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» Justin K. Wills of Waikoloa, a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, has been accepted into the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, a selective honors organization. He was honored last fall during a campus ceremony at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

» John Fuhrmann, events and services manager with the city Department of Enterprise Services, has earned one of 12 Certified Facilities Executive designations from the International Association of Assembly Managers in 2004 at the IAAM 79th Annual Conference.

» The state Department of Health's Child and Adolescent Mental Health Division was named the 2004 winner of the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Service Program Award for Excellence. The national award was given by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

» Shawna Sodersten, supervising attorney of the Domestic Violence Clearinghouse in Hawaii, has received a Sunshine Peace Award for her work advancing safety and protections for victims of domestic abuse. The national honor is given by Sunshine Lady Foundation Inc., a private group working to end domestic violence. Sodersten has worked with the Legislature to improve the protection order process and interstate custody disputes, and to implement the Hawaii Victims Leave Act.

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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

LEEWARD OAHU

Getaway van runs over Pearlridge shoplifting suspect

A shoplifting suspect was run over by her getaway van, police said.

Security officers at Pearlridge Center said they saw a 27-year-old woman stealing things from Macy's Sunday afternoon. She was loading items in a van when security officers tried to stop her, police said. The man driving the van then took off, running over the suspect, police said.

The woman was treated at the Queen's Medical Center for head trauma and a broken rib, according to police. She was arrested for investigation of second-degree theft. Police are still looking for the driver.

CENTRAL OAHU

Mililani man allegedly steals mother's purse

Police arrested a 19-year-old Mililani man yesterday, a day after he allegedly stole his mother's purse.

Police said the man demanded money from his 49-year-old mother on Sunday evening. When she offered him a few dollars, he got upset and walked away, police said. He returned to his mother's bedroom, pounding on the door and demanding more money, police said. He kicked the locked door open and wrestled the purse from her.

When he returned to the house yesterday, the woman called police, who arrested him for suspicion of second-degree robbery.

HONOLULU

Elderly pedestrian injured by passing car

An elderly woman was struck by a station wagon driven by an 83-year-old man while she crossed South Kuakini Street near Nuuanu Avenue early yesterday.

Police said the woman was outside a marked crosswalk when a white 1988 Oldsmobile Cutlass station wagon heading westbound on Kuakini struck her.

The woman was taken to the Queen's Medical Center in stable condition, but she was later downgraded to critical condition, police said.

Police said lighting may have been a factor in the early morning accident.