Heights on Wednesday for memorial services. Carlsen’s great-nephew, Ed Spellman, joined other relatives and veterans at O’Hare International Airport to meet the casket.
Carlsen was 31 when he was killed while storming a Japanese stronghold in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands.
He’ll be buried Saturday at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery near Joliet, Ill.
