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Police seek help in search for suspect
Police homicide detectives are asking for the public's help in tracking down the man wanted in the attempted murder of a police officer Monday in Whitmore Village.
Ronald Lewis Medeiros, 35, is being sought for questioning after an incident that began at 6 p.m. when officers stopped him for a traffic violation at Whitmore Avenue near Uakaniko'o Street.
The car was found to be stolen, and Medeiros, who had been ordered out of the car, allegedly got back in and sped away, striking an officer and injuring the officer's right foot and leg, said homicide Lt. Bill Kato.
Following a chase by car and on foot, Medeiros allegedly got into the officer's Dodge Durango SUV and drove it at the officer. Police said the officer, a 34-year-old man with 11 years of service with the force, fired two or three shots at the vehicle, but Medeiros raced away in the car, blue lights flashing.
Kato said Medeiros is unemployed and an O'ahu resident, but declined to release further information. He is described as 5 feet 8, 140 to 160 pounds, with a thin build. He has short black hair, brown eyes and a tattoo of a Playboy bunny on his upper left arm..
Anyone with information is asked to call the police Criminal Investigation Division at 529-3115. Anonymous tips can be left with CrimeStoppers, at 955-8300 or *CRIME on a cellular phone.
Woman robbed near Mililani store
Police are seeking three to four men in a purse snatching outside the Mililani Wal-Mart store early yesterday that cost the victim a large amount of cash, as well as broken fingers and scraped knees.
Wahiawa district police were called to the scene about 3 a.m. after the victim, a 25-year-old woman, was assaulted by a man as she left the store.
District police said they believe the woman was targeted because she was driving a new Mercedes and was carrying the receipts from a business.
Police also said they believe multiple robbers are involved because one was seen following the woman outside the store and getting into one car while the man who assaulted her and grabbed the purse came out of another vehicle.
Suspect frees car with machete
A 46-year-old Kailua woman was arrested on multiple charges Wednesday after she allegedly wielded a machete to cut her car free of a tow-truck ties and threatened people who were having her vehicle removed.
The confrontation occurred at 10 a.m. in a parking lot of an apartment complex at 505 Kailua Road. The suspect, who allegedly had parked her car in another tenant's stall, started arguing with the resident manager, a 43-year-old woman.
The suspect allegedly assaulted the manager and her husband, 47. She then allegedly retrieved a machete from her apartment and began threatening the manager and the 28-year-old man driving the tow truck before using the machete to cut her car free.
Female worker catches thief
A woman who works at a Waikiki travel agency helped chase down a thief at 9:15 Wednesday night after he allegedly grabbed $40 off the agency counter and fled.
The suspect, a 20-year-old homeless man, allegedly entered Beechman Agencies, 234 Beach Walk, seized the money that a customer had left and fled.
The woman chased and caught up with the robber, who allegedly assaulted her and escaped. Police said the woman continued the chase, joined by Fort DeRussy personnel who caught the suspect and held him for arrest.
Security guard stops hotel theft
A Princess Ka'iulani Hotel security guard, who noticed early yesterday that a male intruder was carrying off items belonging to an employee, detained the suspect.
The guard told police that he spotted the 18-year-old man carrying a box in an area of the hotel usually off-limits to the public.
When he stopped the man, the guard recognized some of the items as belonging to an employee, checked the worker's office and found evidence of a break-in. The suspect was arrested.
