Maui Crime Stoppers Solves Crimes Through Help From The Public. Rewards For Information And The Satisfaction Of A Safer Community. For citizens who are sick and tired of the crimes they see happening, the Maui Crime Stoppers offers a real chance to get involved. Maui Crime Stoppers, like America's Most Wanted, depends on community involvement to help get criminals off the streets. According to the MPD, Crime Stoppers deals primarily with unsolved felony crimes and fugitives wanted in felony cases. And the Program really does help bring criminals to justice. [continues 714 words]
A dramatic increase in crime sweeps Maui as police are swamped and local communities on alert. "Big drug dealers need tougher sentences." Citizen action urged. On July 1, after a day at work, Doug Baker came home to his Kihei residence to find that the place had been broken into, ransacked and basically "cleaned out" of all of his possessions. He lost cameras, jewelry, a coin collection, a variety of tools, a CD player, and a knife collection. Baker estimated the loss at around $7,000."Working in the construction and maintenance field, I need my tools to be employable," said Baker, "everything's gone, my air compressor, grinders, nail gun...everything." [continues 1311 words]
