Kalihi man found dead in street
Police are asking for the public’s help in a murder investigation after a man’s body was found with stab wounds in Kalihi.
The Honolulu Medical Examiner’s office identified the man as Acme John, 42, of Honolulu. He died of stab wounds to the heart, and the manner of death was homicide, the Medical Examiner’s office said.
Police said a pedestrian found John’s body in the middle of Kahai Street near Kalihi Street at about 2:11 a.m. Wednesday.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to call CrimeStoppers at 955-8300 or *CRIME from a cellphone.
Search for boater suspended
The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a boater who disappeared while sailing from Kauai to Oahu.
Ira Foreman, 66, of Seattle left Port Allen on Dec. 17 aboard the 36-foot sailboat Arcturus and was supposed to reach Keehi Lagoon on Oahu the following day. His wife reported him overdue late Saturday afternoon, about a week later.
His wife said Foreman was sailing from American Samoa to Oahu but went off course and reached Kauai instead. He remained aboard the vessel at anchor for a day before departing for Oahu.
The Arcturus is described as having a white hull, white sails, no name on the transom and four portholes on both sides of the cabin. Foreman reportedly had a cellphone, personal locator beacon and VHF radio on board.
The Coast Guard searched continuously since Sunday and covered about 209,000 square miles of ocean.
The search was called off Wednesday at 7:50 p.m., pending new information about Foreman’s whereabouts, said Coast Guard spokeswoman Angela Henderson.
Anyone with information on Foreman’s whereabouts is urged to call the Coast Guard at 842-2600.
Kaput engine spurs rescue
Firefighters rescued a man Wednesday after the motor on his personal watercraft malfunctioned off of Kaena Point.
The man was drifting and called for help at about 5:30 p.m., said Honolulu fire Capt. Terry Seelig.
Firefighters used a boat to reach the man, who was about a quarter-mile from shore, and towed him to the Waianae Small Boat Harbor by 6:30 p.m.
Homeless man held in threat
Police arrested a 58-year-old homeless man in Chinatown after he allegedly threatened two men with a knife.
The victims, ages 50 and 34, were waiting to receive free meals at a shelter when they were approached by a man at 7:34 p.m. Wednesday. Police said an argument broke out between the suspect and the two men.
The 58-year-old man threatened the men with a knife before walking away, police said. Officers located the suspect near Fort Street Mall and arrested him on suspicion of first-degree terroristic threatening.
