Thief takes urn containing ashes of Honolulu police officer
HONOLULU — Police say a thief broke into a Honolulu home and made off with a brass urn containing the ashes of a retired police lieutenant.
Honolulu police are asking for help in recovering the urn engraved with Mark Kajiwara’s name.
Kajiwara died in 2012 at the age of 61. He served the police department for more than 30 years.
His sister Cynthia Kajiwara says the family is “just bewildered” as to why someone would steal the urn, noting that the ashes can’t be replaced.
Police Sgt. Chris Kim says the thief might be considering taking the urn to a metal recycling company.
Kim says these facilities have protocols requiring them to obtain information from the people selling items.
Maui man sentenced in drunken break-in of police station
WAILUKU, Maui — A Maui man convicted of breaking into a police station and setting off an alarm was sentenced to four years of probation.
Paul Kossman, 53, was sentenced earlier this month after pleading no contest to second-degree burglary and rendering a false alarm.
Prosecutor Jeffery Temas says Kossman was inebriated when he crawled through a bathroom window of the Hana station and pulled an alarm in January 2018.
He says an off-duty police officer heard the alarm and discovered Kossman.
Kossman told the court that he did not intend to steal anything, but it was “something that happened that shouldn’t have.”
Kossman was also ordered to perform 200 hours of community service and write an apology letter to police in Hana.