Pregnant woman is run over
Her boyfriend is held in the alleged attack after a police search through Nanakuli
A 43-year-old man allegedly ran over his pregnant girlfriend with his pickup truck yesterday in Nanakuli and surrendered to police after hiding in his relatives' house for about four hours.
Police said the couple had a fight and the man allegedly drove over the 26-year-old woman near Nanakuli Homestead Cemetery on Haleakala Avenue, just a half-mile from where he was captured.
She was taken by ambulance to the Queen's Medical Center in critical condition after the 6 a.m. attack, police said.
A search began, and police combed the neighborhood using officers on the ground and in a police helicopter.
By 9 a.m. police knew the description of the vehicle, a large white Chevrolet 2500 pickup truck that was found hidden behind a dilapidated house next door to the house where he was arrested.
An anonymous tipster had notified police that the man was hiding at his relatives' house at 89-246 Kauwahi Ave. Police surrounded the area at 11:34 a.m., Kapolei police Lt. Danny Ford said, adding that "originally, most of the family didn't know what happened."
The suspect grew up in Nanakuli and has many relatives who own property in the area, Ford said.
"Several neighbors saw him trying to escape," Ford said. "We closed the net and forced him to come back in. The rest of the time, we were just waiting."
A Specialized Services Division team and a canine unit were readied, but the man gave himself up at about 3:30 p.m.
His relatives did not want police to use the dogs, Ford said.
A source close to the investigation said the man had been arrested about six to seven months ago for kidnapping the same woman. According to crime records, the suspect was found guilty for sex assaults and criminal trespassing in 1991. He was found guilty of violating parole in 2001.
Neighbors sat in front of their homes watching the drama unfold.
"It was a good thing nobody else got hurt," said a neighbor, Cindy, who did not want to give her last name.
Another neighbor said the woman had two young children by another man.