This New York Times article explores the aftermath of the fall of Senator Ted Stevens of Alaska, who was recently convicted of corruption charges. Sen. Inouye is mentioned in the article. Recently, Sen. Inouye’s name has come up in connection with the Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham scandal in several news articles and blogs. Defense… Read more »
Army medic in fatal accident identified
Honoluluadvertiser.com December 21, 2008 Motorcyclist from fatal collision identified Advertiser Staff The City Medical Examiner’s Office has identified the motorcyclist who died in a crash early Wednesday morning as Bryan Devlin, 24, of Honolulu. Devlin died of multiple blunt force injuries. Polce reports said Devlin was speeding on Kamehameha Highway at about 12:45 a.m. when… Read more »
Soldier arrested in infant attempted-murder case is released
HonoluluAdvertiser.com December 19, 2008 Soldier arrested in infant attempted-murder case is released A 20-year-old Army man arrested in the attempted-murder case of a 5-month-old Wahiawa girl has been released pending further investigation. The man was arrested at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The girl, who suffered critical injuries Dec. 8, remains at Tripler Army Medical Center. Police… Read more »
Auditor slams state on Superferry
The state auditor just issued its report on the state’s handling of the Hawaii Superferry debacle. It basically confirms the arguments made by opponents of the Superferry that the special legislation “Act 2” that exempted the Superferry from state environmental laws so it could sail before completing a court ordered environmental impact statement constituted legislation… Read more »
Will Obama reign in militarization? Don’t count on it
President-elect Obama has pledged to cut military spending, to favor diplomacy over warfare, and yet he has pledged to “maintain the most powerful military on the planet” and to increase the armed forces by some 90,000 soldiers. Which is it? Here’s a good piece for thought from Foreign Policy in Focus. http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/5757 Guns, Butter, and… Read more »
Soldier suspected of attempted murder of 5 month old girl
From: Honoluluadvertiser.com Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Military man, 20, held in attempted-murder probe Advertiser Staff A 20-year-old Army man identified yesterday as a suspect in a Honolulu police attempted-murder investigation is being held by the Schofield Barracks provost marshal following his arrest. The investigation involves critical injuries suffered by a 5-month-old girl on… Read more »
Federal guard, Army medic die in accident
Federal guard, medic die in Nimitz double fatality By Leila Fujimori POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008 When Gregg Gurtiza of Salt Lake failed to arrive home late Tuesday night, his parents were not concerned. Merlin and Karen Gurtiza of Salt Lake thought their youngest of four children had worked a double shift as… Read more »
Military backed convicted domestic violence felon
Source:http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081218/SPECIALS/812180371/-1/SPECIALS&template=domesticviolence_story Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Army backed domestic-violence felon By Rob Perez Advertiser Staff Writer In the Hawai’i Army National Guard, a felony conviction usually is enough to get a citizen soldier kicked out of the military. But when Guard member Ernie Gomez was convicted of a felony in 2005 for terrorizing his… Read more »
Military Domestic Violence a ‘big-time problem’
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20081218/SPECIALS/812180372/-1/SPECIALS&template=domesticviolence_story Posted on: Thursday, December 18, 2008 Domestic violence in military might be bigger problem than Hawaii statistics suggest Many see violence against military wives as a ‘big-time problem,’ but official statistics tell different story By Rob Perez Advertiser Staff Writer Sitting at a Windward O’ahu spouse abuse shelter, thousands of miles from her alleged… Read more »
DNA links soldier to unsolved sex assault
Schofield soldier Mark Heath was arrested in 2007 for allegedly breaking into a UH dorm and stealing an iPod and panties from a female student. Investigators suspected him of committing an earlier rape. See the Star Bulletin story from 2007: http://starbulletin.com/2007/11/28/news/story05.html Now the DNA confirms he was the rapist. Here’s the story from the… Read more »
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