For those needing a primary provider,
Dr Knewtson
will also be providing
health and wellness services. Services
include: check ups, medication refills,
routine labs, referrals and more.
Dr.Trent Knewtson
you asked
and we listened
URGENT CARE OF KONA WELCOMES
77-311 Sunset Drive,
Kailua-Kona HI
808.327.4357
Open Monday-Friday
8am to 4:30 pm
ShowroomHours: Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 8am-5pm
TRADE-INS WELCOMED, PAID FOR OR NOT!
Mazda • Hyundai • Subaru • Pre-Owned
bigislandmotors.com
HILO
961-4411 • 1 Keaa Street |
KONA
329-5274 • 75-5793 Kuakini Highway
$3,995
$4,995
$5,995
$6,995
$7,995
$8,995
$8,995
$8,995
$9,995
$8,995
$9,995
$10,900
$11,995
$12,995
$10,995
$11,995
*ON APPROVED CREDIT, PAYMENTS BASED ON 5.49% APR FOR 72 MONTHS WITH $2,000 DOWN PAYMENT
OR TRADE EQUIVALENT. VEHICLES ARE SUBJECT TO PRIOR SALE AND MAY NOT BE EXACTLY AS PICTURED.
ALL PRICES AND PAYMENTS ARE PLUS 4.166% TAX, LIC., & $195 DOC. FEE. DEALER AND IT’S AGENTS NOT
RESPONSIBLE FORTYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS.SEE DEALER FOR DETAILS.SALE ENDS 9/30/15.
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
WAS:
$11,995
$12,995
$12,995
$13,995
$13,900
$13,995
$13,995
$14,995
$16,995
$17,995
$17,995
$17,995
$17,995
$21,995
$23,995
$24,995
ZBZ536
$
9
,
950
*
2004 DODGE
DAKOTA
4x4 SLT
2011 KIA
2008 MAZDA
2006 JEEP
2012 HYUNDAI
2012 NISSAN
2005 TOYOTA
2013 FORD
2006 LEXUS
2012 HONDA
2006 CHEVY
2013 HONDA
2005 JEEP
2012 HYUNDAI
2004 HUMMER
2007 CHEVY
2014 HYUNDAI
SOUL
MAZDA5
COMMANDER
ELANTRA
VERSA
SEQUOIA
FOCUS
RX330
CIVIC
SILVERADO
CIVIC
WRANGLER
VELOSTER
H2
TAHOE
SANTA FE
AUTO, PW, PL
AUTO, 3RD ROW
4X4, PW, PL, ROOF
4CYL, PW, PL, NICE!
AUTO PW PL
4WD, 3RD ROW, PW, PL
AUTO, A/C, C/D, EXTRA CLEAN!
LEATHER, PW, PL, LUXURY SUV
LOW MILES, PW, PL
4X4, AUTO, PW, PL, WOW!
AUTO, PW, PL
4X4
TECH, STYLE PKG, PANO ROOF
4X4, AUTO, LEATHER, WOW
DVD, NAV, LEATHER, 3RD ROW
CERTIFIED PRE OWNED
$10,900
$11,700
$11,900
$12,950
$12,950
$12,950
$13,450
$13,950
$14,950
$16,950
$16,950
$16,950
$16,950
$21,500
$21,950
$23,950
1999 DODGE
1997 TOYOTA
2000 FORD
2005 MAZDA
2003 FORD
2007 HYUNDAI
2004 JEEP
2003 ACURA
2004 VOLVO
2005 VOLKSWAGEN
2003 MITSUBISHI
2010 CHEVY
2003 INFINITI
2003 NISSAN
2008 SUBARU
2009 TOYOTA
GRAND CARAVAN
RAV4
TAURUS
MAZDA3
F150
ACCENT
LIBERTY
TL
XC90
TOUAREG
ECLIPSE
MALIBU
FX45
FRONTIER
OUTBACK
MATRIX
AUTO, PW, PL
AUTO, AC
AUTO, AC, PW, PL
AUTO, PW, PL
SUPERCAB, AUTO, V8
AUTO, AC, PW, PL
4X4, 5SPD, NICE!
AUTO, LEATHER, V6
LEATHER, 3RD ROW SUV
4WD, LEATHER, LOADED
LOW MILES, PW, PL
AUTO,AC,
AUTO, AWD, LEATHER, WOW!
