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mm 14 The Honolulu Advertiser LOCAL NEWS DESK 525-8090 ISMfc'D EDITION Higa mental fitness hearing postponed ono Queen's Medical Center, including one in December 2007 which resulted in a diagnosis that Higa had a psychotic disorder." "On the morning of Cvrus' death. Higa THURSDAY May 28, 2009 MO'ILI'ILI Attempted murder suspect indicted, held on $10M bail Tariq Holloway, 19, was indicted yesterday on attempted murder and other charges related to the May 14 shooting of a man in the Mo'ili'ili area. Circuit Judge Derrick Chan ordered Holloway held on $10 million bail because he left the state and was apprehended May 19 in Chicago. Holloway allegedly shot Zachariah Eisenberg, 24, twice while they were in the victim's car near University Avenue. WAIKM Mayor's task force on natatorium meets today Mayor Mufi Hannemann has announced the formation of a task force on i Higa took -LA, nim t0 the Prosecutor details events he said led to child's fatal plunge BY JIM DOOLEY Advertiser Staff Writer A hearing on the mental fitness of accused child killer Matthew Higa was postponed yesterday to June 24.

Higa is accused of murdering toddler Cyrus Belt in January 2008 by dropping the 23-month-old boy from an H-l Freeway overpass near Punchbowl into onrushing traffic. Prosecutor Peter Carlisle, anticipating a defense that Higa's actions were caused by long-term drug use, filed a legal memo listing evidence it intends to introduce to refute that defense. The evidence will show the extent that Higa had control over decisions to use drugs "and his knowledge of the effect drugs have on him," Carlisle's memo said. The list begins with a July 25, 2006, incident, when police went to Higa's home and found him in his bedroom drug paraphernalia and crystal methampheta-mine nearby," the memo said. Later incidents included two 2007 visits to The While in prison awaiting trial, Higa "was seen with his head in the toilet, saying he was drinking his own urine for Jesus," memo said.

Higa has denied that conduct. Higa's father reported that the defendant "smokes ice, talks to himself' and was "talking to himself more" in the days just before Cyrus was killed, according to Carlisle. Higa "won't go to rehab" and smokes ice "every day or two to three times a week," the memo quoted Higa's father as saying. "Several times, Higa tried to buy drugs from Nancy (Cyrus mother) but she would take his money and never come back with drugs," the memo said. Higa "would sneak up on Cyrus' mother and scare her.

She would slam the door in his face," the memo said. Circuit Judge Dexter Del Rosario will rule on the question of whether Higa is mentally fit to stand trial. Two of three court-appointed mental health experts who examined Higa last year found him mentally competent for trial. Reach Jim Dooley at jdooleyhonoluluadver tiser.com or 525-8030. PAGE B3 Willard to head up the Pacific Command, which stretches from the west coast of the U.S.

to the western border of India, and from Antarctica to the North Pole. China and its growing military and intentions in the Pacific, along with North Korea's nuclear threat, are key concerns for the command headquarters, based at Camp Smith on Halawa Heights. U.S. military personnel in the region number about 250,000, about one-fifth of total U.S. military strength.

Willard became the 31st commander of U.S. Pacific Fleet a lineage that includes Adm. Chester Nimitz's service during World War II in May 2007. HONOLULU 3 indicted in prostitution case involving 16-year-old Three men who allegedly forced a 16-year-old girl into prostitution have been indicted by the O'ahu grand jury on charges including sexual assault and promotion of prostitution. Circuit Judge Derrick Chan set bail for Marcus X.

Arrington at $250,000 after he was indicted on charges of second-degree sexual assault and first-degree promotion of prostitution. Bail for the other two defendants, Anthony Fuller and Brad Y.K. Young, was set at $200,000. Fuller was indicted on charges of third-degree promotion of prostitution and third-degree promotion of a detrimental drug. Young faces the same drug charge.

According to police reports, Arrington allegedly headed a prostitution ring that advertised in Craigslist's "Erotic Services" category. STATEWIDE Former Sen. John Carroll to challenge Aiona in GOP Belt Dottomortne street and let him wander into the street while he sat on a wall and watched," the prosecutor's memo said. After a police officer retrieved the child and returned him to the Punchbowl apartment of his mother, Nancy Chanco, Higa was then "confronted and accused" by Chanco's boyfriend, the memo said. Higa and his father lived in the same apartment building as Cyrus and his mother.

"Following Cyrus' death, Higa displayed bizarre behavior while at HPD cell-block and was taken to Queen's Medical Center for an evaluation," the memo continued. COUNCILMAN ANDERSON the future of the Waikik! War Memorial Natatorium. The 17-member group will hold its first meeting today, from 330 to 5 p.m., in the mayor's conference room on the third floor of Honolulu Hale. "This community-based planning process will help us decide how best to honor the symbolism and history of the natatorium while also addressing the real problems presented by its current condition," Hannemann said. "Our community has wrestled with this dilemma for far too long, and it's time to move forward with solutions." Task force members include Rick Bernstein of the New Otani Kaimana Beach Hotel Coalition; Rick Egged, pres-ident of the Waiklkl Improvement Asso- ciation; Kiersten Faulkner, executive di-' rector of Historic Hawai'i Foundation; and Linuce Pang, president of the Friends of the Natatorium.

hAlawa heights Adm. Willard nominated to head U.S. Pacific Command President Obama has nominated Adm. Robert Willard, a veteran Pacific hand, to lead the U.S. Pacific Command, the oldest and largest of the United States' unified military commands.

