During her 15 years with the library system, King-Agan has created a variety of programs, including a color-coded video catalog system. Teen convicted in beating death ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — Jurors needed less than four hours to find a 19-year-old
Teen convicted in beating death
HONOLULU (AP) — Jurors needed less than four hours to find a 19-year-old man guilty in the beating death of a taxi driver.
Kilani Derego was convicted Friday in the killing of Charlys Tang in May of 2010.
Tang died in a hospital after he was found badly beaten in a supermarket parking lot.
It was his 41st birthday.
Derego denied beating Tang, or that he had been a passenger in his taxi on the night of the attack. He claimed that he was at a party with his girlfriend at the time.
But during the trial, Derego’s co-defendant, Michael Robles, told jurors that Derego beat the taxi driver after an argument.
Surfer, snorkeler drown separately
HONOLULU (AP) — The waters off of Hawaii have claimed the lives of a Honolulu surfer and a Japanese tourist, while a second Japanese tourist is hospitalized in critical condition after being found at the bottom of a hotel pool.
Howard Hutchings, 47, drowned while surfing with friends at Rocky Point Lefts on Honolulu’s North Shore Thursday.
After Hutchings was pulled from the water by other surfers, lifeguards tried to revive him by performing CPR, authorities said.
In a separate incident, authorities have released the name of a Japanese tourist who drowned during a snorkeling trip.
The Medical Examiner’s Office says Ichiro Kawashima, 67, was snorkeling off a tour boat near the Heeia Kea pier when he drowned Tuesday.
Keaau library tech honored
HONOLULU (AP) — Mountain View library technician Teri King-Agan is the latest recipient of the Friends of the Library of Hawaii’s Excellence in Service Award.
King-Agan, who works at the Keaau Public Library, received the award Thursday at the Friends annual meeting in Honolulu.
The award honors library employees who work “in the trenches” as assistants, technicians, custodians and in other support capacities.
During her 15 years with the library system, King-Agan has created a variety of programs, including a color-coded video catalog system.