AUTO, 4X4, CREWCAB!
AWD, LEATHER, PW, PL
PW, PL, NICE!
$1,950
$2,950
$4,950
$5,950
$6,950
$6,950
$6,950
$6,950
$7,950
$7,950
$8,950
$9,850
$9,950
$9,950
$9,950
$9,950
HYW640
HKN118
HZT919
HFB469
NJX732
ZEB266
PCS214
P05852
NNP704
HJE444
HJP733
RPW475
NRC066
ZAS444
HHT929
HKV486
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
HMH231
SPG217
KYD732
ZAD186
ZCU097
NWB632
ZBB073
NZE918
RWP561
670TTT
RXU397
RCV763
ZBH956
SDN614
SGG009
ZCD317
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
bigislandmotors.com
7A
WEST HAWAII TODAY | TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2015
Editor’s note:
This
log of property crimes
reported in the Kona
District is a feature of
West Hawaii Today and
is compiled using Hawaii
Police Department
records. The department
considers North and
South Kona one district.
Burglary
Items were stolen
on Aug. 26 from a
home on the 78-7000
block of Aumoe Street.
Someone entered the
home through the
rear slider door.
Cash, vehicle keys
and items were stolen
from a home on the
78-700 block of Aumoe
Street. On Aug. 26,
someone entered
the home through
an unlocked door.
Someone cut their way
into an office building on
Aug. 28 in the 82-6100
block of Hawaii Belt
Road. Someone cut out
a screen and entered
and office, removing
a fan and rummaging
through some cabinets.
Someone entered a
building on the 79-6700
block of Alii Drive and
damaged multiple floors
between 8 and 11 p.m.
Aug. 29. The people
walked through an
unlocked office room
and sprayed symbols
and signs on the wall.
The suspect then
smashed the glass on the
kitchen door, which let
them get to the second,
third and fourth floors.
They spray painted
multiple rooms before
exiting through the
underground parking
lot. They cut a 2-by-2-
foot square out of plastic
fencing that was sitting
near the parking area.
Stolen vehicle
Someone stole keys
from behind an unlocked
door at a building on the
78-7000 block of Aumoe
Street, then stole a truck.
It happened on Aug. 26,
and the pickup was stolen
from the driveway. It
has a plate of ZBZ 934.
A Ford Edge was taken
from a parking lot on
the 75-5600 Kuakini
Highway some time
between 10 and 11 p.m.
Aug. 27. The plate was
listed at HKR 956.
A borrowed mo-ped
was stolen while it was
parked at the Kona
Community Aquatic
Center on Aug. 28. The
man had gone swimming
at the center and it was
taken while he was inside.
A 1995 Honda Civic
with plate HCS 446 was
reported stolen from
in front of a residence
on the 77-6400 block
of Kilohana Street on
the night of Aug. 31.
Unlawful entry
into motor vehicle
A man found that one
of the work trucks were
apparently entered when
he went to work on Aug.
26 in the 76-6300 block
of Kuakini Highway.
A truck with plate 569
HDY was opened, but
nothing was missing. A
tool box on another truck
was also opened and
nothing was missing.
KONAAREAPROPERTYCRIME REPORT
Charges, bail reduced for marijuana activist Ruggles
A 58-year-oldMountain
View man authorities say
ran an unlicensed med-
ical marijuana dispensa-
ry made his initial court
appearance Monday.
Hilo District Judge
Harry Freitas ordered
Michael “Mike” Doyle
Ruggles to return at 2
p.m. today for a prelimi-
nary hearing.
Ruggles was initial-
ly charged with 30 drug
and drug parapherna-
lia charges and one fire-
arms-related charge after
police executed a search
warrant Thursday on his
Pikake Street property in
Fern Acres.
Police say they con-
fiscated 134 marijuana
plants, 49.3 pounds of
dried processed marijua-
na, 1.2 pounds and 357
capsules of suspected
marijuana concentrate,
5.5 pounds of marijuana
edibles, $1,846 in cash
for forfeiture, a loaded
pistol, a loaded shotgun
and a 15-round magazine
for a pistol.
A number of those
charges have been consol-
idated, and Ruggles now
faces two counts each of
first-degree commercial
promotion of marijuana
and possession of drug
paraphernalia, and one
count each of first-degree
promotion of a detrimen-
tal drug, first-degree pro-
motion of a harmful drug
and possessing a prohibit-
ed pistol magazine.