The Pentagon yesterday announced i the nomination of Willard, who for the past two years has been the four-star commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet based at Pearl Harbor. The nomination is subject to confirmation by the U.S. Senate. Defense Secretary Robert Gates in March said he was recommending -5? t- Former Republican state senator John Carroll yesterday said he will challenge Lt.

Gov. James "Duke" Aiona in next year's GOP primary for governor. In 2002 Carroll, a longtime Honolulu lawyer, lost in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary. Carroll faces an uphill battle against Aiona, who has been endorsed by Gov. Linda Lingle and is being assisted by the state Republican Party.

Lingle defeated Carroll in the 2002 primary by a 9-to-l margin. RICHARD AMBO The Honolulu Advertiser Ikaika Anderson applauds as members of his family are introduced in Honolulu City Council chambers before he was sworn into office as a Windward district councilman to replace the late Barbara Marshall. See more photos and a video online at H0N0LULUADVE8TISER.COM T0DAY0NMYADYEIinSER.COM Spelling ON THE WEB Scripps National Spelling Bee: www.spellingbee.com News tip? Call one of our regional reporters: Urban East Honolulu Mary Vorsino 754-8286 mvorsino HonoluluAdvertiser.com Central and West O'ahu Will Hoover 690-8909 whoover HonoluluAdvertiser.com Wal'anae Coast Will Hoover 690-8909 whoover HonoluluAdvertiser.com North Shore and Windward O'ahu Eloise Aguiar 239-7618 'eaguiar HonoluluAdvertiser.com Big Island Christie Wilson 244-4880 cwilson HonoluluAdvertiser.com Maul Christie Wilson 244-4880 cwilson HonoluluAdvertiser.com Kaua'l Diana Leone 808-245-3074 dleone (SHonoluluAdvertiser.com the bee semifinals. This year's bee, at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, involves a record number of spellers 293. They come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, four TJ.S.

territories, and China, Europe, Canada, South Korea, New Zealand, Ghana, Jamaica and the Bahamas. Spellers range in age from 9 to 15. Of the 293, 150 are boys and 143 are girls. Last year's winner was 13-year-old Sameer Mishra of West Lafayette, who correctly spelled "guerdon," which means a reward, to take the championship. This year's champion will win $30,000 in cash, a $5,000 scholarship, a $2,500 savings bond and other prizes.

1 TjV CONTINUED FROM B1 judges and try to focus. It is kind of fun up there." Talmage became the state's spelling champ for the second consecutive year after successfully spelling "bombilation" in The Honolulu Advertiser's 24th Hawaii State Spelling Bee in March. The word means a humming sound or a booming. Spelling ability runs in Talmage's family. His older brother, Teagan, was the Big Island spelling champion in 2005 and 2006.

Talmage is a voracious 7- reader who reads up to three books a day. To prepare for the national bee, he practiced more than two hours a week with his English teacher and also worked at home with his parents, Shan and Traci Nakamoto. Se Young Hwang of Guam spelled her two words correctly on stage yesterday, but the 13-year-old from Mariana Baptist Academy didn't score high enough on an earlier written test to advance to MYADYERTISER.COMUIE Marine artist Hilton Alves will paint a mural with U'ie Elementary School Also students this week depicting the frfe-S online hukilau and La'ie Bay. community news in SUBMIT YOUR STORIES PHOTOS peope newspapers. ATMYADVERTISER.COM Witness i 3 Kauilani Keohokapu broke down on the witness stand when asked to recount abuses inflicted by her husband.

"This is a part of my life that I never wanted to dig back up," she said. JEFF WIDENER The Honolulu Advertiser The law was passed following decisions by the U.S. and Hawai'i supreme courts that held that juries must take part in extended sentencing proceedings. The first use of the law here came in 2007 in the trial of murderer John Lorenzo Jr. In that case, the jury could not reach a unanimous decision on whether Lorenzo should serve life in prison without parole, leaving the decision up to the judge.

Lorenzo was later sentenced to a minimum term of 50 years behind bars. Reach Jim Dooley atjdoo leyhonoluluadvertiser or 525-8030. that I never wanted to dig back up," Kauilani Keohokapu said at one point She admitted writing police and court complaints that said Glenn Keohokapu had punched, pushed, headbutted and bitten her during three earlier domestic disputes. The couple was arguing outside a K3ne'ohe nightclub last year when Wilcox intervened and was fatally stabbed by Keohokapu. When Kauilani Keohokapu returned to the witness stand after a lunch recess, she told Circuit Judge Virginia Crandall that she wanted to talk to a lawyer.

"I'm feeling uncomfortable that my past is being CONTINUED FROM B1 "persistent offender" and danger to the public. The hearing continues today and involves presentation of evidence about Keo-hokapu's record of three earlier felony convictions as well as domestic violence cases involving his wife, Kauilani Keohokapu. She was on the witness stand all morning, at one point breaking down in tears as Yoo asked her to recount previous domestic abuse cases going back as far as 1994. "This is a part of my life that a 2007 "extended sentencing" law has been used here. brought up," Keohokapu said.

Crandall excused her from the stand so that she could consult with a lawyer. It's only the second time.