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GRAPHIC: Man charged with murder after Hawaii woman found dead in Washington State
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – A suspect has been charged with murder after a woman from Hawaii was found dead in Washington State.
Court documents say that Andy Chu, 25, is also being charged with assault for groping a nurse while hospitalized after the alleged murder.
Seattle police said they found the body of 26-year-old Zoey He in her boyfriend’s home in Olympic Hills on Saturday.
GRAPHIC WARNING: The article includes content that some may find disturbing.
According to court documents, Andy Chu, 25, by his own account, stated he had a memory of choking her, twisting her neck, and holding her down under the water in a bathtub.
The documents say that he further stated to police that he placed a white ball in the victim’s mouth to “fix her jaw.”
Court documents say the autopsy of the victim noted blunt force trauma to her face, head, neck, chest, arms, and legs. In addition, the autopsy revealed a large, heavy white ball that was lodged in her throat at the base of her tongue.
Officials say that Chu eventually left the crime scene and did not return.
Court documents say that after committing the murder, the Chu was later admitted to the hospital by friends.
While being provided medical care, Chu assaulted a nurse by groping her breasts and grabbing the back of her neck in an attempt to pull her down.
He is being held on $5 million bail.
His arraignment is scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on Aug. 28.
This story will be updated.
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Police have arrested and charged 29-year-old Emmy Cedeno Perez of Kailua-Kona for a parking violation scam involving a “barnacle” device placed on the windshields of vehicles in West Hawaii.
Police launched the investigation after receiving two reports of a parking-enforcement device known as a barnacle being placed on the windshield of parked vehicles at the top of Napoopoo Road near the popular Kaawaloa Trailhead in Captain Cook, on public property in an area without “no parking” signs.
A barnacle is a device similar to a briefcase that suctions to a vehicle’s windshield and can’t be removed until payment is made via instructions on the device.
The device is then released by the driver via a code sent to the driver’s mobile phone. After payment, the driver is instructed to drop off the barnacle at a drop box for a partial refund of their payment.
Through investigation, officers identified Perez as the party responsible for the barnacle.
He was arrested Tuesday and was subsequently charged with fraud, third-degree theft, second-degree criminal tampering, contempt of court, failure to appear and driving without a license.
Perez posted $11,600 bail and was released from police custody. He was ordered to appear in court on June 26.
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation is demanding answers from the secretary of the Navy about why the military wants to increase its bombing of a tiny island off Niʻihau.
The bombs are 500-pound dummies and the military’s past exercises there have been shrouded in mystery.
Sens. Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono, and Reps. Ed Case and Jill Tokuda want the Navy to complete a full environmental impact statement that could shed light on a lot of unanswered questions.
The crescent-shaped island called Kaʻula, 23 miles southwest of Niʻihau, is so remote it’s mostly known by fishermen and cultural practitioners.
The Navy wants to increase inert bombings there with 500-pound ordnance that doesn’t explode from 12 per year to 31 on the island’s southern end.
“We just want answers. If they’re going to bomb a Hawaiian island, even if it’s several miles off the coast of Niʻihau, anything in the Hawaiian Island chain is the business of the people of Hawaiʻi,” said Schatz.
Schatz told Hawaii News Now he doesn’t know when the inert bombing happened in the past.
“Those are some of the answers that we’re trying to pursue,” he said.
“I think one of the lessons from the Red Hill experience is to not just accept that if they say national security, we stop asking questions. We have a lot of questions and we are not satisfied that this is necessary for national security,” he added.
Practitioners and conservations say they welcome the Hawaiʻi congressional delegation’s demand for an environmental impact statement.
Mike Nakachi of Moana ʻOhana and his son have traveled by boat off shore of Kaʻula island. They haven’t seen any damage, but say there are stories of bombings within the past 30 years.
“I have heard stories from other fishermen in the past that were on the island or fishing close to the island and engaged in just diving operations, holoholo operations, when all of a sudden, I guess a bomb hit the island,” said Nakachi.
The island is a year-round nursery for nesting seabirds.
“They’re babies. They can’t fly away and remember, this is an island the size of Ala Moana Beach Park, so dropping 500-pound inert bombs is going to be felt no matter where you are on this island,” said Hob Osterlund, Kauai Albatross Network.
In its draft environmental assessment, the Navy said the training was vital to military readiness, no cultural resources were identified, and impacts to wildlife would be less than significant
Osterlund of the Kauaʻi Albatross Network says one unanswered question is if the state handed over the land to the Navy or any other entity.
Hawaiʻi’s attorney general told HNN it and the Department of Land and Natural Resources is looking into the matter.
HNN contacted the secretary of the Navy for comment.
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