Ruggles’
bail
was
reduced from its original
$84,500 to $36,000.
Ruggles, a longtime
marijuana activist, open-
ly operated what he calls
the Alternative Pain
Management Puuhonua
Collective, which he has
maintained is a legal way
for medical marijuana
patients to obtain their
medicine. He posted a
video on YouTube tout-
ing the collective while
standing behind display
cases holding pipes, bongs
and other marijuana-re-
lated paraphernalia, and
in front of shelves with
labeled jars contain-
ing what appears to be
marijuana.
Police say an under-
cover officer bought 48.2
grams of processed mari-
juana and a vaping device,
like an electronic ciga-
rette, with a vial of mar-
ijuana concentrate from
Ruggles on Sept. 5.
According to Lt. Mark
Farias, commander of
Hilo Vice Section, the
undercover officer had
a letter from a physician
stating he had started the
process to obtain a medi-
cal marijuana card. Farias
said the application was
made using the officer’s
undercover identity, not
his real name.
Numerous friends and
supporters of Ruggles
were in the courtroom
gallery Monday. One,
Brittany Neal, who said
she’s a member of and
volunteer for Ruggles’
collective, said he provid-
ed a necessary service to
medical cannabis patients
unable to grow their own
marijuana. Neal added
she thinks Ruggles is a vic-
tim of police entrapment.
“The officer provided
a photo ID that appar-
ently had a false alias on
it, that matched whatev-
er written certification
he had from the doctor
— which apparently, was
also fraudulent,” she said.
Another
marijuana
activist, George “Greywolf”
Klare, a 77-year-old Puna
man whose right eye has
been removed, said he
went to Ruggles for con-
centrate to ease the pain of
cancer treatments.
“I’ve had 35 radiation
treatments that were sup-
posed tokillme… ,” he said.
“I’m just so damn happy to
be here today because I’ve
lived this long.”
Email John Burnett at jburnett@
hawaiitribune-herald.com.
BY JOHN BURNETT
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
Michael Ruggles
shakas to supporters
Monday in Hilo District
Court.
TOM CALLIS/
HAWAII
TRIBUNE-HERALD
IN BRIEF |
BIG ISLAND & STATE
No tropical cyclone
formation expected
No tropical cyclones are
forecast to form within
the Central Pacific, which
is where Hawaii is locat-
ed, through Wednesday
afternoon, the Central
Pacific Hurricane Center in
Honolulu reported Monday.
Meanwhile in the Eastern
Pacific, an area spanning
east from 140 degrees
west longitude to North
America, forecasters are
monitoring an area of
disturbed weather sev-
eral hundred miles south
of the southern tip of the
Baja California peninsula,
according to the National
Hurricane Center in Miami.
Development of the
low pressure area, which
featured showers and
thunderstorms Monday,
is expected to be limit-
ed as the system moves
northwest at 5 to 10 mph.
Forecasters gave it a 30
percent chance of forming
into a tropical cyclone with-
in five days.
Elsewhere
in
the
Eastern Pacific, no tropi-
cal cyclones are forecast
to develop during the com-
ing five days, according to
forecasters.
The Central and Eastern
Pacific hurricane seasons
continue through Nov. 30.
Public briefings
slated on plans
for health care
innovation
Two public briefings on
three health care initiatives
meant to improve insur-
ance coverage, health care
access and coordination of
care have been scheduled
for the Big Island.
The first of the two brief-
ings is slated from 10 a.m.
to noon Sept. 21 at the
West Hawaii Civic Center
County Council Chambers
in Kailua-Kona. The sec-
ond is slated from 10 a.m.
to noon Sept. 25 at the
University of Hawaii at Hilo.
The briefings will cover:
The state’s proposed
waiver from the Patient
Protection and Affordable
Care Act, which Gov.
David Ige said was devel-
oped with input from the
Affordable Care Act Waiver
Taskforce, a group that
seeks to preserve Hawaii’s
Prepaid Health Care Act
while also complying with
the federal law.
A plan to improve behav-
ioral health conditions
such as depression, anxi-
ety and excessive alcohol
consumption by incor-
porating screening and
treatment for behavioral
health needs with innova-
tions in workforce, tele-
health, training and incen-
tives. The plan is being
developed in conjunction
with the Department of
Human Services, Med-
QUEST Division, and the
Department of Health,
according to Ige.
