An employee on a cruise ship that stopped at Kaua'i is suspected of having tuberculosis, according to the state Health Department.

The department is investigating the case and awaiting test results. The employee is being treated at a state hospital, said Health Department spokeswoman Janice Okubo. The identity of the patient and name of the cruise ship were not released.

MAN ARRESTED IN CHILD SEX STING

A Wahiawa man was arrested yesterday at Manoa Marketplace for allegedly setting up a meeting for sex with an individual he had met on the Internet and thought was a 13-year-old girl.

A police detective had posed as the girl online.

The man arrested by Hawai'i Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force officials was Ray S. John, 25, according to state Attorney General Mark Bennett and Deputy Chief Paul Putzulu of the Honolulu Police Department.

John was arrested at 9:30 a.m. and booked for first-degree electronic enticement of a child. He was arrested after showing up at the agreed-on meeting place.

PLEA IS NOT GUILTY IN MOM'S MURDER

A 25-year-old woman pleaded not guilty yesterday to a charge of murdering her mother at their Halawa Heights home.

Carol K. Weidman is accused of second-degree murder in what the city medical examiner's office said was the strangulation and stabbing of Lisa Weidman, 55, also known as Lisa Wu, at her Pa'ihi Street home the night of May 30.

Carol Weidman's trial was set for the week of Aug. 13.

City prosecutors earlier said Carol Weidman may be suffering from "undiagnosed mental health issues." She is being held on $100,000 bail.