Uber driver denies assaulting teen ADVERTISING Uber driver denies assaulting teen HONOLULU (AP) — A man who worked as an Uber driver pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl he picked up in Honolulu. Luke Wadahara, 24, entered
Uber driver denies assaulting teen
HONOLULU (AP) — A man who worked as an Uber driver pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl he picked up in Honolulu.
Luke Wadahara, 24, entered not guilty pleas Thursday to two counts of first-degree sex assault and one count of first-degree attempted sex assault. He appeared in court via video from the Oahu Community Correctional Center, where he is being detained on $150,000 bail.
A police affidavit says Wadahara picked up the girl and her friends April 17 from the Ala Moana Center. After the girl’s friends were dropped off, police say Wadahara took the teen to Makiki and sexually assaulted her multiple times.
The victim and her mother tracked down the suspect’s Uber driver profile and Facebook page and handed the information over to police.
Police located the suspect by tracing the owner of the car he was driving. Wadahara was arrested at his apartment. Uber deactivated Wadahara.
Marine killed in Hawaii honored by hometown
HINGHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Marine from Massachusetts who died in a helicopter crash in Hawaii was remembered during a memorial service for his loyalty, sense of humor and love of the sea.
Mourners, including family, friends and dozens of state police troopers, packed the service for Cpl. Christopher Orlando on Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church in Hingham. Orlando’s mother is a retired state trooper.
The service came months after the 23-year-old Orlando and 11 other Marines died Jan. 14 in a midair collision of two helicopters during a nighttime training mission off Oahu’s coast. The bodies were never recovered.
The Rev. Thomas Nestor said Orlando loved the sea growing up, which was one of the reasons he became a Marine, and the fact his final resting place is the ocean offers some consolation.
Fort Leavenworth commander gets Hawaii post
FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The commanding general of Fort Leavenworth in Kansas was picked to lead the U.S. Army Pacific in Hawaii.
The fort announced Friday that Lt. Gen. Robert B. Brown relinquished command Thursday after receiving Senate confirmation for a four-star promotion.
As the commanding general of the U.S. Army Pacific, he will lead about 80,000 soldiers in an area stretching from the northwest coast of Alaska to Japan.
Brown served as the commander of Fort Leavenworth and a training facility called the Combined Arms Center since February 2014.
He has been involved in developing a program to train people who assist sexual assault victims. Fort Leavenworth said in a news release that Brown also has overseen an effort to offer soldiers college credit and certification for their Army service.
