Odor sickens TSA workers at Lihue Airport
Authorities were investigating the cause of a noxious odor that affected several people Thursday night at Lihue Airport.
Details were still sketchy, but preliminary reports said the odor overcame about 10 federal Transportation Security Administration workers at the central security checkpoint just before 7 p.m., said state Department of Transportation spokesman Dan Meisenzahl.
Airport firefighters and a Kauai County hazardous materials crew were sent to investigate. The roads going into the airport and the security checkpoint were closed for about 40 minutes while officials investigated.
No flights were canceled or delayed, as two other checkpoints were opened.
Meisenzahl said firefighters were investigating the source of the odor. It wasn’t immediately clear whether the workers had to be hospitalized.
Threats against teacher lead to boy’s arrest
Police arrested an 11-year-old boy who threatened his teacher at an undisclosed Ewa Beach public school Thursday morning.
The incident occurred around 8:30 a.m. and involved a female teacher, 37. The boy was arrested several hours later.
No other details were available.
Female suspect sought in attack on woman
Police are looking for a woman, 36, who allegedly assaulted her brother’s girlfriend Wednesday night.
The victim, 22, allegedly was assaulted with a blunt instrument during an argument in McCully. The suspect fled before officers arrived, police said.
Man suspected of burglary in Moiliili
A 26-year-old man was arrested after he allegedly entered the back door of a Moiliili business in an attempt to steal supplies, police said.
An employee caught the man entering the unlocked door at about 4:50 p.m. Wednesday.
The suspect, of no local address, was being held on suspicion of first-degree burglary.
Teenage girls accuse father of assault
A Kapolei man, 37, turned himself in to the Kapolei police substation late Wednesday after two of his daughters, both 15, accused him of physically assaulting them, police said.
The incident was reported at the girls’ school Tuesday, and the teenagers were then taken into protective custody.