The state’s “No Wrong
Door” plan, which seeks to
help individuals and their
caregivers receive per-
son-centered counseling
to access health-related
long-term services and
supports. The network will
include state agencies and
private nonprofit agen-
cies providing support to
seniors, persons with dis-
abilities, and veterans.
For more information,
visit
.
hawaii.gov/healthcare-
innovation/public-notic-
es-and-proposed-plans/.
Two arrested, police
searching for other
suspects in Hilo
burglary
Two people are in cus-
tody after fleeing from a
property where they had
allegedly stolen items in
Hilo.
A 57-year-
old man was
returning
to his home
on
Puueo
Mauka
Road in the
Wainaku
area when he
saw a Nissan Pathfinder in
his driveway with three peo-
ple next to it, police said.
“The strangers got into
the sports-utility vehicle
and fled, striking the vic-
tim’s pickup truck while
he was still in it, and then
drove into downtown Hilo,”
police reported.
The Pathfinder was
found on the sidewalk of
one-way Keawe Street
facing the flow of traffic,
near the intersection with
Furneaux Lane. Three
males were seen fleeing
the area. Officers located
two of the suspects, Isaac
A. M. Rosa, 22, of Mountain
View, and a 16-year-old boy.
Rosa was arrested ini-
tially on a warrant alleging
violating terms of super-
vised release. When he was
searched, officers reported
they found a clear zip pack-
et contained suspected
meth and property belong-
ing to the victim. The juve-
nile was arrested on an
unrelated juvenile warrant.
Officers
investigated,
includingexecutingasearch
warrant on the Pathfinder,
which was reported stolen.
Inside officers found prop-
erty belonging to the bur-
glary victim.
Rosa was charged with
burglary, theft, promotion
of a dangerous drug and
possession of drug para-
phernalia. His bond was set
at $55,00.
Police believe other peo-
ple were involved and ask
anyone who has identities
of the those people or other
information to call the Area
I Criminal Investigations
Section at 961-2272.
People who prefer to
remain anonymous may
call the islandwide Crime
Stoppers number at 961-
8300 and may be eligi-
ble for a reward of up to
$1,000. Crime Stoppers
doesn’t record calls or sub-
scribe to caller ID. All Crime
Stoppers information is
kept confidential.
American says
it flew wrong
plane to Hawaii
FORT WORTH, Texas —
Federal safety officials are
looking into a flight that
American Airlines operat-
ed to Hawaii using a plane
that lacked all the emer-
gency equipment required
for long over-water trips.
Federal
Aviation
Administration
rules
require such planes to
carry extra oxygen for med-
ical emergencies and an
extra canister of fire extin-
guisher. That’s because the
planes fly far from airports
where they could make an
emergency landing.
An American Airlines
flight from Los Angeles was
on its way to Honolulu on
Aug. 31 when an employee
on the ground realized that
the airline had sent the
wrong plane, spokesman
Casey Norton said Monday.
He said the airline com-
pleted the flight but can-
celed the return trip, which
would have used the same
jet, and flew the plane flew
back to Los Angeles with-
out passengers.
Norton said American
notified the FAA of the mis-
take and changed its soft-
ware to make it easier for
workers to match the cor-
rect plane with the route.
An FAA spokesman said the
agency was investigating.
The mistake occurred
about two weeks after
American switched from
Boeing 757s to Airbus
A321s on the Hawaii route.
Some of its A321s are cer-
tified for over-ocean flights
but some are not. Norton
said both types of A321
have the same engines and
the same number of life
rafts and flotation devices.
Honolulu announces
more sweeps
of homeless
encampment
HONOLULU — Honolulu
officials are planning to
clear a second section
of the large homeless
encampment in Kakaako.
Mayor Kirk Caldwell
announced Monday that
the next phase of the
camp clearing will happen
Thursday.
Crews will enforce the
sidewalk nuisance and
stored property ordinanc-
es starting around 11 a.m.
They plan to clear tents
and belongings on Forrest
Avenue and Keawe Street
between Ilalao Street and
Ala Moana Boulevard.
Caldwell said the remain-
ing parts of the Kakaako
encampment will be cleared
in subsequent weeks.
The announcement fol-
lows last week’s clearing of
two blocks on the outskirts
of the encampment.
By West Hawaii Today staff and
wire sources
Rosa
