A Honolulu Police Department officer was charged Saturday with several drug offenses in connection with a police raid at a McCully home.
Alan Ahn, 54, a 10-year veteran of the police force, was charged with third-degree promoting a dangerous drug, second-degree promoting a harmful drug and two counts of third-degree promoting a harmful drug.
He was charged about 5 a.m. and was released about three hours later after posting $40,000 bail, police said.
Ahn was arrested at 7 a.m. Thursday after narcotics/vice officers executed a search warrant at a home on Waiola Street, police said.
Tiffany Masunaga, 28, who was arrested with Ahn on Thursday, was also charged with the same offenses as Ahn. She remained in custody late Saturday morning in lieu of $40,000 bail.
Crash kills Laupahoehoe man, 27
A head-on collision on Mamalahoa Highway near Old Onomea Road left one person dead and another injured early Saturday morning, the Hawaii County Fire Department said.
The crash between a GMC delivery truck and a Lexus sedan happened at 4:10 a.m. There was one occupant in each car and both were pinned inside their vehicles, the Fire Department said.
The driver of the sedan, identified as 27-year-old Daven Dolan of Laupahoehoe, was transported to the Hilo Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead at 6:40 a.m.
The driver of the truck, a 37-year-old man from Hilo, was transported to the Hilo Medical Center by Fire Rescue personnel and later flown to the Queen’s Medical Center for further treatment.
According to police, Dolan was traveling north on Route 19 when he crossed the center line and collided with the truck traveling south.
Police said that alcohol might be a contributing factor in the crash.
Traffic Enforcement Unit officers have initiated a negligent homicide case and have ordered an autopsy to determine the exact cause of death. Anyone with information regarding this collision is asked to call Officer Casey Cabral at 961-8889.
This was the 15th traffic fatality on the Big Island this year, compared to eight at the same time last year.
Illinois man charged in Hilo slaying
Hawaii island police charged a 35-year-old Illinois man Saturday with killing a woman whose body was found in front of a business off Kamehameha Avenue in Hilo early Friday morning.
Curtis Hodges was charged with second-degree murder. His bail was set at $500,000. He is being held at the Hilo Police Station Cellblock pending his initial court appearance. Hodges may face additional charges, which are pending forensic laboratory testing.
The victim in this case has been identified through fingerprints. However, detectives are still attempting to locate next of kin.
Kihei man rescued after falls plunge
Maui firefighters rescued a 43-year-old man Saturday after he fell about 70 feet off a waterfall a day earlier on Commando Trail.
A Maui Fire Department spokesman said firefighters picked up the Kihei man in a helicopter and took him to paramedics near the Hana Highway trailhead.
He was taken to Maui Memorial Medical Center in stable condition.
Firefighters received a call about the incident shortly after 7 p.m. Friday when a woman reported friends overdue from a hike on Commando Trail.
Firefighters later discovered the man went hiking alone and found him about 9 p.m. at the bottom of a 150-foot waterfall. The man told firefighters he had been climbing down the waterfall when he slipped and fell.
He hit a rock outcropping on the way down, likely causing him to bounce outward and land in a pond, missing some rocks below, firefighters said.
The man crawled back up onto the rocks, but he couldn’t walk on his own and didn’t have a cellphone.
Firefighters scrambled down a dangerous ravine to reach the man, then treated him for his injuries and gave him dry clothes and water.
But firefighters had to wait until daylight to rescue the man because it was too muddy to carry him out at night.
One firefighter stayed with the victim overnight.
