Sister charged with murder after fatal crash on Maui ADVERTISING Sister charged with murder after fatal crash on Maui HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui woman who was driving a vehicle when it plunged off a Maui cliff is charged with
Sister charged with murder after fatal crash on Maui
HONOLULU (AP) — A Maui woman who was driving a vehicle when it plunged off a Maui cliff is charged with murder in the death of her twin, who was in the passenger’s seat.
Prosecutors say Alexandria Duval, also known as Alison Dadow, intentionally caused the death of her sister, Anastasia Duval, also known as Ann Dadow.
The 37-year-old sisters were traveling on Hana Highway when their Ford Explorer crashed into a rock wall last week. Police say the Explorer fell about 200 feet.
Anastasia Duval was pronounced dead at the scene. Her sister was taken to a hospital in critical condition.
Alexandria Duval was arrested Friday.
Application process simplified for dispatchers
HONOLULU (AP) — The Honolulu Police Department wants to make it easier for people to become dispatchers.
The department said it streamlined its application process in hopes more people will apply and be hired as civilian police dispatchers to answer emergency and nonemergency 911 calls. The new process began May 15.
The application process takes about six months, according to supervising police dispatcher Melodey Lewellen, and used to involve so much waiting that an applicant pool of several hundred dwindled to just four new hires last year. She thinks it can be shortened to five months.
About 20 of the division’s 160 positions are vacant, and it is expecting a significant increase in open positions because about a dozen employees will soon be eligible for retirement.
Applicants will still be required to take a skills test and undergo a criminal background check, but the police force worked with the city’s Department of Human Resources to eliminate the civil service exam from the initial requirements.
The police department used to open an application window for a few days about twice a year, but dispatcher applications now will be accepted continuously. A skills test will be scheduled when enough applications are received.
Study to deter erosion finds offshore sand
WAILUKU, Maui (AP) — Offshore sand could help deter beach erosion in west Maui.
The county planning department has been working with a consultant since February on a study that resulted in the discovery of 300,000 cubic yards of sand off Kahana Bay in April.
It’s a long process to get the sand to shore, said Tara Owns, coastal processes and hazards specialist for the University of Hawaii Sea Grant. Research, planning and permitting could take five years with costs estimated between $15 million and $20 million.
Officials are working on an environmental impact statement for the plan.
Owners of condominiums and resorts in the area have spent thousands throughout the years to protect their properties. The county budgeted $160,000 to study ways to stymie erosion along the coastline.
