The Honolulu Advertiser reported: Funeral services for Mariano “Mel” Melvin Salangdron, a Safety Systems Hawai’i employee who was killed in a fiery crash on the H-1 Freeway on Feb. 13, will be held Saturday at Mililani Mortuary Mauka Chapel. Salangdron, 49, was riding in a flatbed truck owned by Safety Systems that was doing its… Read more »
Posts Categorized: O’ahu
Conviction stands for soldier who brutally murdered of a prostitute in Waikiki
While searching online for incidents of military crimes in Hawai’i, I came across the following information on a website for the Honolulu City Prosecutor. While the page was basically a resume for Peter Carlisle, it was one of the few entries that turned up on this particular case. William Conklin, a soldier, was convicted for… Read more »
Oahu may get giant radar
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 Oahu may get giant radar The military assesses the potential impact of a missile defense dome off Kalaeloa Associated Press Mooring a 25-story-tall radar dome and platform a few miles off Kalaeloa in West Oahu would impose only a minor visual impact “comparable to ships passing along the horizon,” according to… Read more »
Sailor’s deal angers relative of slain women
Thursday, May 8, 2003 Sailor’s deal angers relative of slain women The brother/son of the victims is upset that their killer avoids the death penalty By Gregg K. Kakesako gkakesako@starbulletin.com A Singapore man whose sister and mother were killed last summer by a Pearl Harbor sailor is outraged by a plea agreement that limits the… Read more »
Sailor admits to killing wife, having sex with his wife’s dead body
Sailor admits to killing wife, mother-in-law By B.J. Reyes ASSOCIATED PRESS 8:03 p.m., May 5, 2003 PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii – A sailor on Monday tearfully admitted to fatally beating his wife with an iron skillet and stabbing his mother-in-law to death at the couple’s home last year. Petty Officer 2nd Class David A. DeArmond, 32,… Read more »
Soldier turns himself in in Waikiki stabbing
Soldier turns himself in in Waikiki stabbing A second suspect in a stabbing Saturday turned himself in to police Monday. He was arrested, then released without charges pending investigation. The suspect, a 36-year-old Schofield Barracks soldier, turned himself in at the Wahiawa Police Station. Police said the victim, a 29-year-old man, was stabbed in the… Read more »
ABYSS members convicted of sex assault, sentenced to 10 years
According to sources at the Honolulu Police Department, ABYSS is a hip hop group / gang affiliated with the military. >><< Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Musicians get 10-year terms for sex assault Two members of rap music group Abyss that authorities say is involved in prostitution and drug trafficking were convicted yesterday of sexually assaulting… Read more »
Sailor faces execution
Thursday, January 9, 2003 Pearl sailor faces execution The Navy petty officer is accused of killing his Singapore-born wife and mother-in-law By Gregg K. Kakesako gkakesako@starbulletin.com Navy prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Pearl Harbor sailor who they say killed his Singapore-born wife and her mother. Rear Adm. Robert Conway, commander of Navy… Read more »
Child prostitution in Wahiawa – driven by military demand?
Wednesday, June 20, 2001 3 teens caught in prostitution sting The youngest arrested is a 13-year-old girl from Wahiawa By Nelson Daranciang ndaranciang@starbulletin.com Donovan Dela Cruz was shocked to learn that three teenagers were arrested this weekend for prostitution in Wahiawa. “What is this world coming to? That’s disgusting,” said Dela Cruz, chairman of the… Read more »
Infamy Indeed
This author’s critical review of John Gregory Dunne’s 2001 New Yorker article “The American Raj: Pearl Harbor as Metaphor” is typical of apologists for American Empire. Somehow the fact that the U.S. illegally invaded and occupied the independent Hawaiian Kingdom is excusable because the U.S. occupiers were not as brutal as the Japanese. Infamy… Read more »
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