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Man indicted in online solicitation of girl
A 25-year-old Pearl City man has been accused of using Facebook to solicit an 11-year-old girl for sex, the state attorney general’s office said in a news release Friday.
Jonathan Silva was indicted by an Oahu grand jury on a charge of first-degree electronic enticement of a child.
He was arrested after he allegedly arranged to meet the girl at a Pearl City restaurant April 30, according to a news release from the attorney general’s office.
The indictment was the result of an investigation by the Department of the Attorney General Investigations Division’s Hawaii Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, assisted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Quick neighbors help save home from fire
The quick reaction of neighbors in calling firefighters helped save a Salt Lake home from major damage Friday, a Honolulu Fire Department spokesman said.
A toppled pedestal fan started the fire in the living room at Kukila Street at about 1:40 p.m., said HFD fire inspector David Jenkins.
Twenty-two firefighters responded and put out the flames by 2 p.m.
"This fire was ready to go and was already extending through the rest of the house," Jenkins said. "It was a good stop."
The fire caused some smoke damage in the living room.
A five-person family lives in the single-story home, but no one was home at the time, Jenkins said.
Damage was estimated at $13,000. No one was hurt.
Kitchen fire deals $128,000 in damage to Big Isle home
A kitchen fire caused $128,000 damage to a home in Mountain View on Thursday night, Hawaii County firefighters said.
The fire broke out at 7:13 p.m. and was brought under control at 7:45 p.m.
Firefighters said the home was fully engulfed in flames when they arrived at the home at 18-1263 Kona St. at 7:36 p.m.
A resident at home when the fire broke out said he was frying food when the oil caught on fire and spread to the structure. There were no injuries.
County to pay $400,000 to settle suit over dismissal
Maui County has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal lawsuit with a former deputy prosecutor who claims she was subjected to a hostile work environment and then fired for complaining about it.
Marie J. Kosegarten sued the county, former County Prosecutor Benjamin M. Acob and Deputy Prosecutor Timothy T. Tate in 2010. She claims that Acob and Tate began harassing her after she reported that Tate had asked her in 2007 to promote two women who were under her supervision and with whom Tate had separate romantic relationships.
Kosegarten says in her lawsuit that Acob fired her in 2009 under the pretext of insubordination for refusing to discipline another one of her subordinates.
The court dismissed Kosegarten’s claims against Acob and Tate in February 2013.
The county and Kosegarten informed the court last month that they had reached a settlement and stated on the record the settlement terms.
CORRECTION
A May 9 house fire in Salt Lake was at a Kukila Street address, not at 1307 Anapa St., as was reported May 10 in a 911 Report brief.
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