A reportedly intoxicated man recently trotted a horse into the lobby at Wilcox Memorial Hospital in Lihu‘e with a single mission in mind — cheering up his ailing family member, an official said yesterday.
The unidentified dude picked up the phone and told the operator, “I’m coming up to see a relative,” Wilcox Hospital spokeswoman Lani [...]

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NA PALI COAST TRAIL — Emergency responders were called to rescue an injured man after his mother called dispatch at 6:18 p.m. Saturday night.
The man, a 27-year-old from Seattle, was hiking through rugged terrain near Hanakapi‘ai Beach.
His mother called dispatch to report he had injured his ankle, according to Mary Daubert, county spokeswoman.
Two Hanalei firefighters [...]

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The Kaua‘i doctor charged with distributing a controlled substance outside of professional medical practice is negotiating with the Alabama U.S. Attorney’s Office but hasn’t pleaded guilty, he said yesterday.

Claiming he is a well-intentioned physician being mischaracterized by the government, Dr. Harold Spear III, of Hanapepe, admitted he consulted with patients suffering from pain across state [...]

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A doctor accused of prescribing pain narcotics to patients he never met will plead guilty to a charge that arose from an Internet pharmacy in Alabama, the U.S. Attorney’s Office there announced yesterday.
Dr. Harold C. Spear III, charged with prescribing hydrocodone pain pills over the Internet, insisted yesterday that his business is legitimate and that [...]

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A 67-year-old Princeville woman is in serious condition after being struck by a vehicle while waiting to cross the street.
Joyce Barrett was standing in the middle of Pepelani Loop at the Kahaku Road junction, waiting to cross Kahaku Road at around 7 a.m. Wednesday.
She was hit by a car driven by a 53-year-old Princeville woman [...]

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Following a complaint that Dr. Harold Spear had a sexual relationship with a patient — which resulted in a child — the Hanapepe doctor has been prohibited from practicing medicine for one year.
The suspension of Spear’s license has nothing to do with the pending criminal charges against him, Constance Cabral, the state medical board’s administrator, [...]

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A 42-year-old man suffered first- and second-degree burns in an early morning fire today on Kaua’i that destroyed a five-bedroom Anahola home.
In a written statement, county officials said the man was injured when he ran back into the burning house to retrieve personal items. He was treated at the scene, taken to Wilcox Hospital and [...]

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A 19-year-old Kaua’i man drowned yesterday at Larsen’s Beach in Moloa’a after helping save a friend.
John Moises of Kapa’a was pronounced dead at the scene, said Kaua’i County spokeswoman Mary Daubert.
Daubert said Moises and two men, both 18, were diving at Larsen’s Beach at about 5:40 p.m. when they drifted outside the reef and were [...]

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Federal law enforcement agents investigating a drug case against Kauai Dr. Harold C. Spear III improperly sent the psychiatric record of one of his patients to the patient’s employer, Michael Green, Spear’s attorney, said in court yesterday.
“We are going to file something against the federal government because one woman in particular, they’re about to fire [...]

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Dr. Harold Spear III of the Hanapepe Clinic said he is still practicing medicine and has plans to continue his weekly radio show with Visionary Related Entertainment despite a grand jury indictment last week.
Spear was indicted Thursday on 20 counts of dispensing and distributing controlled substances “not for a legitimate medical purpose” and “outside the [...]

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