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Police, Fire, Courts



By Star-Bulletin staff

WAIKIKI

Police charge suspect after dive in Ala Wai

Honolulu police have charged a man who allegedly rammed a police vehicle with his own car several times and hit other cars in Waikiki before jumping into the Ala Wai Canal Sunday morning.

Shannon V. Smith, 22, was charged Monday with first-degree criminal property damage.

Police said the incident started about 7:50 a.m. when an officer cited a white Lexus that was parked the wrong way in front of a driveway on one-way Kapuni Street. The officer then saw the suspect get into the vehicle and drive off, police said.

Minutes later the officer heard a crash on nearby Nohonani Street and rushed to the scene of an accident, which involved the same Lexus, police said.

In an effort to get away, Smith rammed the police vehicle three times and then hit two other cars, according to police.

Smith escaped by "wedging" the Lexus between a Ford Probe and Chevrolet Celebrity, according to a police affidavit.

Smith got out of the vehicle after abandoning it in a parking garage at 2303 Ala Wai Blvd., police said. Smith then ran across Ala Wai Boulevard, jumped into the canal and tried to swim away but got tired and came back to shore, police said.

He was being held in lieu of $25,000 bail.

CENTRAL OAHU

Police seek 2 males in Mililani robbery

Police are looking for two male teenagers involved in a Mililani home invasion Friday, robbing a 60-year-old woman.

The woman opened her front door about 8:20 p.m. Friday to walk her dog when two masked teens confronted her, police said.

The two suspects, one of whom brandished a silver handgun, forced her back into her home, then blindfolded, bound and gagged her.

The suspects fled in the woman's vehicle, which was recovered two hours later a few miles away, police said.

The suspects are described as between 15 and 19 years old, between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 3 inches tall, weighing 120 pounds with slim builds and black, straight neck-length hair. They wore dark-colored bandannas and dark clothing, police said.

Police recovered a Quiksilver T-shirt left at the woman's home, which investigators believe might have been worn by or used by one of the suspects during the robbery.

Anyone with information about this case may call Detective James Nobriga directly at 692-4507. Anonymous calls can be made to CrimeStoppers at 955-8300, *CRIME on a cell phone.

Wahiawa man, 19, arrested in stabbing

Police arrested a 19-year-old Wahiawa man on suspicion of second-degree attempted murder yesterday for allegedly stabbing a 32-year-old man Friday.

Police said the victim had asked the suspect, who had become intoxicated and belligerent, to leave from a Wilikina Street address.

Police said the suspect left but returned wielding a stainless-steel knife with a 3 1/2-inch serrated blade.

The man allegedly stabbed the victim on the top of his head 7:35 p.m. Friday and fled before police arrived, police said.

Police did not have information about how badly the victim was injured or what hospital he might have been taken to.

Police made the arrest yesterday at 33 N. Cane St. in Wahiawa after having conducted an initial investigation.

HONOLULU

Victim robbed while walking in Makiki

Police are looking for a suspect who robbed a 36-year-old man walking early yesterday morning along Lunalilo Street in Makiki.

A man about 25 to 30 years old demanded money from the victim, who refused, police said. The suspect allegedly attacked him with a knife, stabbing him in the hand, according to police.

The victim was treated at a nearby hospital, then released.

The suspect is described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a husky build, dark complexion, short black hair and clean-shaven. He wore a white T-shirt and black jeans.